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Actors:	Bruce Willis, James Cromwell, Ving Rhames, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike
Format:	AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Director:	Jonathan Mostow
Release Date:	2010-01-26
Aspect Ratio:	2.40:1
Audience Rating:	PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Category:	Blu-ray
Label/Manufacturer:	Touchstone Home Entertainment
UPC:	786936792874

Product Description

Intriguingly scaled more along the lines of a good sci-fi short story than a steroid-enhanced action picture, Surrogates proposes a variation on spectatorship-run-amok. In the near future, human beings need no longer leave their homes: mechanical surrogates, similar in appearance (but younger looking, fitter, with fewer wrinkles and more hair) can move about in the world on the user's behalf, following commands and absorbing physical wear and tear. A cop (Bruce Willis) begins investigating a mystifying case of a user who died when his surrogate got blasted by a fancy ray-gun in the street--that's a definite violation of the company guarantee. In the course of a trim, sub-90-minute running time, the Willis character himself is forced to enter the mean streets in his own flesh-and-blood version, not his surrogate, a move that puzzles both his wife (Rosamund Pike) and partner (Radha Mitchell). In the movie's scheme of perfect surrogates and digitally-smoothed faces, the grizzled humanity of Bruce Willis comes blazing through; what a relief to see a battered human in the midst of the beautiful people. Director Jonathan Mostow (Terminator 3) gets the world right, but one waits in vain for a fuller picture of the effects of this surrogate population, or a deeper study of the creator (James Cromwell) of the technology, or a reason to get involved in the rebel leader (Ving Rhames in a fright wig) and his reservation populated by defiant non-surrogates. Sprinting along as it does, Surrogates doesn't find time for these presumably crucial details, and the result feels just a little skin-deep. --Robert Horton

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Customer Reviews

Rated

on 2010-09-08

Based on a popular graphic novel. There's an interesting focus on a worldwide culture that uses mannequin versions of themselves to function in the outside world while they stay home linked up to a virtual reality machine. Their surrogates, as they are known, always look better than their real selves. Real surprise there. The story was rushed in Act 3 when there should have been more meat. Even though there were some big names in it it didn't measure up to greatness yet it was somewhat likable. Sci Fi types will appreciate it more. MY GRADE: B minus to B; WHEN WATCHED: August.

Rated

on 2010-08-24

Thoroughly enjoyed this movie. Was shipped in very good condition and arrived before the stated time. Tis was a very good value for my money.

Rated

on 2010-08-12

The film "Surrogates" when first released in the cinema escaped my attention, and I only really watched it by both coincidence and my own laziness. Picture the scene, you have the movie channel on, it's late, you're tired and you can't find the remote. Rather than getting up to look for it I thought to myself "f*** it, I'll just watch what's on next"; what was on next was Surrogates. Suddenly very vague memories of the times seeing the trailer and thinking to myself "hmm, I should see that" came flushing back and I simply decided to keep watching. Not a particularly engaging or important film, what really captivated me was that this film said a hell of a lot more than I imagined it would about the society that we live in and the way it's going.

Set sometime in the future, humans have decided to lie back and live out their lives as remotely controlled androids built to their specifications. Almost the entire human race decides to live out their lives in these robotic bodies, but a few small reservations of humanity, who choose not to live as robots still exist and, lead by a man known as The Prophet (Ving Rhames), seek to end this abomination. A string of mysterious murders take place where the android is destroyed using a special weapon, which at the same time kills its controller. Called in to investigate these crimes are Agents Greer (Bruce Willis) & Peters (Radha Mitchell).

Agent Greer has a more personal presence on the screen (as he is the star, durr) and it deals with the more personal impacts of living your life in the body of a robot. Agent Greer struggles to reconcile his differences with his wife over the failing relationship with his wife and lack of any human contact between them, as they have only come to communicate via their androids, motivated by the death of their son. The investigation into the cause of the murders comes with a lot of surprises both fairly humorous and genuinely surprising.

The message of the movie was the most interesting element of the whole thing. Sure, there were some great action scenes and Bruce Willis' presence was what really secured this movie's credibility, but it said so much about the way in which society seems to be going. We've become an internet obsessed society, a medium which can allow us to become whoever we want and with games such as "Second Life" and "World of Warcraft" having literally millions of users, they allow for a welcome escapism from the horror or pain of real life. Personally, I would say it's only a matter of something like 100 years at the most and we will be close to the society depicted in this movie.

Starring one of actions biggest legends, the script isn't great, but you can't go wrong with some excellent action and a truly intriguing concept. Buy it, you'll enjoy it. I promise.

Rated

on 2010-08-05

For better or worse I watched the movie before I read the reviews and what do you know, I really enjoyed it! I had a great time and found myself completely immersed in the story and the action.

I'll agree there were some clichés but not enough to get in the way of my enjoyment of the movie. I am a serious sci-fi fan and this movie did not disappoint me.

If you enjoy sci-fi and appreciate Bruce Willis, then you owe yourself the opportunity to watch the movie and form your own opinion.

After reading some of the reviews I'm almost embarrassed to actually admit I really liked the movie, but that is the fact of the matter, I really did!

I guess this is yet another example of beauty being in the eye of the beholder.

Rated

on 2010-07-27

Directed by: Jonathan Mostow
Starring: Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames
Running time: 89 min. PG-13 - 2009

What if you never had to leave the safety of your own home but still got to experience every day life through a robot? The answer, along with certain problems that arise, is the plot to this movie. Once again Bruce Willis does a fine job as a detective who has to figure out who it targeting the surrogates. The movie, which is based on a graphic novel, errierly depicts what society would be like without face to face interaction and the problems it causes. Surrogates is sci-fi action flick with a twist of drama.

See it.

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