I, Robot (2004)

The film is set in Chicago in the year 2035, where humanoid robots are as common as cars. The film centers around homicide detective Del Spooner (Will Smith), who harbors an intense distrust for robots. At police headquarters, Spooner receives a call about the death of Dr. Alfred Lanning (James Cromwell), inventor of the Three Laws of Robotics and co-founder of U.S. Robotics (USR), a company that specializes in robotic technology. A new line of robots, the Nestor Class 5 (NS-5), has just been commissioned. Each robot is outfitted with an uplink to USR, allowing the robot to receive updates wirelessly from USR's central positronic brain, V.I.K.I. (Virtual Interactive Kinetic Intelligence). Left at the crime scene, a holographic projector with prerecorded responses by Lanning addresses Spooner directly, as they seem to have known each other from before, and Spooner asks why he, Lanning, would kill himself before the program terminates. Lanning had fallen from his office window to his death, and because no one had entered the room at that time, his death appears to be suicide. Spooner believes otherwise, and decides to investigate. Assisted by Dr. Susan Calvin (Bridget Moynahan), a robopsychologist who works at USR, Spooner examines Lanning's office. Spooner begins to believe an NS-5 robot was responsible for Lanning's death. Calvin points out this would be impossible as robots are bound by the Three Laws. As Spooner is looking around, an NS-5 robot bursts from hiding. The robot fails to obey their commands and flees. The robot is eventually captured by police forces. Spooner interrogates the robot, who says his name is Sonny. Sonny explains he was built by Lanning himself and denies killing him, even displaying emotions such as anger and fear, qualities not normally found in robots. Sonny also claims he has dreams. Sonny begins to explain that Lanning had been scared of something towards the time of his death, and asked Sonny for a favor, but before Spooner can ask about it, Lawrence Robertson (Bruce Greenwood), the CEO of USR, arrives with his attorneys. Citing that Sonny is USR property and that a robot cannot be accused of murder, Robertson takes the robot and states it will be decommissioned.