I, Robot

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

-Isaac Asimov

4- Laws are meant to be broken

- Will Smith(producer), Alex Proyas(director), Jeff Vintar and Akiva Goldsman(story)

Only if you keep the 4th law firmly in your mind, can you make some sense of this sci-fi shit.

The Plot:

Set in 2035 chicago, the story kicks of with the suicide of Dr. Alfred Lanning (James Cromwell), leading roboticist of US Robotics and creator of NS-5, a next generation personal robot. Did i say suicide, oh that would make a lame movie :) So detective Del Spooner (Will Smith, the fresh prince) is assigned this case and being a robot-hater he immediately puts 2 and 2 together to charge Sonny (voice by Alan Tudyk), a NS-5, with the murder. Inspite of claims of innocence by Dr. Susan Calvin (Bridget Moynahan), the robot psychologist(!), Spooner is assured that the three laws are bull shit. But why does he hate these helpful mechanical creatures??Cause one of them had saved his life in the past!! He says, robots dont have heart. huh? some people are difficult to argue with ;)

So the chase begins...
The fight scene on the freeway is outlandish to say the least, what with army of NS-5s attacking spooner's car, the car spinning at 150 mph and hitting the wall. Since, will played Ali in the previous movie, he survives the fatal crash??.
Anyway, we also realise that spooner has a metallic left hand. interesting.The robot is charged with murder. very interesting.

Meanwhile, sonny shows a range of emotions that would put a seasoned operra actor to shame.
Now, Spooner is really into the sherlock mode. So armed with clues like hansel and gretel, bread crums and the very cryptic hologram by the dead guy, he realises that the evil robots want to take over humanity. The perpetrator of crime, is an AI bot outrageously named as VIKI. I take offence to that name cause she was all of ours favourite little "small wonder" !

Anyway, so the predictable climax takes place, with spooner shooting randomly infront of a blue screen and the sfx people deftly making the robots blow up on the screen. exciting.
Also the lady doctor and sonny play an important role in this epic battle between man vs machine.

Why to watch?
for women: you get to see will smith's ass !
for men: you get to see bridget moynahan's silhouette in the shower (damn!!)
Though its worth a watch, if you have nothing to do on a weekend and ready for anything!Will smith's timing is amazing as usual. Ah! those were gr8 days back in bel air. Why is he wasting his time with "serious" movies like Ali n I,Robot??  O well I know why..
'I, Robot' tops box office with $52.2 million weekend    hmm...makes sense.


Why not to watch?
If you are a purist and cant stand bull shit thrown at you.

 
For more about the movie and the original writer check out: http://www.asimovonline.com


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