Hardware (film)

Hardware
Hardware
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Richard Stanley
Screenplay by	Richard Stanley
Based on	SHOK!; by Steve MacManus; Kevin O'Neill
Produced by	JoAnne Sellar; Paul Trijbits; Harvey Weinstein (executive);
Starring	Dylan McDermott; Stacey Travis; John Lynch; William Hootkins; Iggy Pop;
Cinematography	Steven Chivers
Edited by	Derek Trigg
Music by	Simon Boswell
Production; companies	British Satellite Broadcasting; British Screen; Palace Productions; Wicked Films;
Distributed by	Palace Pictures (United Kingdom); Millimeter (United States)
Release dates	14 September 1990 (US); 5 October 1990 (UK);
Running time	94 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom; United States
Language	English
Budget	£960,000; ($1.5 million)
Box office	$5.7 million (US)

Hardware is a 1990 science fiction horror film written and directed by Richard Stanley, in his feature directorial debut. It stars Dylan McDermott and Stacey Travis, and also features cameo appearances by musicians Carl McCoy, Iggy Pop and Lemmy. An example of the cyberpunk subgenre, the plot of Hardware follows a self-repairing robot that goes on a rampage in a post-apocalyptic slum.

Fleetway Comics successfully sued the filmmakers of Hardware for plagiarism, due to similarities between the screenplay and a short story entitled "SHOK!" that appeared in 1980 in the Judge Dredd Annual 1981, a spin-off publication of the popular British weekly anthology comic 2000 AD; credit was added to later releases of the film. Since its release, Hardware has become a cult film.