May 05, 2005
I, Robot
Will Smith .... Del Spooner
Bridget Moynahan .... Susan Calvin
Alan Tudyk .... Sonny
James Cromwell .... Dr. Alfred Lanning
Bruce Greenwood .... Lawrence Robertson
Adrian Ricard .... Granny (as Adrian L. Ricard)
Chi McBride .... Lt. John Bergin
Fiona Hogan .... V.I.K.I.
"Suggested by" the book by Isaac Asimov.
The book was a collection of short stories (review here) so the movie really only takes concepts and ideas and some characters from the book to tell the story of a detective who investigates the suicide of the head of a robotics company.
Waaaaay back before we had this lovely review site, I did a review of the movie on my blog.
I still hold to that review but after viewing it again (and again with the director and writer commentary), I would up the acting factor.
Bridget Moynahan portrays the icy scientist who's happier among robots than people exceptionally well. Will Smith gives the right amount of sadness to his tortured cop.
The action is still fast and furious with amazing special effects to knock your socks off.
The DVD doesn't offer much by way of extras. Because there weren't any re-shoots for this movie, there are no extra or deleted scenes. There's a "making of" feature, which you could've seen if you had HBO. The commentary track with the director and writer is slightly boring because they don't really offer any tidbits (other than the fact that they didn't reshoot any scenes) that you didn't already get from the "making of" feature.
Overall, I'd say rent it if you've got the time but don't expect anything special on the DVD.
Posted by xinh at May 5, 2005 11:12 PM