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Overview

User Rating:
5.4/10   2,863 votes
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Director:
Richard Stanley
Writers:
Steve MacManus (story) and
Kevin O'Neill (story) ...
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Contact:
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Release Date:
14 September 1990 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller more
Tagline:
It activates it exhilarates... it exterminates more
Plot:
A wandering soldier finds a robot head in the post-apocalyptic desert. He brings it back to his girlfriend for use in one of her sculptures... more | full synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
(15 articles)
Hardware Coming To DVD September 29th!
 (From Icons of Fright. 2 July 2009, 9:29 AM, PDT)

Hardware finally on DVD and Blu! Suuuuwweeet.
 (From Twitch. 30 June 2009, 4:11 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Undeserving of its bad reviews... fun film! more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Dylan McDermott ... Moses Baxter

Stacey Travis ... Jill
John Lynch ... Shades

William Hootkins ... Lincoln Wineberg Jr.
Iggy Pop ... Angry Bob
Carl McCoy ... Nomad
Mark Northover ... Alvy
Paul McKenzie ... Vernon
Lemmy ... Taxi Driver
Mac McDonald ... Newscaster
Chris McHallem ... Premier Boelgaxof
Barbara Yu Ling ... Chinese Mother
Oscar James ... Chief
Arnold Lee ... Chinese Family
Susie Savage ... Chinese Family (as Susie Ng)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
M.A.R.K. 13
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, sexuality and language. (also edited version)
Runtime:
93 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:16 | New Zealand:R16 (MGM channel rating) | New Zealand:R18 (original rating) | Australia:R | France:-12 | Germany:18 | Norway:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R (also edited version) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario)
Filming Locations:
London, England, UK more
Company:
BSB more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The band that Jill watches on TV while she makes the sculpture is Gwar, though the music is Ministry's "Stigmata". more
Quotes:
Chief: Machines don't understand sacrifice - neither do morons. more
Movie Connections:
Features A Bitter Message of Hopeless Grief (1988) (V) more
Soundtrack:
The Order of Death more

FAQ

Is the us r-rated version uncut?
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27 out of 31 people found the following comment useful:-
Undeserving of its bad reviews... fun film!, 20 February 2000
Author: Piotr Dubiel (Piotr-9) from Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA

After all the horrible things I heard about this movie, I wasn't expecting much when I found it for $3 in a pawn shop... and, after watching it a couple of times, I don't know what the hell people who say this is "the worst movie in the world" were smoking... because this is one of the best low-budget sci-fi flicks I have ever come across.

Though it is by no means a sublime piece of art, I find the fact that the plot concerns one woman and her boyfriend fighting off this robot in her apartment, with the collapsing world as a backdrop around them to be somewhat refreshing in an age of sci-fi films trying to be epic and ending up trite. Though clumsily written at times and with the robot looking almost ridiculous at points, we get a nicely shot, stylishly lit sci-fi thriller that takes place on a human scale and whose premise has enough depth, symbolism and irony to make it all worthwhile. Best film I have ever seen? Hardly. But the best deal I've had for $3 in a very, very long time.

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