Movie #105- I, Robot

It's the year 2035, and the community now has the help of robots. These robots have three laws integrated into their system. 1.) A robot must never harm a human being or, through inaction, allow any harm to come to a human. 2.) A robot must obey the orders given to them by human beings, except where such orders violate the First Law. 3.) A robot must protect its own existence unless this violates the First or Second Laws. One day, the writer of the three laws, Alfred Lanning (James Cromwell), apparently jumps out of the tenth-floor window of U.S. Robotics. The majority of the Chicago Police Department believe that he committed suicide, but Detective Del Spooner (Will Smith), who hates robots, thinks he was murdered, and the number one suspect is a robot who calls himself Sonny. However, if it was Sonny, then that means he would've had to have broken the three laws. With the help of Dr. Susan Calvin (Bridget Moynahan), Spooner must now discover the truth before it's too late. A film where robots go crazy and try to enslave humanity is a film that's worth owning on DVD! While the plot is thick with clichés and there is nothing really substantial about it, I, Robot is a movie that seems to cover everything - sci-fi, romance, comedy and action. It's a murder mystery covered in high gloss and metal sheen, it's a bit like an Agatha Christie novel set in 2035 with robots and high tech gadgets, while Christie's Poirot is cool with his Belgian accent and perfectly sculpted moustache, Will Smith's Spooner would crush Poirot, Smith seems to fit into the world of explosives and getting chased with ease, his character Spooner is racked with guilt over surviving an accident that took the life of a 12 year old girl and Smith's believabilty of this incident is commendable. I love the fact that half the film is a murder mystery while the other half unravels a conspiracy and the plot twist at the end was actually a surprise, making I, Robot a better film. When the robots in a film have more humanity than the humans do, you have no problem believing that, because some of the characters created are corrupt and greedy, traits that are seen in every day life. Overall, I highly enjoyed the world that I, Robot brought to the screens.