Better Than Expected

Rating: 7/10 (25 January 2019)

24 July 2004. Isaac Asimov might have turned over in his grave at the trailers for this movie, but after watching the whole movie, I gather he might have settle for a mild approval though the primary core values of his Robot series were not strictly followed. This movie was better than expected and it wasn't so stereotypical that the movie wasn't just another them vs. us movie. A little more complex, a little more deep, this sci fi version of I, Robot presents Wil Smith with his usual wit (though perhaps too much of the same action figure) with a more and more deeper substance as his performances in movies continue. Not as finely nuanced and complicated as Isaac Asimov would have hoped, but perhaps his Robot series and Foundation series like Dune and Lord of the Rings before them, may become a serious mini-movie series in reality if the evolution of the movie industry can somehow capture the genius of this sci fi author's work. Seven out of Ten Stars.