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Without a doubt, this was one of the best films of 2009 and becomes one of those spellbinding films that is hard to forget. Director Jonathan Mastow pulls all the stops on this film and doesn't spare any expense when called for on Cinematography, CGI, acting, editing, and great story-line. Set up to play out in an alternate present of our time (some would argue the not too distant future, however the script is made to be different from the graphic novel), with the development of robotics, mankind has chosen to stay at home operating surrogates while sitting in stim chairs. This allows them to live their lives in the outside world and resolve issues like beauty, health, transportation, sexism, racism, crime, and other complexities without fear of judgment or alienation. Only a few people still live as normal interacting humans in the traditional sense without the surrogates, yet these people live on reservations away from the surrogate way of life. The film noir plays much like a detective mystery, as Act 1 (approximately 37 minutes long) explains about how the surrogates of a young man and a woman are attacked by a sophisticated weapon which not only disables the surrogate, but also kills the user host. FBI agents Tom Greer (Surrogate CGI and Actual Persona of Bruce Willis) and Peters (Surrogate CGI and Actual Persona of Radha Mitchell) are assigned to the case. Soon after discovering that the operators have also died, Greer goes further in his investigation and finds that there is a conspiracy involving the army, the company VSI that manufactures the androids, the FBI, The Prophet leader of the humans, and the scientist that had developed the surrogate technology Dr. Lionel Canter (Surrogate CGI characters & actual persona James Cromwell). This film connects with the audience soon into the film regardless of act 1 telling the story mainly through the robot (surrogate) version of the actors. It's a common fallacy to state that this film is set in the future. Although the graphic novel is set in the near future, this film chooses to explain things from an alternate parallel present frame of reference much like District 9 (2009) was presented. This makes it much easier to focus on the surrogate lifestyle without having to worry about a futuristic backdrop having to be created through various means and having to try and sell the goods to the audience. Some trivia includes the VSI building was depicted by using a digitally altered version of the Dallas Bank of America Plaza (informally known as The Green Building). Some scenes were filmed at the Draper Factory in Hopedale, Massachusetts. A close up shot of Strickland's FBI file shows his place of birth as Lynn, Massachusetts. Lynn is also the real life birth place of actor Jack Noseworthy, the actor who plays Strickland in the film. During the opening montage showing the development of the surrogates, there is a shot of an Asian man with an android twin. This is actually footage of Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro of Osaka University and his creation - Geminoid, a prototype android double of himself. Radha Mitchell read the comic book while filming. In the "beauty shop" where Maggie works a device can be seen for holding the faces of surrogates, the device is actually a Gorillapod, a flexible tripod for cameras. The opening credits, interspersed with futuristic news footage runs to almost four minutes in length. This was Mostow's first film since Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003).Read full review
Bruce Willis (Die Hard) and Radha Mitchell (Rogue) star in this futuristic Science Fiction thriller. The movie is based on an original comic book (Graphic Novel) titled The Surrogates. Humans have developed a technology that enables them to live in the safety of their own homes while their Surrogates perform go to work and play for them. Over 99% of the world's population is hooked into the Surrogate network. When two Surrogates are found murdered Willis and Mitchell begin investigating and soon discover that not only have the Surrogates died, but their human counterparts have died as well. This leads to an action packed investigation and uncovers some very interesting surprised. The movie is a bit slow at times but the story is very good and all the acting is above par. Additional Cast include: Rosamund Pike, Ving Rhames, Boris Kodjoe, Jack Noseworthy, James Cromwell, Michael Cudlitz, James Francis Ginty, Helena Mattsso and Meta Golding. Recommended for anyone who loves a good science fiction movie.Read full review
Surrogates is a really good sci-fi movie. It is pretty clean and really doesn't have too bad of language. I knew that it would be a good movie because it had Bruce Willis in it, and it didn't let me down. The story line is excellent and the acting is even better. In the very beginning it is kind of slow, but once it gets into the movie, it's really action packed. The ending was pretty shocking (I'm not going to tell it to you, though), it didn't turn out anything like I thought it would. If you’re into sci-fi movies and you’re a fan of Bruce Willis, you will really like this movie. Here's a little summary... Surrogates takes place in a future were you can buy a robot that will live your life for you. It looks like you except it’s a lot better. So you can go and do anything that you would normally do, and some things you wouldn't, from the safety of your home. It's kind of like playing a video game of your life. But when a collage student, and son of the inventor of these robots, is murdered, an FBI agent (Bruce Willis) must go back into reality to solve the mystery of how the student was killed and save humanity.Read full review
Very interesting movie. Superb acting. Suspenseful with several surprises in the plot. Held my attention from beginning to end.
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Awesome movie!!! I love it and cannot believe I did not find out about it sooner. This movie came out before Avatar and is basically the exact same idea, but so much better. Avatar is garbage, visuals are nice, but it is the same basic story as this movie, Last Samurai, Ferngully: The Last Rainforest, & Dances with Wolves. So unoriginal. Why people rave over it has me baffled.
this movie felt original to me /. a not so distant future where aging human beings get to live out their adult years through a younger version of themselves or other personas sounds pretty neat to me. good story kept me hooked from begining to end. i would recommend this movie to fans of futuristic sci-fi movies keeps you guessing until the end what the conclusions are. on top of that who doesn't like a movie with bruce willis.
Better half wanted this. I was skeptical because I don’t watch movies. I was entertained.
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Even though it isn't classic, it's a good watch. I just happen to like Bruce Willis.
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Living Through Something else is a Lie.
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Great movie. I like it a lot. It is wonderfull for people who like action and fiction in a movie. It has also a great script.