You can’t often go wrong with movies based on great books and I, Robot proves this point. Based on Isaac Asimov’s story of a robot with a conscious it is directed by Alex Proyas and stars the ever wooden Will Smith. Yet even Smith’s performance as Detective Del Spooner fails to derail the film. The movie’s strength lies in its storyline of robots who think – sometimes – in order to protector their creators they have to supersede their programming and break the ethical laws humans have written into them. It is a great premise and the detective story that results when the robots’ creator, a scientist named Dr. Albert Lanning, is found murdered is a great ride. Full of action, philosophy and some great special effects, I Robot works to show us the err of our ways and the dangers that may eventual result when robots attain a consciousness similar to our own.
My rating 7 out of 10.
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