Excellent adaptation.

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

The plot: After being involved in a nasty car crash, a man receives an experimental implant, courtesy of an omnipresent, multinational corporation.Hardwired is a throwback to the low budget cyberpunk movie boom of the early 90s. With former A-list stars, an interesting (though not quite original) premise, and lots of action scenes, you'd think that this movie would have lots of promise. One could even be forgiven for thinking that it'd even be good. Unfortunately, it's so cheesy, predictable, low budget, and comically inept that you can't help but laugh. Despite all of its ridiculous problems, it's so earnest and enthusiastic that I can't bring myself to hate it. It's an enjoyable mess of a movie, as long as you're not expecting something intellectual and artistic.Amidst all the cheesiness, there were some things that worked well, and I have to admit that I'm tiny bit disappointed that there isn't a sequel. I would have loved to see Lance Henricksen play the evil megalomaniac. I guess we'll never know how the story ends, though it's probably for the best that we're not inflicted with an even more clichéd followup.If you're a fan of low budget B movies, it can't hurt too much to give Hardwired a try.

In a future world dominated by the corporations, Luke Gibson is driving his beloved pregnant wife Veronica to her work on the day of his birthday; out of the blue, a truck hits their car. Luke's medical insurance is expired and he is doomed to die; however, the executive of the Hope Corporation Virgil proposes Luke's sister to submit him to an experimental surgery with the implant of a chip in his brain. Luke awakes and soon he discovers that he has visions and he is the Subject 373 of a secret project. He is helped by a team of hackers formed by Keyboard that became paraplegic after being shot by a henchman of the Hope Corporation; his father Hal; Punk Blue; and Punk Red. Luke tries to recover his memories and discover the objective of the mysterious project...the film tries hard to be like blade-runner, Minority report, I robot, but fails on every account. it never gets interested and i feel Goodings pain every time i saw the guy selling the watch, i wanted to turn off.the script is bad and i wonder what gooding and Kilmer were thinking when they signed on? gooding says in the making it was the right time for a film like this, because of the current economic climate....thinking about the paycheck then?and as for Kilmer? pantomime villain at best, he just stands there and spouts out nonsense like the architect did, but with Nicolas Cage hair.Please don't bother, this is trash, and the effects are as bad as the DVD cover.

Mediocre acting, ponderous political pandering, and the total implausibility of the plot execution finally overcame the desire to seek entertainment value or insight in this clunker. We are supposed to believe that the CEO of the world's largest corporation spends his time watching some guy walking around on the streets. This is like a movie about Bill Gates watching somebody's home computer crash and cackle about it.Evil corporations control the world now. We can tell because they have hologrammed commercials erupting out of every building and national landmark in sight. This is a movie element designed to appeal to five year olds with paranoia and dementia. Yeah, we get it. Pass ObamaCare or else heartless corporations will scoop people off the streets who have been in car wrecks and upon finding them uninsured, pop a microchip the size of an ipod into their heads and harass them into buying watches. Got it.This doesn't qualify as science fiction, it is somebody's private delusion made into a movie. No doubt by an evil corporation.

Not too long ago, I wrote that Cuba Gooding Jr. simply didn't seem to care anymore, after appearing in one awful direct-to-video movie after another. And seeing him paired with the equally washed-up Val Kilmer, I didn't have high hopes for this movie. But after seeing the decent "Wrong Turn At Tahoe" and this movie, maybe things are turning around for Gooding.Don't get me wrong - this isn't a GREAT movie. The script, for one thing, is derived from a number of past movies like "Total Recall" (which co-star Michael Ironside also appeared in). But it is competently done for what it is. The production values are pretty strong for a direct-to-video movie, Gooding is adequate in his role, and the script, while derivative, does try for a little mystery and a few original touches. No, it isn't a movie to seek out, but if it comes across on TV it will do the job.Note to Val Kilmer fans: It's pretty obvious that he filmed all his (limited) scenes in two days at the most.