Carl McCoy

That's a mistake, okay? Um, so anyway, so let's do some of the back- the background stuff.

Uh, the Nomad who unearths the Mark XIII robot is played by Carl McCoy, lead singer of the goth rock band Fields of the Nephilim, for whom Richard Stanley had previously directed two music videos and designed an album cover.

According to him, McCoy's character in Hardware is basically the same as it was in a Nephilim work.

The character, then titled Preacher Man, had a prosthetic hand, yellow contact lenses, and wore an old black coat with a cowboy hat.

It's gritty, gory, psychedelic, and immersive.

Narratively, there is nothing you haven't seen before, but I really enjoyed the tactile world-building.

Well, and the badass red-haired heroine, good-looking special effects, vicious climax, and cameos by Lemmy, Carl McCoy, and Iggy Pop also contribute to the movie's cult film flair.

It's certainly not The Terminator, but as far as low-budget killer robot films go, Hardware is one of the better ones." I like that review.