This disjointed if sporadically striking science fiction gives the impression of having been heavily re-cut.
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09/25/09
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Surrogates (2009)
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Reviews Counted:99
Fresh:39
Rotten:60
Average Rating:5.4/10
Consensus: Though it sports a slick look and feel, Surrogates fails to capitalize on a promising premise, relying instead on mindless action and a poor script.
Rated: 12A [See Full Rating]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Theatrical Release:25-09-2009
Synopsis: FBI agents (BRUCE WILLIS and 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... [More]
Starring: Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, Boris Kodjoe
Director: Jonathan Mostow
Reviews for Surrogates
An attractive slice of glossy dystopian sci-fi shenanigans from the team behind Terminator 3 sees Bruce Willis reprising the one-cop-against-the-system role that he could by now play in his sleep. Or even via a remote controlled robotic surrogate.
09/25/09
Top CriticAsimov it isn't but, for crash bang wallop, Surrogates hits most of the right buttons.
09/25/09
A more cerebral thriller than your standard sci-fi fare, Mostow strikes just the right balance between in-your-face action and social comment on technology as a lifestyle.
09/25/09
Surrogates favours action-packed, empty-headed spectacle over credible, coherent plot and the brief running time leaves you wondering what they left on the cutting room floor.
09/25/09
The ideas probably have a bit more juice than the movie, but it’s still an alert piece of entertainment.
09/25/09
Top CriticThere's enough sugar-rush energy on display to ensure it's never dull.
09/25/09
Top CriticToo often it feels like one of the robotic surrogates was left in charge of the scripting and directing duties for large portions of the movie.
09/25/09
Wasting the chance to be a great, resonant SF metaphor, Surrogates ultimately proves as bland and empty as its pretty mechanical protagonists.
09/25/09
The beauty of Surrogates lies not so much in the somewhat conventional thriller plot, though it is efficiently crafted and keeps the audience guessing up to the end.
09/25/09
The action scenes feel curtailed and a little cheesy, but it has a veneer of day-glo creepiness which holds the attention.
09/25/09
Top CriticWhile the notion holds promise, the execution is strictly campy and adrenaline-driven.
09/25/09
Top CriticHarbinger of what should be coming.
09/25/09
It's halfway decent as a thriller, but it just doesn't bother to dig deep enough into its own concept to be very satisfying.
09/26/09
SF chillers of the past that warned about dehumanization -- 'Invaders from Mars,' for example -- posited an outside threat; now, in a 21st-century world of plastic surgery and online avatars, the danger comes from within: the dehumanization is voluntary.
10/06/09
Its humanity, some cool technology and Bruce Willis save this film from simply being a compilation of a zillion similarly themed "too much technology" lessons.
10/11/09
Whatever the reason, Surrogates was shielded from the eyes of critics before its opening, and that's a shame. Because, whatever its flaws, it is a good movie.
09/27/09
By mixing a detective story and futuristic robots the filmmakers were likely aiming for the next Blade Runner. They wound up with the next Battlefield Earth.
09/24/09
Throw away the Blackberry? Surrogates is yet another serviceable sci-fi whodunit about how our dependency on technology will be the ruin of us all.
09/26/09
A failure of speculative fiction, of plot, and of good old fashioned action filmmaking.
09/28/09
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