"Will It HURT?"

Rating: 7/10 (9 January 2013)

It is difficult to have anything but contempt for the lead character in the movie. Det. Spooner, not Sonny (the robot). He is such a cocky, shallow, dolt and is hardly worth the contempt. Not believable for a minute, he broods and wisecracks simultaneously, struts and poses, flexes and fades into the weak script with easy abandon.
The Director has done some dark and interesting work, The Crow (1994), Dark City (1998), Knowing (2009), but here his brush strokes are covered up by a pompous portrayal of an over written, over acted, unfunny, stale protagonist that is a prototype of pulp.
This is not a bad movie but it does do bad things to its story and really bad things in its elimination of smart and plays to the dumbed-down and low-denominator demands. It has a slight ominous tone but has regular attempts at keeping things agreeable and acceptable for young ticket-buyers.
Overall, it is worth watching for the better stuff, if you use a BS deflector and don't invest too much Movie and Sci-Fi integrity. Mainly it is at worst a borderline plagiarist insult that is self-destructive. "human (movie) in danger...human (movie) in danger"