The device used to re-program the Guard Robot is clearly a re-used PKE Meter.
The film takes place in 1999.
The bar Ray Wise goes into, Torchy's, was used in several of action director Walter Hill's movies including The Driver, Brewster's Millions, Streets of Fire and is best remembered in 48 Hrs as the redneck bar Eddie Murphy busts up.
Pilot for a series that didn't sell.
Ironically, the villainess here is more like Marvel's original counterpart than is the official Black Widow of the film series. The original Black widow character was a demoness who captured souls of sinners for Satan.