Review – I, Robot

Perhaps they’ve finally run out of old Phillip K. Dick novels to make into effects-intensive sci fi flicks, so now they’re turning to Asimov classics. In any event, if you’re in the mood for a vaguely depressing action movie you’ve come to the right place. The subtexts about the fine lines between humanity and automation have been done to death in the years between the novel’s original publication and now. So it seems less a clever plot element and more a shortcoming when the characters – human and robot alike – come across as stiff and cold. That aside, however, some of the visual effects are kind of fun. Overall it doesn’t quite sustain its running time, but like many other productions in this sub-genre, the effects keep it from dragging too badly. Mildly amusing