Okay, better than I originally anticipated....

Rating: 7/10 (24 July 2004)

Seeing the preview for 'I, Robot', and realizing immediately the blatant rip-off from The Matrix franchise as far as storyline and SFX goes, and Will Smith in yet ANOTHER futuristic, ID4-type role, I didn't expect much here. After seeing it yesterday, I must say that it was better than I thought it would. I'm not a fan of Will Smith at all; and he gives usual performance here but it works. The SFX was very cool, it all looked smooth. However, the slo-mo shots were blatantly ripped off from The Matrix....I saw that as a quick cop-out, it's been done so much it's a really tired technique. The story was more layered than I expected, though still basic in essence it worked well. Watching 'I, Robot' I just felt that I couldn't fully appreciate the film....70% of it seemed to be CG!
I was really expecting this to be total trash, but it really isn't. It's a nice little futuristic film with a surprisingly 'human' story, and because of that it has a chance of standing on its own as a sci-fi futuristic flick.
**1/2 out of **** stars.