I, Robot

 I, Robot 2004

• Director: Alex Proyas
• Seen by this director: The Crow
• Based (sort of) on the book by Isaac Asimov
• Cast: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood, James Cromwell, Chi MacBride
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Will Smith – Winter’s Tale, After Earth, I Am Legend, Wild Wild West, Men in Black, Independence Day, Six Degrees of Separation,
• Bridget Moynahan – John Wick
• Bruce Greenwood – Doctor Sleep, Being Julia, Nowhere Man
• James Cromwell – Becoming Jane, The Queen, Six Feet Under, Angels in America, The Green Mile, Snow Falling on Cedars, Romeo Is Bleeding
• Chi MacBride – What’s Love Got to Do with It
• Why? Sci fi.
• Seen: 4 December 2021      

       Asimov’s Three Laws of Robots are classic. The film is inspired by them.

       Chicago 2025 (that’s only 14 years away, peeps). There are robots everywhere. Del Spooner (Smith) does not like robots. In fact, he’s a police officer who chases robots that he assumes are rogues and criminal, only they aren’t, and they can’t commit crimes. So he gets into trouble with his boss (MacBride).

       The man who more or less invented the current robot technology (Cromwell) commits suicide. Only Del doesn’t believe it was suicide, he believes it was murder and the perp is a rogue robot. Dr Calvin (Moynahan), a robot psychiatrist, insists that it’s impossible.

       She’s wrong. He’s right. Sort of.

       Will Smith is his usual cocky almost-irritatingly-arrogant-macho-but-likeable self. There are clichés throughout and there’s way too much action. But it’s interesting, fun and exciting. I quite like it. 

4* of 5.