Post by dvdjunkie on Oct 11, 2009 8:42:31 GMT -6
What do you get when you cross "I, Robot", "I Am Legend" and "District 9"?? The answer is a good, sci-fi, action/adventure called "Surrogates".
Directed by Jonathan Mostow, who cut his teeth on "U-571" and "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines", put his fingerprints all over this film with its brisk pacing, quick editing, and no-nonsense story-telling. Starring Bruce Willis, this movie is about how we would live our lives through surrogates that look just like we want to look. One drawback, Bruce Willis' surrogate looks just like him except with a bad comb-over his balding head. The real Tom Greer (Willis) is totally bald.
The story takes place in 'modern day' with a company called VSI that is manufacturing 'surrogates' that are customized by the purchaser. There is a community in each state called Dread Village, which is made of real people who hate the 'robots'. Ving Rhames portrays their spiritual leader and is called "The Prophet". The bad guy in the movie is protrayed very viciously by James Cromwell.
Without giving away the total plot of the movie, a human has stolen a special gun that when turned on the surrogates, it also traces through the wi-fi system the surrogates is hooked to and kills the human. It is never really explained in depth how this happens, but they do make it make sense in a scientific way. Bruce Willis' surrogate is caught in a cross-fire and killed, and Willis, who is a real police detective, breaks away from the confines of his apartment to search for the killer.
That is about as far as I can go without spoiling the twists and turns that this movie takes. I can tell you that it is all done is very swift 86 minutes.
If you liked 'I, Robot", "District 9", or "I Am Legend", then this movie is right down your alley. If you haven't seen any of those three, and you want to see a pretty good sci-fi action movie, then "Surrogates" will fill the bill. On the Junkie Meter I will give it a very strong 3.5 stars out of 5. This is a lot of fun!!
Directed by Jonathan Mostow, who cut his teeth on "U-571" and "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines", put his fingerprints all over this film with its brisk pacing, quick editing, and no-nonsense story-telling. Starring Bruce Willis, this movie is about how we would live our lives through surrogates that look just like we want to look. One drawback, Bruce Willis' surrogate looks just like him except with a bad comb-over his balding head. The real Tom Greer (Willis) is totally bald.
The story takes place in 'modern day' with a company called VSI that is manufacturing 'surrogates' that are customized by the purchaser. There is a community in each state called Dread Village, which is made of real people who hate the 'robots'. Ving Rhames portrays their spiritual leader and is called "The Prophet". The bad guy in the movie is protrayed very viciously by James Cromwell.
Without giving away the total plot of the movie, a human has stolen a special gun that when turned on the surrogates, it also traces through the wi-fi system the surrogates is hooked to and kills the human. It is never really explained in depth how this happens, but they do make it make sense in a scientific way. Bruce Willis' surrogate is caught in a cross-fire and killed, and Willis, who is a real police detective, breaks away from the confines of his apartment to search for the killer.
That is about as far as I can go without spoiling the twists and turns that this movie takes. I can tell you that it is all done is very swift 86 minutes.
If you liked 'I, Robot", "District 9", or "I Am Legend", then this movie is right down your alley. If you haven't seen any of those three, and you want to see a pretty good sci-fi action movie, then "Surrogates" will fill the bill. On the Junkie Meter I will give it a very strong 3.5 stars out of 5. This is a lot of fun!!