Hardwired (2009)

Director:

Ernie Barbarash

Writer:

Michael Hurst (written by)

Release Date:

3 November 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

They stole his past, now he's taking back his future

Plot:

After a tragic accident claims the lives of Luke Gibson's (Gooding Jr.) wife and unborn child, he is left with critical injuries and complete amnesia...

Plot Keywords:

Technology | Amnesia | Corporate Conglomeration | Commercial Shoot | Commercial Spot

Cast

Cuba Gooding Jr.	...	Luke
Val Kilmer	...	Virgil
Michael Ironside	...	Hal
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Adamthwaite	...	Director
Reese Alexander	...	Hope Trooper
Matt Anderson	...	Store Cop
Eric Breker	...	Drake
Rob Carpenter	...	Scientist
Julius Chapple	...	Lewis
Terry Chen	...	Carter Burke
Robert Clarke	...	Winston
Dave Cote	...	Screen Doctor
Alastair Gamble	...	Marcus
Josh Goring	...	Homeless person
Marcus Hondro	...	Running Man
Vicky Huang	...	Aide
Hiro Kanagawa	...	Dr. Steckler
Chad Krowchuk	...	Keyboard
Ali Liebert	...	Catalina Jones
Donny James Lucas	...	Bennett (as Donny Lucas)
Rachel Luttrell	...	Candace
Tatiana Maslany	...	Punk Red
Nicole Munoz	...	Little Girl
Monica Mustelier	...	Veronica
Sunita Prasad	...	Nurse Price
Juan Riedinger	...	Punk Blue

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45501) | Australia:MA (2009) | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:18

Company:

Insight Film Studios

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During the operation that plants the computer in Luke's head they show him sitting up and the doctor working through the back of his neck. When the scene switches to a "security camera" view they use stock footage of a totally different operating room with a lot more people and the patient lying down and completely draped.

Movie Connections:

Features The Devil's Tomb (2009)

wtf?

Don't be fooled by the A-list actors. I think Cuba Gooding Jr and Val Kilmer must have been tricked into working on this crap. It even looks like the director tried to hide his name on the credits.

Hardwired was derivative in way that makes you think the writer has heard about Blade Runner and Minority Report, but never seen either. It's unoriginal with a non-existent plot, and cheesy effects from the very start. Truly painful to watch. The effects include exploding heads with "Evil-Dead-like" blood spurting, and After Effects starbursts for bullet strikes plus annoying high-pitched ringing throughout the film. The computer "hacking" was not only boring but laughable. (My life's work of "hacking" stored on a USB stick:) Even the 2 cyber punks were unconvincing. It takes place in the future yet everyone drives cars from the 90s. The set design was total crap, and it looks like it was shot on a camcorder in 1992. I kept thinking I was watching a low budget sci-fi TV show from the early 90s on a second rate network. I can't believe I watched this movie. There's no redeeming qualities to mention. It was simply terrible, and not in a cute B movie fashion.