Hardwired is a 2009 American science fiction action film directed by Ernie Barbarash, written by Mike Hurst, and starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Val Kilmer.

Just before it goes off, a group of underground hackers led by Hal and "Keyboard" hack into the chip and save his life.

Ironside was originally offered Kilmer's role, Virgil Kirkhill, but he declined, as he wanted to stretch his acting beyond playing imposing antagonists.

[2] David Nusair of ReelFilm panned the film, stating, "Hardwired inevitably establishes itself as just another sloppy, run-of-the-mill direct-to-video actioner – with Cuba Gooding Jr's presence in the central role ultimately more sad than anything else.

"[4] Steve Power of DVD Verdict wrote, "Amazingly, Hardwired isn't completely terrible.