Hardware (1990) — AI Story Visualization

Hardware (1990) Poster

Plot Analysis Summary

A scavenged combat robot activates and hunts its new owner in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases

Scavenger's Discovery

The Gift and the Warning

Apartment Siege

Humidity and Aftermath

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.

Directed by

Richard Stanley

Key Cast

Rating: 5.9/10 (346 votes)