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March 12, 2026
Hardware (1990, dir. Richard Stanley)
A cult classic of dystopian science fiction, Hardware is a ferocious blast of cyberpunk paranoia and industrial-age anxiety. Set in a scorched near future, the film follows the deadly consequences of reassembling a military robot designed solely to K*ll, serving as a grim metaphor for humanity’s inability to stop rebuilding its own destruction.
With its abrasive soundtrack, brutal visuals, and claustrophobic energy, Hardware feels closer to a punk album than a conventional science fiction film. Director Richard Stanley fuses comic-book aesthetics, body horror, and apocalyptic dread into a raw, unpolished vision that still resonates decades later. Loud, mean, and unapologetically grimy, this is science fiction as rebellion, best experienced in a theater at full volume.
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