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Films like I, Robot.

I, Robot (2004) reads as Sombre, breathless, extreme action / sci-fi, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Déjà Vu (2006) poster
1. Déjà Vu2006

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The One (2001) poster
2. The One2001

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Pitch Black (2000) poster
3. Pitch Black2000

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lockout (2012) poster
4. Lockout2012

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Red Planet (2000) poster
5. Red Planet2000

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Godzilla (1998) poster
6. Godzilla1998

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) poster
7. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Chappie (2015) poster
8. Chappie2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Core (2003) poster
9. The Core2003

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the world-sized stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Total Recall (2012) poster
10. Total Recall2012

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Soldier (1998) poster
11. Soldier1998

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) poster
12. Star Trek: Insurrection1998

Keeps the world-sized stakes and the white-knuckle intensity; trades toward a relentless forward drive.

These are I, Robot’s neighbours — where are yours?

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