There were some shots that were fantastic. The best would be Spooner's chase of the NS-5 through the cornfield. Now, wait a minute, I know there weren't any cornfields in this movie, but you do know that any movie that has a cornfield inevitably has a chase through them. Here, instead of corn we get rows of freshly made next generation robots standing in formation. Here Spooner is chasing one of them through this field. It is a great scene, the look, the feel, the row after row of identical robots. Another scene seemed to be taken right out of Kill Bill, there are three robots walking 'with a purpose' in slow motion down a hallway, the same way O-ren Ishii(Lucy Liu) and her body guards walked down a hallway. I even had that music from the Kill Bill trailer going in my head upon seeing the shot.

I think that the biggest problem with the movie was the script, there wasn't enough room in it for too much introspection. Every time we started to get some good dialogue going, usually involving Sonny, it was ended quickly and moved onto the next scene. There was also the cliched rogue cop, debadged by his superior who goes against the odds and his boss in an attempt to save the day, all with a quick one-liner to fire off. It's the role that Mel Gibson mastered in the Lethal Weapon series. The lines were clunky for the most part, reminiscent of Akiva Goldsman's work on Batman & Robin, not quite that bad though. Again, too much reliance on quick comedy, lack of development of any of the characters, Sonny fares the best.

Alex Proyas has served up a somewhat disappointing film, which is a shame considering his previous achievements. I still love his visual stylings, dark, cold, yet retaining a humanity to them that others have tried to achieve yet fail. And he had some really good camerawork in this film keeping focus where it needed to be, and during the final the constant motion casting us into the confusion the characters are experiencing. I will continue to look forward to his work and hopefully it will move back into Dark City territory again.

In conclusion, it is enjoyable summer fare, although, like so many films it seems, could have been so much more. The good effects, some decent action, moments of clarity make it a movie to see, but keep your expectations lowered. It may help to not be familiar with the Asimov novel, it will keep those expectations at bay. Sit back and enjoy the ride.

Final random thoughts.
-I read in another review that the title would have been better had it been iRobot as opposed to I, Robot. Probably due to the NS-5's design similarities to the iMac, iPod aesthetic as much as separating itself from the novel.
-It is similar to The Chronicles of Riddick, in that there are a lot of good, yet unexplored, ideas abandoned in execution.
-There is already talk of a sequel to shoot next year in Australia, there are enough ideas here to build on, maybe the next will have more intelligence.
-The movie takes place in 2035 and great attention was paid to Smith's Converse All-Star sneakers, circa 2004, his grandmother asks about them, but this is only 31 years in the future, surely she was alive and new what they were. Plus there was no mention of what future footwear was like.
-Credits: Suggested by Isaac Asimov. A bit of an insult to Asimov's legacy if you ask me, he never suggested this, his suggestions had weight to them. Besides, his robot novels were nothing like this, the only connection is the three laws.