I, Robot Movie Review 2004

Very loose adaptation of Asimov's seminal 1950 sci-fi collection of short stories has action-hero Smith as Chicago detective Del Spooner, who's investigating the murder of robotic pioneer, Dr. Alfred Lanning (Cromwell). It's 2035, and robots are as common a household appliance as a toaster, and supposedly just as safe. But Spooner thinks those 'bots have minds (and plans) of their own and that one of them offed the good doctor. When Spooner persists in his theory that a robot committed the crime, he gets bumped from the force, which doesn't stop his investigation. The robots are creepily cool but there's no shock of the new in this crime caper.

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on DVD
Running time 115 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sci Fi, Books to Film: Isaac Asimov, Robots & Androids, Future Cop, Technology--Rampant, Chicago, Shrinks, Top Grossing Films of 2004

Screenplay

Akiva Goldsman, Jeff Vintar

Cast

Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood, Chi McBride, Alan Tudyk, James Cromwell, Shia LaBeouf, Adrian L. Ricard

Cinematography

Simon Duggan

Director

Alex Proyas

Music

Marco Beltrami

Other

James Kusan, Richard Learoyd, Armen Minasian, William Hoy, Helen Jarvis, Chris August, Elizabeth Keogh Palmer, Patrick Tatopoulos

Producer

Laurence Mark, John Davis, Topher Dow, Wyck Godfrey, David Entertainment Co., Overlook Films, 20th Century-Fox