Product: I, Robot [Region 2] (2004)
Rating: 4.0
Thoroughly Suprised...and delighted
I watched this DVD with trepidation. The previews looked like they had pretty much thrown out Asimov's basic plotlines, but they didn't. Will Smith plays a detective in 2035, which is populated by robots as delivery robots, servants, dog walkers, etc. Almost any job not requiring a lot of thought could be done by a robot.The chief robotic scientist, who developed the 3 laws and designed the first general purpose robots, commits suicide, or was he murdered by a robot? Will Smith is called in as a detective who doesn't not like or trust robots, despite the rest of the world trusting them completely. He follows the clues left to him by the dead scientist to solve the case.In the end, I could see this movie as having been an Asimov story.I give the movie 5 stars, however, the extras on the DVD are disappointing, hence the overall rating of 4 stars.