Hardware (1990)

Hardware (1990, GBR) C-94m. ** D: Richard Stanley. Starring Dylan McDermott, Stacy Travis, John Lynch, William Hootkins, Iggy Pop, Lemmy. In the post-apocalyptic future, presented a la MAD MAX, only through a red-tinted lens, a scavenger finds metal parts of a robot. When McDermott and his girlfriend Travis put it together, they find out that it is quite deadly. Poor storytelling hampers this film greatly, it becomes better in second half, when there's more action. Visually interesting debut feature from Stanley (DUST DEVIL). Based on the story 'Shok', but there are also elements of Tarkovsky's STALKER (1979) and many other sci-fi films. Score by Simon Boswell. .


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