Good, for an Asimov Adaptation...

Rating: 9/10 (28 July 2004)

The genius that wrote the book probably wouldn't be too upset at this rendition I imagine. Seeing the movie only makes me want to read the book more than before. I was pleasantly surprised by this Sci-Fi moral action film with all of those facets aforementioned in this sentence. The Sci-Fi part is without question very intriguing and causes me to question how far away we are from that future, or how possible it is now rather. The moral part is good too... once an entity can at last, least emulate, if not imitate human emotional reactions/ behaviors than who is to say they are really that different from us... for certainly some humans experience feelings that others never do in their lives, so the question isn't about the drastic range of emotions, but more about a not too simple or complex range that seems to be based on the individuals experience, which I would say in this context is uniquely confining, and so limited by circumstance, not by ability or possibility. Very, interesting debate/discussion... The action part of the movie is definitely satiating to the averaging violent film fanatic, unless you're going for -human- body count. The myriad robot expungings are circuit filled and sweet in most regards. I highly recommend this film to anyone with a human brain for all of the above reasons, if not at least for the single moral aspect of the film. Inshah'Allah!