I, Robot (2004)

I, Robot (link to Amazon)
Directed by Alex Proyas
Viewed on 07-11-08

This sci-fi epic was set in the year 2035 as a techno-phobic police officer (Will Smith) investigates a crime that may have been committed by a robot, which leads to a potentially larger threat to humanity. Right off the bat we can tell that this movie was probably damn expensive to make, which probably led to the numerous blatant product placement advertisements that were peppered throughout the film and were occasionally distracting. The CGI effects were plentiful and in virtually every scene, not to mention Sonny, the robotic supporting character (voiced by Alan Tudyk who's probably best known as Steve the pirate in the movie Dodgeball). Aside from the numerous shirtless and sometimes nude scenes by Smith (which we even suspected was a body double), his character portrayal was very typical for the actor and I suppose above adequate for this genre of film.

Overall we gave this movie a B- rating and would suggest the best viewing for this film would be at the dollar theatre, but worth the price of an additional tub of overpriced popcorn and maybe even a soda.