Good Will Hunting

Rating: Null/10 (19 July 2004)

I, ROBOT (2004) **1/2 Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Alan Tudyk, James Cromwell, Bruce Greenwood, Adrian Ricard, Chi McBride. Loose adaptation of Isaac Asimov's classic sci-f story about a futuristic society where robots are incorporated into the public trust as servants that uphold three rules to fulfill has angry cop Smith facing off against a corporation's eve of releasing new robots that may be malevolent since one may have killed its creator. Production design and visual effects once again rule the roost in the action/sci-fi genre with little originality since it seems to be a processed output of 'BLADE RUNNER', 'ROBOCOP', 'THE TERMINATOR', 'FRANKENSTEIN', 'A.I.' and 'MINORITY REPORT' yet the entertainment value hangs on by the edge of its cinematic fingers thanks to a humor sprinkled turn by Smith (when he's not glowering at the machinations, literally, at hand) and some sleekly waycool aforementioned visuals thanks to director Alex Proyas' visionary skills.