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That is so much better than I remembered that I'm now doubting whether my own insight about Asimov's laws actually predated the movie or not. It's possible that's where I got it from. Although I still think it's sort of cheating to have the robots killing people, when they could have used tranq guns or whatever and still have been obeying the letter of the First Law.
Yes, you're certainly right about that. Most of the details in the movie represent serious failures of rationality on all parts, the robots as much as anybody. It's just a Will Smith action flick, after all. Still, the broad picture makes more sense to me than Asimov's.