Movie
Hardware
You can't stop progress.
Mark 13 is a government-built killing machine programmed with artificial intelligence, able to repair and recharge itself from any energy source. Through a series of coincidences, the cyborg's head ends up in the home of a sculptress as a bizarre Christmas present from her boyfriend. Once inside its new home, the cyborg promptly reconstructs the rest of its body using a variety of household utensils and proceeds to go on a murderous rampage.
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Checked Sep 2, 2026
Hardware opened in theaters September 14, 1990. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
Mark 13 is a government-built killing machine programmed with artificial intelligence, able to repair and recharge itself from any energy source. Through a series of coincidences, the cyborg's head ends up in the home of a sculptress as a bizarre Christmas present from her boyfriend. Once inside its new home, the cyborg promptly reconstructs the rest of its body using a variety of household utensils and proceeds to go on a murderous rampage.
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Cast
Dylan McDermottMoses "Hard Mo" Baxter
Stacey TravisJill
John LynchShades
William HootkinsLincoln Wineberg Jr.
Carl McCoyNomad
Iggy PopAngry Bob
Mark NorthoverAlvyCredits
- Directed by
- Richard Stanley
- Written by
- Richard Stanley
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $1.5M
- Box office
- $5.7M
Production
- Palace PicturesUnited Kingdom
- British Screen ProductionsUnited Kingdom
- Wicked Films
British Satellite BroadcastingUnited Kingdom