“Hardware” has to be a contender for the worst killer robot movie ever made. Most of it is really dark and you can barely see what’s going on. I had no idea what was going on most of the time in the terms of the story. Everything just seemed to be all over the place. It’s a thoroughly unenjoyable picture.

A space marine (Dylan McDermott “Olympus Has Fallen”) buys a disassembled robot and gifts it to his girlfriend (Stacey Travis “Intolerable Cruelty”, “Mystery Men”) so that she can make something out of it. However, the robot rebuilds itself as goes on a killing spree.

The characters in this movie are dull beyond belief. One of them is so creepy weirdo that likes spying on the main woman. The robot itself looks okay when it’s not moving in some of the shots but the animatronics are abysmal. Also, we do not get to see the robot all that much. This is meant to be a killer robot movie yet it does not do anything until well into the second act. It also does not help that when we do see the robot, it’s often too dark for us to see what it’s doing. The parts where we see things from the robot’s perspective also look really grainy. It definitely made me wish I was watching “The Terminator” instead.

“Hardware” is easily one of the worst sci-fi films of the 90s. A few of the opening shots make it look somewhat promising but my expectations dwindled quickly. It’s worse than I could have ever feared that it would be. Some claim that this movie has developed a cult following over the years but I certainly cannot see the appeal of it. The whole thing is a mess and I just could not stand it. There are plenty of better killer robot movies out there including “The Terminator”, “Westworld” and even “Chopping Mall”.