Movie Review: I, Robot

Sunday, October 4, 2009
Synopsis: The year is 2035. Detective Del Spooner is investigating the death of brilliant, eccentric scientist Dr. Alfred Lanning. Spooner is aided by psychologist Dr. Susan Calvin, and the death is initially labeled a suicide. Spooner, though, suspects that a robot may have perpetrated the crime. That seems unthinkable since robots are governed by The Three Laws of Robotics, which state that a robot may never harm or allow harm to come to a human being. As Spooner and Calvin investigate the death, they come to believe that a robot did, in fact, commit the crime. They are aided in their investigation by Dr. Lanning himself, who appears as a hologram, and reveals that he was working on a top secret project at the time of his death.

Starring: Will Smith, Alan Tudyk, Bridget Moynahan, Chi McBride, Bruce Greenwood
Directed by: Alex Proyas
U.S. Rating: PG-13

An interesting plot about artificial intelligence, robots and humans with some great CGI effects. Will Smith plays a Chicago Police detective who doesn't like or trust robots due to a previous bad experience where a robot decided to save him instead of a girl in a car accident. Spooner (Will Smith) was assigned to investigate the death of Dr. Lanning, a robotic scientist. Soon, he'll discover that a robot could be involved in this incident. Following all the leads, he'll find himself in the middle of a battle for power between the VIKI (the central computing unit that controls the mind and system of every single robot), the robots controlled by VIKI and humans. Spooner will become the leader of this resistance, destroys VIKI and let all robots to get their control back, with the assistance of Sonny (a robot NS-5).

What did I like from this movie?

1. Some really cool CGI and effects
2. Will Smith did a good job, no matter the role played

What did I dislike from this movie?

1. The scene when he's driving the Audi. Being such an amazing prototype, I don't know why they had to drive in in a CGI environment, in a tunnel. I don't know why they didn't try to give it a better and more natural environment

I would rate this movie with a 3/5


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