seen it in the theater?

I saw this in a double-bill with Dolph Lundgren's "I Come in Peace" back in 1990. I was 18 at the time, so two sci-fi movies back-to-back were a real treat. I liked how Hardware did a lot with a small budget, its memorable characters (Lincoln Weinberg Jr. is a hoot!) and I found myself dazzled by Stacey Travis.

I may not call Hardware a masterpiece, but I have a healthy respect for its efforts, which lift it above the few thousand straight-to-video sci-fi no-brain clunkers littering the shelves of video stores everywhere...

Saw it on Stockholm film festival in 1990 and subsequently when it was realeased in public theaters. I was twenty at the time and it made a big impression then. It's definitely not a masterpiece but most people who's in to cyberpunk and sci-fi (which I was at the time) seems to agree that it raises over the average low-budget sci-fi flick. I think it's best feature is the imaginative visuals. Now, 15 years later it's still nice to see something made in-camera without the "über-slick" CGI-feel.

The film actually gathered a small but enthusiastic following in Sweden. Me and my friends still refer to it from time to time.

I saw it in the theater when I was 7 or 8. Afterwards, we agreed that my dad couldn't pick out the movies anymore.

I saw in the theater when it first came out (1990 - I was about 13 then). I remember thinking there wasn't too much to it, and was pretty shoddy. I haven't seen it since. I should probably check it out again sometime to see if it's gotten better with age.

I've seen it back when it came out and watched it again just yesterday on video for the second time ever. I was 19 when it came out. At the time I was studying in London and I've read some article about it on how impressive it looks for such a tiny budgetted film etc. So I was intrigued plus the fact that I was really into sci-fi/horror and went to see it. I liked it so much back then that I even went and bought the soundtrack! (a true soundtrack with pieces of dialogue from the movie etc, not just a bunch of songs thrown in). A decade and a half later (and a few hundred movies) can't say that I was equally impressed though the visuals and music add to the stuffy atmosphere. However for a horror picture can't say that you'll be jumping from your seat. Characters are interesting though. And 5.4/10 is unfair!

I was about 24 when I saw it at the theatre. I too, watch this movie 2 or 3 times a year, it's just a great "unknown" movie, and truly one of the best sci-fi's of all time. I can't really recall what I felt, while watching it at the theatre, just that it was a really cool flick. I went back to see it again, as I knew, once it was gone, it'd be gone forever on the big screen. I'm glad to see McDermott's gone on to be a descently known actor, and will forever be in my "cool book" for being apart of this film. Any other movies of this type any of you recemend we may have not seen? There's one from 1992, with Rutger Hauer called "Split Second", I highly recemend it...
Cheers Hardware fans!
Ghost

I saw it in the theater when I was 18 and about to graduate from high school. I thought it was pretty good, but a bit slow-paced and derivative. I still like it a lot, but think it has a few serious flaws which prevent it from being an all-time classic. I have submitted a review which has been posted where I give it a 7 out of 10. I keep hoping "Hardware" would get released on DVD already. My used VHS copy is pretty beat-up, so an upgrade to DVD is clearly in order.

I just saw a British print at a midnight screening in NYC and I must say I was really tired and could not stay awake most of the first 30 minutes. The last hour was a struggle, but I found the whole thing sorta boring. After hearing about this for so long I thought I might have been in for a treat, but alas, I was mistaken.