Director
Alex Proyas
Leading Actors/Actresses
Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Bruce Greenwood, James Cromwell, Chi McBride, Alan Tudyk
Genre
Science Fiction Action film
Language
English
Awards
ASCAP Award (Top Box Office Films)
Date of Release
16th of July, 2004
Producer
Laurence Mark, John Davis, Topher Dow, Wyck Godfry
Setting and Context
Chicago, 2035
Narrator and Point of View
All the events are developing from the third-person type of narration, and from the dialogues of the characters; no first-person view is provided in the film.
Tone and Mood
The mood and tone is involved, as there are elements of detective investigation, and till end it becomes intensive die to the rebellion of robots and resistance of people.
Protagonist and Antagonist
The protagonists are detective Spooner, Dr. Calvin and robot Sonny; the antagonist is VIKI
Major Conflict
The main conflict is that robots might develop on their own and understand three main laws of robotics in their specific way.
Climax
The climax comes when detective Spooner and Dr. Calvin get to the main building of the U.S.Robotics and are involved there into the battle with VIKI and robots controlled by her.
Foreshadowing
The existence of robots among people foreshadows that contradiction might happen, after attempts of robots to kill detective Spooner this foreshadowing becomes obvious
Understatement
The possible rebellion of the robots is understated till the very end when such a possibility becomes reality.
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
N/A
Allusions
The film alludes to the things of past, which detective Spooner collects, one of such objects are his shoes – Converse All Stars, vintage 2004.
Paradox
N/A
Parallelism
N/A
