There's fun robot stuff, some good philosophical ideas, and a brief, nutty Willis-Ving Rhames reunion 15 years after Pulp Fiction.
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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
For all the inspirations, the pieces of better stories that this tale was concocted from, Surrogates never manages to be anything more than a poor substitute for the real thing.
09/25/09
Broaches topical subjects with a meditative quality that blends nicely with its dark brand of not-so-far-off fantasy.
09/25/09
Fails to land a killing blow that pays off the simplified mystery with any distinct urgency. It's a flawed film, but far from unbearable. Nothing a DVD director's cut couldn't fix.
09/25/09
a surprisingly strong entry into the ever-shrinking arena of serious sci-fi.
09/24/09
Surely Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick and Stan Winston must be tossing in their grave for what all their creative and innovative ideas have wrought.
09/24/09
Half-baked and generic, Surrogates is entertaining enough for what it is, but a bland take on what could have been truly special.
09/24/09
Imagine "Gamer" without the lucid plot and the designer nihilism but with the inscrutable storyline, nonexistent direction and somnambulant performances and you have this film in all its hacky non-glory.
09/24/09
Particularly silly...the sort of emptily bombastic popcorn movie that might make you wish you had a surrogate to go and sit through it in your place.
09/24/09
Surrogates is a compelling set-up buttressed by slick effects and impressive production values that ultimately proves to be as hollow and superficial as the technology it conjures.
09/24/09
Beyond providing an excuse to sometimes wear a creepy wig which Barbie’s boyfriend must want back, why Willis picked the shiny, empty Surrogates as his sci-fi return isn’t clear from the tepid results on screen.
09/24/09
Surrogates stays afloat by not taking itself too seriously, but also by recognizing that a movie about robots shouldn't look as if it were made by one.
09/24/09
Director Jonathan Mostow makes the proceedings such fun that you're willing to forfeit the smart satire this might have been for the trashy adventure flick that it is.
09/24/09
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
Just as the dystopian world the movie portrays is arid and specious, the movie itself is a mechanical sci-fi'er absent of logic or emotions.
09/24/09
Top CriticThe film isn't shy about its feelings about technology - it's time to unplug. It laments a culture that medicates pain away and has its head in virtual realms.
09/24/09
A film about robots that might find its biggest fans among Luddites, Surrogates is an intense and eerily plausible sci-fi thriller.
09/24/09
Top CriticIf robots had to make a movie without human help, Surrogates is what they might come up with. All the parts are visible, but there's no soul to be found.
09/24/09
Who doesn't want to see Radha Mitchell hurl a parking meter like a javelin?
09/24/09
High concept and high budget, Surrogates adds astounding techno magic to ideas mooted in films like Multiplicity, Total Recall and I Robot, but fails to achieve the humanity the film champions
09/23/09
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