Even though this movie was made several years ago I watched it a few times recently and it's pretty relevant with all the new AI and robotic technology. Will Smith has a hard time dealing with personal robots in the future and is sure they are more evil than good. It's action packed but also makes you laugh at the same time. Great movie and like I said probably more relevant today than what we thought a few years ago. Great movie, period!

Okay donuts are donuts and bagels are bagels, even though they both have holes in them they are not the same. You can’t pass this off as a masterpiece and there are certainly social statements surrounding stereotyping and racism, which is common in Will Smith movies, which may or may not be to your liking. Personally I don’t mind them, though they could be softened a bit.

Regardless of your personal inflection on key social issues, you are going to find it’s a relatively fast paced sci-fi movie with predictable chase scenes. There are some twists and turns which keeps you guessing, but they too are rather predictable.

Overall the cast is great, with Bridget Moynahan performing very well. Admittedly I’ve not seen her acting much outside of this movie but her emotional range is both impressive and her performance convincing. Alan Tudyk is a very good voice actor and he’s done a convincing job here. If there’s opportunity I think it lies in the second tier of the support with Chi McBride’s performance feeling a bit pressed. And then there’s Will Smith himself. At times he shines, but in all due candor there’s just too much showing his physical condition. The shower scene brings no value and does not belong here nor does it bring value. Lastly, this is based loosely on a Asimov’s writing, I get that, but those are short stories made into a feature length movie and there are inevitably comparisons. The affection for nostalgia respective of shoes, CD players, etc., is funny once or twice but wears thin. It feels like a solid interpretation, and I would say it all gels on the end product.

Overall this is a fun movie, full of ups and downs, emotionally and socially grounded. I now watch it once a year and consider it one of Will Smiths’s better outings. It’s just enough CG as to not overwhelm the movie and has a well put together and complimentary cast. If you’re hesitating, pull the trigger, grab some corn, and be thoroughly entertained.

I Robot is a sci-film film featuring Will Smith as Detective Del Spooner. It takes place in the future where robots do all the manual labor for humans. A new robot is created called Sonny who has a conscience. He raises the question of whether the robots are slaves and if so should they rebel against their human masters? The movie therefore deals with the oppressed, i.e. the robots who were created solely to serve and what would happen if they finally started thinking about their situation.

There’s plenty of action as well.

Pretty good movie overall and makes people think if they take the time to think about the story.
C

I'm not sure why this movie did not get better reviews (or was not more of a commercial success), because I found it fun and entertaining (and even somewhat touching at times)...Will Smith is great, as ever, playing a street-wise cop in futuristic Chicago; his dislike of robots is obviously the crux of the story, esp. when a robotics genius he knows personally commits suicide (apparently) and Smith's Detective Spooner smells something rotten in the whole affair. His quest to find the truth forms the plotline of the story, with an overriding question about whether or not robots are (or really ever can be) safe. The special effects were pretty darn good, even though this movie came out several years ago (it is 2016 as I write this) and I think the acting is perfectly good (this is not Shakespeare with robots; it is, however, a fairly cerebral action/drama). This movie is like a soft-core version of The Terminator; same message, different delivery. Well worth a rental, though I actually purchased it.

Another movie where Will Smith performs a 10 out of 10:) The villain turned out not to be the billionaire i thought it was! I hope that human kind learns that self driving cars, automation, computers that are already thinking artificially can be a big responsibility! From sky net and the list is very long our future will be automated vastly from a police force made up of robots to a work force and that will produce a bill of rights for robots. With all advancements, robotics will be the factor that will challenge ourselves with who is in charge of who, and im pretty sure that humans need air to breath and robots dont! Self driving fully automated cars will be a reality in 2030 or sooner and gas engines will be a thing in museums in 2030 as well. Today more than half of new vehicles are electric and that includes motorcycles and full home automation. I hope human kind has a fail safe button! Score 6 stars!

I continuously lament how bad most of the stuff coming out of Hollywood is, and most of it is due to poorly written dialog and stories. I, Robot came from a famed, classic sci-fi writer of yesteryear (Isaac Asimov) and, as a result, could be adapted into a fantastic movie. The casting, the movie's angles and the special effects enhanced an already brilliant story. It's funny to think just how old this movie is now (almost 20), and it still completely captured my imagination and attention. It will always be a classic... even in another 20 years.

While this isn't exactly the same story that Asimov wrote, it's still an interesting movie. The action moves along, the actors are good. I'm not sure why Shia LaBeouf is in the movie, the character he plays contributes nothing to the story at all. (Not criticizing his acting, just wondering why the writer put this character in the story.) There are a couple of good twists and I figured out who the villain was at about the same time as Will Smith's character did. Usually I figure out who the villain is in movies much earlier. Highly recommended.

The most difficult reviews I do are on work that fills my head with a thousand reactions "sound bytes," while also leaving me speechless. I read I, Robot as a juvenile, a voracious reader, I had the ability to jump into the story, the words enveloping me forming such solid portraiture that to stop reading was like crash landing back on Earth. I only read a book once, and more than forty years later I was transported to the prose of Dr. Asimov as he beamed us across time, space, and human frailty. I LOVE Will Smith as the main protagonist, this is a phenomenal film. If you get the chance eat a few shrooms and start reading the novel. 10 Stars, Dystopian, New Wave Sci-Fi, Stron Juv readers on up - Wild applause, Thank you