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I, Robot [Blu-ray] | ![I, Robot [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fmi82JuqL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Alex Proyas
Actors: James Cromwell, Bruce Greenwood, Aaron Joseph, Craig March, Adrian Ricard
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  349 reviews
Sales Rank: 2537
Format: Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 114 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 2250987
UPC: 024543509875
EAN: 0024543509875
ASIN: B0012GVKVY
Theatrical Release Date: July 16, 2004
Release Date: March 11, 2008
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Product Description
Superstar Will Smith rages against the machines in this mind-blowing sci-fi action thriller! In the year 2035 technology and robots are a trusted part of everyday life. But that trust is broken when a scientist (James Cromwell) is found dead and a cynical detective (Smith) believes that an advanced robot may be responsible.System Requirements:Running Time: 125 minutesFormat: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/FUTURISTIC Rating: PG-13 UPC: 024543509875 Manufacturer No: 2250987
Amazon.com
As paranoid cop Del Spooner, Will Smith (Independence Day, Men in Black) displays both his trademark quips and some impressive pectoral muscles in I, Robot. Only Spooner suspects that the robots that provide the near future with menial labor are going to turn on mankind--he's just not sure how. When a leading roboticist dies suspiciously, Spooner pursues a trail that may prove his suspicions. Don't expect much of a connection to Isaac Asimov's classic science fiction stories; I, Robot, the action movie, isn't prepared for any ruminations on the significance of artificial intelligence. This likable, efficient movie won't break any new ground, but it does have an idea or two to accompany its jolts and thrills, which puts it ahead of most recent action flicks. Also featuring Bridget Moynahan (The Sum of All Fears), Bruce Greenwood (The Sweet Hereafter), and James Cromwell (Babe, LA Confidential). --Bret Fetzer
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 Another great movie from Will Smith July 12, 2008
Lee Ogilvie (o'side,CA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
It seems like every movie that Will Smith is in is a great movie. Will Smith never stops delivering great comedy in his movies.
" your a cat, i am black, and i wont be hurt again"
10/10
A simple solution to a logical trap July 10, 2008
Jacques COULARDEAU (OLLIERGUES France)
Science fiction inspired from Isaac Asimov. The film is logical but explores a logic that is unique. Robots are built with three ingrained laws. "Law I / A robot may not harm a human or, by inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. Law II / A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the first law. Law III / A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the first or second law." The scientist who designed these three laws and these robots also invented a central governing unit that was nothing but the watchdog of all robots as for respecting these three laws. But he had a doubt at the end of his life, more than a doubt, the conviction that the central unit, called VIKI, was evolving into understanding the three laws by "herself". Her protective mission as for humanity became the necessity to ,protect humanity against itself (wars, ecological evils, a suicidal attitude), hence robots where supposed to take over the world, or rather VIKI was supposed to take over the robots to take over the world. Dr Alfred Lanning invented a personal robot that was done to enable a special alarm mission to capture the attention of a particular cop of his friend, the only one who would doubt robot enough to pursue an investigation to the end. Then you have to see the film to understand how such a situation can evolve from a vague danger to a total take-over. Dr Alfred Lanning suggests an explanation: "There have always been ghosts in the machine. Random segments of code, that have grouped together to form unexpected protocols. Unanticipated, these free radicals engender questions of free will, creativity, and even the nature of what we might call the soul. Why is it that when some robots are left in darkness, they will seek out the light? Why is it that when robots are stored in an empty space, they will group together, rather than stand alone? How do we explain this behavior? Random segments of code? Or is it something more? When does a perceptual schematic become consciousness? When does a difference engine become the search for truth? When does a personality simulation become the bitter mote... of a soul?" It is not worth much because it would be illogical. A machine can only be logical and push rules in the only logical direction and Asimov is a perfect pessimist in his first stage of development: mechanical logic leads to the total enslavement of humanity. Of course the film finds and exploits a way out, but that's up to you to discover it. This theme of the take-over of humanity by machines is common. In this case the originality is that there is no human mind of any kind behind like in Matrix, or no will to get rid of humanity as a parasite on the side of machines like in Terminator, or even no psychosis caused by some cosmic isolation like in 2001 The Space Odyssey. That makes this film both powerful and simple since it is perfectly logic and situated in one particular place, easy thus to solve.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne & University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines
 Re: I-Robot June 30, 2008
B. Johnson
Murder, Mayhem and Robots gone plain wild. It's a Roller-Coaster ride with
this one. Buy this one and you'll probably keep it just for Wil Smith. I do recommend however You do buy the Blue-Screen adaptation of it.
Awesome Movie! June 18, 2008
#1 Cardinal Fan (Pennsylvania, USA)
Will Smith stars in this film about how high tech robots turn out to be murdurous after a central brain "Vicki" programs them to "do her plan". Detective Spooner (Will Smith) is out to solve the case. I really enjoyed this movie. It's full of action and suspense. It's definately a keeper for any sci-fi fan.
High Action, High Interest Science Fiction With Food for Thought June 18, 2008
Linda K. Harrison
Based on Isaac Asimov's robot short stories, this movie moves at a fast pace and holds one's interest. Detective Del Spooner (Will Smith) has his reasons for hating robots and sets out to prove that one of them killed a famous USR (United States Robotics) scientist. There are interesting twists and subplots which successfully blur the real instigator of an escalating attempt by robots to rule humans. There is food for thought here, too. What is life? And if we create a robot that can feel and think and plan, do we have the right to destroy it? This movie is good for sheer entertainment, but one has the option of going deeper into the questions the story presents. There is violence against both man and robot, therefore it may not be suitable for those under 10.
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