I Robot
U formulaic

// The skinny: On the eve of the largest worldwide robot distribution, a murder is committed bringing doubt that robots may not be as harmless as believed.

// Review: In the future robots are as necessary as cell phones and as harmless as Yao Ming in the low post. Except one man, Will Smith suspects otherwise especially following the murder of a friend with a robot as the prime suspect. Somewhere in the mix there is a chosen one/prophecy about some type of savior, big corporate conspiracy, no one believes what's obvious except for the hero, robots become sentient, yadda yadda. There was only one reason why I bothered watching this popcorn movie: Bridgett Moyahan. I Robot, She Hot. But sadly she plays a very cookie cutter cold fish logic whore. Her lack of personality and incessant psycho-babble made for one very uncompelling love interest. There was absolutely zero chemistry between her and Will Smith. This movie was very predictable and cliched topped off with Smith's gun of infinite ammo.

/ The premise was at one point original when Isaac Asimov wrote the short story years ago. But the idea of robots becoming sentient and mankind becoming overly dependent on them was already done in the Matrix; and to much cooler effect. Will Smith's same cocky charismatic character isn't enough to make any of this film remotely interesting. For a summer blockbuster with tons of CGI, action, one liners, and an A list lead, I found it pretty boring.

// Wrap up: A CGI fest with the trite "when robots attack" storyline. Mindless quasi-entertainment.

Entertainment rating: 2