Hardware

"You can't stop progress."

Sep 14 1990 R 1h 34m
Sci-Fi, Thriller

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.

Plot

In the future, a nuclear war has transformed the Earth into a radioactive wasteland where the sea has dried up leaving it as a post-apocalyptic desert. In the desert, A desert scavenger named Nomad discovers a robotic head, arriving in New York City, A space marine named Moses Baxter buys the robotic head from Nomad as a Christmas present for his girlfriend Jill Grakowski, who decides to use it for one of her sculptures. But all hell starts breaking loose, when the robotic head is activated and begins to rebuilt itself. When Alvy, a junkyard dealer discover the robotic head is a Mark 13, a military cyborg of a project that was abandoned. Moses learns Jill's life is in danger, as the Mark 13 cyborg goes on a violent rampage in Jill's apartment as Jill has become the the prime target for extermination.

Written by

Steve MacManus, Kevin O'Neill, Richard Stanley

Directed by

Richard Stanley

Production Countries

United States of America, United Kingdom

Production Companies

British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB), Wicked Films, British Screen Productions, Palace Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

3 wins & 4 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
17,769
Average Rating
6 out of 10
Metascore
41
Popularity
NA