Hardware (1990): Cast, Ratings, Box Office & Plot
Hardware is a 1990 sci-fi thriller starring Stacey Travis, Iggy Pop and John Lynch. It runs 1 hour 34 minutes and earned $5.7 million worldwide. Critics gave it 46% on Rotten Tomatoes and 41 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 5.9/10.
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 34m (94 min)
- Original language
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English - Studio
- Millimeter Films
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Hardware About?
The premise of Hardware without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
In a post-apocalyptic America, scarred by atomic warfare, survivors roam the ruins searching for resources. A former soldier, Moses Baxter, finds android spare parts and gives them to his girlfriend Jill, an artist planning a new sculpture. Unbeknownst to them, the parts are from advanced androids designed to self-assemble and programmed to destroy, unleashing a terrifying threat.
Hardware Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- post apocalypse
- cult film
- cyberpunk
- cyborg
- cyborg sci fi
- christmas
- surprise ending
- bare chested male
- woman on top
- based on comic
- based on comic book
- woman with a gun
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- watching tv
- disturbing
- directorial debut
- metaphoric title
- chase
- hardware
- biopunk
- robot sci fi
- cyberpunk sci fi
- female frontal nudity
- female topless nudity
- dark comedy
- desert
- apartment
- robot
- rampage
- nomad
- wasteland
- future
- scavenger
- sculpture
- new york city
- survival
- woman in jeopardy
- buttocks
- bible
- beaten to death
- self sacrifice
- self mutilation
- cigarette lighter
- power outage
- electrician
- photograph
- voyeur
- beating
- barefoot
- decapitation
- social commentary
Hardware Cast
Stacey Travis leads the cast, with Iggy Pop and John Lynch.
Also Starring in Hardware
· 6 moreHardware Reviews & Ratings
Critics gave Hardware 46% on Rotten Tomatoes and 41 on Metacritic, and IMDb users rate it 5.9/10.
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IMDb 5.9 /10
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Rotten Tomatoes 46% Tomatometer
Popcornmeter 53%
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Metacritic 41 Metascore
User score 4.4
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TMDB 59% User score
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Hardware Plot Summary
What happens in Hardware from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 11 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 3-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
A nomadic scavenger, Mo drifts through an irradiated wasteland and stumbles upon a buried robot. He gathers the disassembled pieces and carries them to junk dealer Alvy, who is talking with the ex-soldier known as “Hard Mo” Baxter and Mo’s friend Shades. When Alvy steps away, Mo buys the robot parts from the nomad and sells everything except the head to Alvy. Intrigued by the cutting-edge technology, Alvy begins to dig into the robot’s backstory. Mo and Shades later visit Jill, a reclusive metal sculptor, and after an initially cool reception where Jill tests them with a Geiger counter, Mo offers the robot head as a Christmas gift. Jill, Stacey Travis, accepts the head with evident interest.
Full summary
The whole story of Hardware, scene by scene
Hardware Box Office
Hardware grossed $5.7 million worldwide.
Worldwide gross
$5.7M
- US & Canada
- $5.7M
Hardware Trailers & Videos
6 videos: 1 trailer and 5 clips.
- Clip Iggy Pop in Richard Stanley's Hardware
- Clip M.A.R.K. 13 / Hardware - Power (Fields of the Nephilim)
- Clip Hardware - The Order of Death - Public Image Ltd - PiL
- Clip Hardware - Rebirth
How Well Do You Know Hardware?
10 questions about the story, each with a hint if you get stuck. Pick an answer to see whether you were right.
Question 1 of 10
- Question 1: not answered
- Question 2: not answered
- Question 3: not answered
- Question 4: not answered
- Question 5: not answered
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- Question 8: not answered
- Question 9: not answered
- Question 10: not answered
Who is the nomadic scavenger who finds the buried robot?
Cars in Hardware
2 cars on screen: the unknown and the unknown.
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unknown Background role
Hardware Also Known As
16 alternative titles, including “Zbraň” and “Génétic warrior”.
- Also known as
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- Zbraň
- Génétic warrior
- Escombros mutantes
- M.A.R.K. 13 - Hardware
- Hardware: Programado para matar
- Железо
- Hardware - Metallo letale
- Mark 13
- Залізяка
- Tehlikeli Oluşum
- 사이보그 하드웨어
- Hardware - O Destruidor do Futuro
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- 霹雳战士龙
- ハードウェア
- חומרה
- Fierăria
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Movies Like Hardware
Films with a similar story, tone or audience, including Hardware Wars, Death Machine and Hardwired.
Hardware FAQ: Cast, Box Office & Runtime
Runtime, release date, cast, box office, ratings and post-credit scenes of Hardware, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Hardware?
Hardware runs 1 hour 34 minutes (94 minutes).
When was Hardware released?
Hardware was released on September 14, 1990.
Who is in the cast of Hardware?
Hardware stars Stacey Travis, Iggy Pop and John Lynch, among 10 credited actors.
How much did Hardware make at the box office?
Hardware grossed $5.7 million worldwide.
How is Hardware rated?
Hardware has 5.9/10 on IMDb, 46% on Rotten Tomatoes, 41 on Metacritic and 59% on TMDB.
Does Hardware have a post-credit scene?
No. Hardware has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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