I, Robot

I, Robot was released in 2004 and revolves around a science fiction action film and was inspired by Isaac Asimov's short-story collection of the same name.

Plot

In 2020 a robot company, United States Robotics (USR), was created and known for their mass production of robots that were used as nation wide servants for human services with three laws of service.

• First Law: A robot must never harm a human or allow any harm to come to a human
• Second Law: A robot must always obey their human master unless their commands are to harm another human
• Third Law: A robot must protect their own existence unless the First or Second Law is broken

With that being the backstory, the film continues in 2035 where a new class of robots, Nestor-5 (NS-5), is under development. Detective Del Spooner (Will Smith), is part of the Chicago Police Department and has always been in severe distrust of robots from the start. Spooner, in a sense, is very old-fashioned and refuses to update any of his things technology wise.

After the co-founder of USR (James Cromwell) dies after falling from his office window, his death is said to be suicide. Spooner who was very close to the man, beings to severely investigate as the whole situation is seemed to be dauntingly fishy.

Of course, while digging deeper into USR and finding secrets that weren't meant to be found does Spooner find himself unraveling what seems to be the start of a revolution between robots and mankind.

Overall

I was reminded as to how much I love this movie from start to finish just the other day. Everytime this plays on TV, I just have to record it. Will Smith is a flawless actor and this is one of his many great acts. Of course, my taste for action and a dystopian society always draws me back to this movie.

The buildup between first class robots and the highly advanced second is just phenomenal and you really see the way two completely different minds clash. I adore the way there's a mystery veil through the whole movie and not until the end do you really begin to understand. Of course, the ending caught me off guard and it took me a while to realize what it actually meant, but it's totally worth the watch.