Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir #134: Hardware

Genre: Horror/Horreur, Sci-FI/Science Fiction

Annee/Year: 1980

Format: DVD

Hardware. From South-African director Richard Stanley, this low budget sci-fi flick was a commercial success against all odds. The movie was shot mostly in an appartment and is set in a post-apocalyptic world. It relates the story of a boyfriend (Dylan Mcdermott) who offers his girlfriend (Stacey Travis) a scrap robot head which he salvaged from the devastated area.
Turns out this head is from a flaky and very dangerous robot called a Mark 13 which reactivates itself and determines to obliterate all life he comes across. Lovely for redecorating an appartment.
The movie has tones of terminator but runs a pretty good suspense till the end.

Hardware. Un film du directeur Richard Stanley. Ce film à budget restreint a quand même atteint un certain niveau de succès. Le film a des similarités avec Terminator et est mis en scène dans un monde postapocalyptique. Il raconte l'histoire d'un couple (Dylan Mcdermott, Stacey Travis) qui est aux prises avec un robot Mark 13 qui est une machine à tuer très sophistiqué et très adaptable. Le film presque entier se déroule dans un appartement. Le robot en fait une redécoration majeure. Ce film contient un très bon suspense jusqu'à la fin.

Great quotes:

Angry Bob: [on radio] This is Angry Bob, the man with the industrial dick, coming to you loud and clear on W.A.R. Radio with the good news and the bad news. Bad news is the heatwave's not going to let up. It's expected to hit ninety downtown before nightfall, although weather control keeps promising that rain is on the way. The foul up on the launch pad at terminal eight doesn't look like it's gonna clear for another half hour and holiday air traffic is still stacking up over the CBD and all outlying districts. But traffic control promises that if you all keep cool they'll get you home in time for Christmas. As for the good news - There is no fucking good news! So let's just play some music! [laughs]
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Jill: It's stupid, sadistic and suicidal to have children right now.
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Chief: Machines don't understand sacrifice - neither do morons.


Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099740/fullcredits#cast

Rating perso: 6.0/10