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Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Surrogates has a very interesting premise, but it doesn't seem to go anywhere. Even the twists and turns are fairly mundane. In the end, it was a fun ride, but this movie is ultimately forgettable.

I'm a sucker for Bruce Willis movies. I also admit that I'm a fan of director Jonathan Mostow; his movies, such as TERMINATOR 3, might not be favourites, but he always seems to know how to deliver intense thrills and decent action. When I saw the two were combining for this science fiction thriller which looked a lot like I, ROBOT, I was delighted. What guy doesn't like robots and the intriguing possibilities they pose in film? Thankfully, the movie is a darned sight better than that idiotic Will Smith outing, but it's true to say that it's no classic. The main problem with SURROGATES is the uneasy combination of a thinking man's plot with the necessity to appeal to 13 year old boys. Thus, we get a thought-provoking, half-baked plot about mankind's reliance on artificial help and the increasing agoraphobia faced by the laptop generation combined with some fairly run-of-the-mill thrills and spills of a typical thriller. This is an incredibly short film, and neither the plot nor the action are developed very much.That's not to say it's not entertaining – because it is. Bruce Willis is reliable in an emotional turn, and he gets fine support from Rosamund Pike, Radha Mitchell, and Boris Kodjoe, with minor turns from the imposing Ving Rhames and the impossibly ancient James Cromwell. The film LOOKS good, thanks to Mostow and director of photography Oliver Wood, who's been creating fine-looking films ever since DIE HARD 2 (his Bourne trilogy being a standout). The film has a heart-string tugging central relationship all about loss, grief, and love which gives it an extra dimension over many a lunkheaded shooter.There are elements of I, ROBOT and THE MATRIX in the storyline, but the themes behind the thrills are far more interesting than the face-value plot. I also loved the creepy look of the surrogates themselves; they seemed to me to be a natural progression of the plastic surgery craze that's been accepted in Hollywood for too many years. Okay, this isn't a great film, but the well-crafted action and strong central performance make it more than watchable.

In this world of the future, technology now allows people to experience life vicariously through the activities of their "surrogates", which are ultra sophisticated robotic creations. Trouble brews when the son of the programs' creator is killed. Bruce Willis plays Greer, an FBI agent forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to solve the conspiracy.An adaptation of the graphic novel by Robert Venditti & Brett Weldele, "Surrogates" is slick genre entertainment, a cut above many films of this type due to some genuinely provocative content. It certainly may make each viewer ponder the idea of having what is essentially a robot live their life for them. A parallel between the obsessions of this films' characters and real life addictions to technology can certainly be seen. In the end, the need to stress, and reclaim, our humanity is made clear. The action scenes are capably handled, but there are not that many of them. This is one of those instances where the action is serving the story and not vice versa. The visual and makeup effects are generally well done.Credit is due to these filmmakers - led by director Jonathan Mostow - for hitting the ground running and keeping their pace rather lively. Refreshingly, "Surrogates" runs a trim hour and a half, so there's no uninteresting filler to have to sit through. There is some poignancy to the material, as Greer desperately tries to reconnect with his wife Maggie (Rosamund Pike), who fixates on her surrogate, partly as a way of dealing with grief.Willis gives a sensitive, appealing performance in the lead, although it may be distracting seeing that wig on the head of his surrogate. Lovely ladies Radha Mitchell and Pike are fine, as is Boris Kodjoe as the FBI supervisor. James Cromwell and Ving Rhames are kind of wasted in their respective supporting roles, but it's fun to see Jack Noseworthy (a semi regular in Mostows' filmography), Devin Ratray (Buzz from "Home Alone"), and Michael Cudlitz (Abraham on 'The Walking Dead') turn up.Reasonably stimulating and diverting for 89 robust minutes.Seven out of 10.

In the near future, people use robotic surrogates in place of their everyday life. It started 14 years previously with the work of Dr. Lionel Canter (James Cromwell). Now there is a resistance to their use led by The Prophet (Ving Rhames). Crime has been all but eliminated when the world is full of surrogates. Then people actually gets killed when their surrogates get blasted by a new weapon. FBI agents Greer (Bruce Willis) and Peters (Radha Mitchell) investigate. He's married to Maggie (Rosamund Pike). He wants to take a vacation out in the real world as themselves but she rather use the surrogates since the lost of their son. One of the victims is the son of Canter who had been forced out of his company VSI 7 years ago and is now a recluse. They uncover a vast conspiracy.The movie creates a fascinating world. It's filled with intriguing ideas. I like where this movie is coming from. I do wonder if the movie is better with society stratified between the poor who live in their real bodies and the rich in their surrogates. Instead it's made out to be a choice depending on your viewpoint. The bigger issue is the robotic acting because ... they're robots. There is something disconnected about the unblinking robots. It does allow for some great action but it mostly leaves me cold. As for the ending, I expect something much more action oriented.