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- There’s some good stuff here – a neat chase as Willis’ surrogate chases a suspect, first in a helicopter and then, using super-powered leaps, into a decrepit refugee camp, while we get a brief but intriguing glimpse of what a war might look like if fought entirely bysurrogates – while some of the questions asked about the nature of humanity are more thought-provoking than expected.
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Sep 23, 2009 · He and his partner Jennifer Peters ( Radha Mitchell) are assigned to investigate a messy murder late one night outside a club, and are astonished to find that the victim is the son of Dr. Lionel Canter ( James Cromwell ), the inventor of surrogate technology. But wait a minute, you're thinking.
Sep 25, 2009 · 37% Tomatometer 117 Reviews 38% Audience Score 250,000+ Ratings In the near future, people live their lives free of pain, danger and complications through robotic representations of themselves ...
- (117)
- Jonathan Mostow
- PG-13
- Bruce Willis
Sep 25, 2009 · With Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, Boris Kodjoe. Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.
- (180K)
- Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Jonathan Mostow
- 2009-09-25
User Reviews. Review this title. 295 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 7/10. Very intriguing, while it's less than perfect the good far outweighs the not-so-good. TheLittleSongbird 20 April 2015.
Edgy sci-fi thriller is very violent; not for tweens/kids. Read Common Sense Media's Surrogates review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Jonathan Mostow
- Renee Schonfeld
- Bruce Willis, James Cromwell, Ving Rhames
Sep 25, 2009 · Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. 1 h 29 m. Summary People are living their lives remotely from the safety of their own homes via robotic surrogates—sexy, physically perfect mechanical representations of themselves. It's an ideal world where crime, pain, fear and consequences don't exist.
It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed over $122 million. Plot. In the near future, widespread use of remotely controlled androids called "surrogates" enables everyone to live in idealized forms from the safety of their homes. Compared to their surrogates, the human operators are depicted as slovenly and homebound.
