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The filmmaking trio behind the hit sci-fi sequel Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines re-team to explore a future in which humans live in isolation while only communicating with their fellow man through... read more read more... robots that serve as social surrogates and are better-looking versions of their human counterparts. Bruce Willis stars as an FBI agent who enlists the aid of his own surrogate to investigate the murder of the genius college student who invented the surrogates. As the case grows more complicated, however, the withdrawn detective discovers that in order to actually catch the killer he will have to venture outside the safety of his own home for the first time in many years, and enlists the aid of another agent (Radha Mitchell) in tracking his target down. Jonathan Mostow directs co-screenwriters Michael Ferris and John Brancato's adaptation of the graphic novel by author Robert Venditti and illustrator Brett Weldele. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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PG-13, 1 hr. 29 min.

Directed by: Jonathan Mostow

Release Date: September 25, 2009

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  • jmanard52
    February 10, 2010
    jmanard52
    Not a bad sci fi move. Some plot holes here and there but otherwise not a bad flick.
  • SirPant
    November 22, 2011
    SirPant
    Surrogates is a sci-fi thriller very much in the style of Phillip K. Dick but is much better than most of the films based on his work, certainly the ones of recent years. It's had a lot of bad press, most of it unfair in my opinion. Maybe many felt let down because of the low bud... read moreget vs. huge potential but then I think you can spoil a story like this with overblown budgets, for me the balance was right. Many people still haven't forgiven Jonathan Mostow for Terminator 3 but then again, I also didn't think that deserved the bad press it received. It's better than most of the garbage Hollywood churns out trying to master this genres.
  • 3niR
    July 20, 2011
    3niR
    I actually liked this movie. It was quite entertaining. Though the rating looks bad.
  • Tomassgringo
    June 28, 2011
    Tomassgringo
    Interesting sci-fi flick. A different twist on the I-Robot idea. There was a lot more opportunity with this subject, but it was very superficial.
  • Deano78
    May 1, 2011
    Deano78
    I didn't know too much about the story when I saw this. Surprised it doesn't seem to be well known and got some bad reviews? It did feel like a mix of films from the likes of Gamer, Total Recall, Matrix, Blade Runner, irobots and even A.I. In the near future people plug in using ... read moretheir brains to control a robot which effectively they use to live there day to day lives. No danger of disease, accidents, violence and of course you can look like whatever you want to through your surrogate. Until someone found a way of destroying the robot also kills the controller while they are plugged in! This has a good cast, cool effects and was enjoyable to watch. Highly unoriginal though and it did feel like a collection of ideas from the mentioned films. Never the less this is still an entertaining film worth checking out!!
  • rezpatriot
    March 27, 2011
    rezpatriot
    Surrogates is quite a swift little Bruce Willis Sci Fi. With two main backdrops (the class/ surrogate divide) and the other host divide in the story using cameras and digital filming that remind me a lot of the quality Battlestar Galactica Re-imagined was shot in, unfortunately a... read mores the ending progressed the story lost its momentum. I could have suggested bringing in another famous actor appearance to make the ending memorable. Or even bringing in a character from the first scene for your typical kick in the crutch. Oh well.
  • paulsandberg
    March 4, 2011
    paulsandberg
    Here is a bit of sci-fi that, while exploring an interesting premise, has a gaping hole in the middle of its logic. The concept is that sometime in the not so distant future science will have advanced to the point where a human has the ability to control, and therefore live thro... read moreugh a robotic replica or surrogate (as in the title).

    The possibilities are endless as to how such an invention may change the world in which we live, but sadly the script instead falls on cliché devices and focuses on a more action driven story instead of the possible social and economic implications.

    Here's the hole in the logic as I see it - first and foremost: if you could jack in to a robot who would do all your dirty work for you, why then would society hold to the standard conventions of the workplace? The film shows the bustling streets of Boston, filled with teaming hordes of pedestrians and traffic jams - all the people running around with places to go and people to see... but they are freakin' robots, not people! So why drive at all? As the film later shows, the robots have some pretty awesome physical capabilities - so why use fossil fuel vehicles to get around when the robots could run much faster than the cars?

    Secondly: the film totally misses some interesting opportunities to say something profound. For example, if everyone is inhibiting robotic avatars, and said avatars could be designed to look like whatever you wanted them to be, then how would the dating process work? What is it that attracts us to each other in the first place - visual and pheromone stimuli - but a robot would not be putting out pheromones, nor would it represent what you really look like - so how do you pick one robot over another to chat up?

