Directed by : Alex Provas

Produced by : John Davis, Topher Dow

Starring : Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan

Released : 2004 (20th Century Fox)

Country : United States, Canada

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I, Robot film is attributed to Isaac Asimov's Robot Series, especially a short-story collection of the same name. It is technically based on Hardwired, a freelance script by Jeff Vintar, but bears some significant resemblance to a pre-Asimov, 1939 classic sci-fi short story, I Robot by Eando Binder, after which the Asimov collection was named by its publisher against Asimov's wishes. Some of Asimov's ideas about robots were added to Vintar's script.

There is some excellent acting, particularly from Smith, Moynahan, and James Cromwell who plays the father of robotics, Dr Alfred Lanning. The robot character Sonny was created using CGI based on the movements of actor Alan Tudyk (who played the pilot Wash in Serenity / Firefly) in the same way that Gollum was created for the "Lord of the Rings" films. This was particularly well done, but special effects were spectacularly good throughout the film.

Dramatic tension was well managed and you are made to care about most of the characters. There is some excellent humour in the film.