2004 · action · sci-fi · robot
I, Robot
Directed by Alex Proyas1h 55m2004
In 2035, where robots are commonplace and abide by the three laws of robotics, a technophobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may be in danger.
Our read: I, Robot (2004) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive action · sci-fi · robot entry — extreme in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme action / sci-fi, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- sombre
- kinetic
- extreme
- inventive
- twisty
- epic-stakes
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