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Surrogates

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Original title

Surrogates

Year

2009

Running time

88 min.

Country

United States

Director

Jonathan Mostow

Screenwriter

Michael Ferris, John Brancato. Graphic novel: Robert Venditti, Brett Weldele

Cast

Music

Richard Marvin

Cinematography

Oliver Wood

Producer

Touchstone Pictures, Mandeville Productions, Wintergreen Productions, Top Shelf Productions. Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures

Genre

Sci-Fi. Action. Mystery | Robots. Based on a Comic. Cyberpunk. Futuristic Thriller

Synopsis

Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop (Willis) is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others’ surrogates. FBI agents (Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell) investigate the mysterious murder of a college student linked to the man who helped create a high-tech surrogate phenomenon that allows people to purchase unflawed robotic versions of themselves—fit, good looking remotely controlled machines that ultimately assume their life roles—enabling people to experience life vicariously from the comfort and safety of their own homes. The murder spawns a quest for answers: in a world of masks, who's real and who can you trust?

Critics' reviews

"An intense and eerily plausible sci-fi thriller. (...) smart speculative suspenser"

Todd McCarthy: Variety
"The filmmakers were too busy throwing together potential blockbuster material to notice all the loose ends and gaping holes in logic."

Elizabeth Weitzman: New York Daily News
"An interesting idea, but unfortunately, the film's narrative and emotional engine operate as mechanically as the titular, dead-eyed glamazoids"

Robert Abele: Los Angeles Times
"A reasonably watchable sci-fi B movie"

Ty Burr: Boston Globe
"A mechanical sci-fi'er absent of logic or emotions"

Kirk Honeycutt: The Hollywood Reporter
"Serviceable sci-fi thriller (...) There's fun robot stuff, some good philosophical ideas, and a brief, nutty Willis-Ving Rhames reunion 15 years after 'Pulp Fiction'."

Lisa Schwarzbaum: Entertainment Weekly
"In this kind of industrial entertainment, particularly one that seems to be missing some connective narrative tissue, it’s hard to know if the writers (...) or director (...) can be credited or blamed for what’s left on screen."

Manohla Dargis: The New York Times
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