Robotic and really not clever enough

Rating: 3/10 (30 September 2015)

I had avoided this movie for over 10 years. My prejudice was it wasn't worth watching, I have just tested my prejudice and it stands firmer now that I have seen this very weak sci-fi endeavor.
I, Robot mostly feels like a MOW, or bits of animated interludes in a video game. The SFX really make the movie cheap and artificial... robotic. Will Smith is OK, he can't do much to lift this humming electronic shell above ground, but the female sidekick is a bore. Lame casting is one thing, but a script that stays so "PG-13, read back the order": that truly is a lethal sin. No wonder the rest of the script is just pedestrian and never brings anything genuinely gripping.
As for direction I can only remember show-off shooting angles in a totally uninspired storytelling approach. I remember Dark City as a disturbing sci-fi experience, yet it seldom relied on SFX so I can only imagine that Alex Proyas got himself into something too big for his own creative camera here.