    Instead of exploring such things, the film sets up a hokey story that carries very little emotional weight - somebody is out to destroy the surrogates. OK, so the film tries its best to make you question the validity of using surrogates in the first place, but I for one remain ambivalent towards whether the surrogates should be eradicated or not - I mean, to each their own - if you want to live in a video game, that's your choice.

    The film also falls into cliché and in my opinion total bs by establishing a resistance group who are granted a free zone in each major city so they can live crappy, barely subsistent lives that are free of the surrogates. Not likely on so many levels.

    But enough about the concepts of the film (although the concepts are all important, for if the story doesn't hold water then all the slick CGI and good acting in the world won't save it). The film does have seamless CGI is very glossy and well filmed and the acting is interesting - considering that for the most part, the people you see on screen aren't actually people, but robots emoting what people are telling them to emote. There is a kind of stilted ballroom dance feeling to all the verbal interplay - but that's by design.

    Bruce Willis is cast as the major focus of the film - a police detective who appreciates the fact that he can be in harms way with his robot without actually putting his self into peril. However he starts to feel disconnected, especially with his wife, who after the loss of their child, retreats into the surrogate almost completely, as if her memories of loss aren't as vivid while inhabiting metal skin (another bit of nonsense).

    There are chase scenes and a kind of who-done-it mystery that drive the film, but in the end you really don't care much about any of it - perhaps because they are all just surrogates anyway. I feel cheated, as the idea was profound and could have been made into a much different, and way more interesting film. This sure isn't Blade Runner.
  • RCCLBC
    February 22, 2011
    RCCLBC
    Didn't hate it...but I didn't love it either.

    There were some interesting concepts and visuals, but I feel like this was just a slight variation on stories that we've seen before.
  • Stinger839
    January 4, 2011
    Stinger839
    This is one of the better scifi thrillers of the past decade.
  • stormyweather980
    December 23, 2010
    stormyweather980
    Guess I'm in the minority when it comes to this film. It wasn't mega high on my to-see list, but I knew I had to see it nonetheless cause there's no Bruce Willis film I won't watch. I actually liked it a lot. Very entertaining story using the virtual reality scheme a la Avatar, L... read moreawnmower Man, etc., in which people put on a contraption and relax and have fun in a virtual land. This film takes an interesting concept in which you choose a face and body (i.e., a "surrogate") that looks like you or looks more like you would LIKE to look, and you live a different life, but it goes deeper. Over 90% of people have a surrogate and one side says it's awesome, while the other, ironically the side that includes the person who came up with the idea and introduced surrogates to people in the first place, wants to get rid of them all, so people can go back to being real people rather than robot-like. As with most Bruce Willis flicks, this one's a keeper, full of nice action, twists, everything you need for a good movie, which this is.

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Critic Reviews

James Berardinelli
September 27, 2009
James Berardinelli, ReelViews

Whatever the reason, Surrogates was shielded from the eyes of critics before its opening, and that's a shame. Because, whatever its flaws, it is a good movie. Full Review

David Hiltbrand
September 27, 2009
David Hiltbrand, Philadelphia Inquirer

If the whole point of this surrogate society is to appear as a perfectly beautiful avatar, why would Bruce Willis choose that ludicrous blond wig that looks like he plucked it off a mannequin at Bosco... Full Review

Roger Ebert
September 27, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Surrogates is entertaining and ingenious, but it settles too soon for formula. Full Review

J. R. Jones
September 27, 2009
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

The premise for this sci-fi actioner makes sense for about four seconds, after which you begin to wonder why everyone on the planet would willingly become a shut-in, how the poor are supposed to shell... Full Review

Ty Burr
September 27, 2009
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

Give credit to filmmaker Jonathan Mostow for keeping the movie on track; give credit to star Bruce Willis for keeping a straight face. Full Review

Eric D. Snider
September 26, 2009
Eric D. Snider, Film.com

One of the year's more entertaining sci-fi films. Full Review

Robert Abele
September 25, 2009
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times

While the notion holds promise, the execution is strictly campy and adrenaline-driven. Full Review

Liam Lacey
September 25, 2009
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

Do the actors sound so robotic because they are playing robots well or humans badly? And did a machine write this dialogue? If so, could we please apply for an upgrade? Full Review

Tom Long
September 25, 2009
Tom Long, Detroit News

The film moves along so quickly, and the surrogate world look is so eerie. Full Review

Manohla Dargis
September 25, 2009
Manohla Dargis, New York Times

Bruce Willis has little to do but hit his predictable marks and mouth the generic dialogue. Full Review

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