Product: I, Robot [Region 2] (2004)
Rating: 3.0
Adhere's to book's themes, but executed poorly
I was interested to see how they would turn Asimov's book in to a Will Smith vehicle. The actual way they did it was not that bad. They kept a few characters from the book and the three laws of robotics, and then went wild. In that its not all the bad. It successfully presents many of the themes and concerns that Asimov had in his stories and extrapolates further on them. There are various event that were taken verbatim from the stories in the book.The big problem I had was with the execution of the movie. The story seemed to jump around with very little character development or explanations as to why things were happening. At the movies conclusion, I was still left somewhat confused as to what ultimate outcome was intended. With a little more attention to the story and characters, this could have been a very good action movie. Instead it seems that the 'glue' was cut to make more room for action sequences.