Bruce Willis does what he usually does in films, kick ass, in Surrogates, or The Surrogates. Except this is a sci-fi film. The Surrogates is a very interesting film. Is it the best sci-fi film i've seen this year? Perhaps not, but I was entertained by every minute of the film.
The movie does have a couple of flaws. One is that though the movie is original, the whole robot type deal has been used before. James Cromwell plays a similar character that he did in I, robot, but I think this is a little better. Ving Rhames' character looks kind of silly. Those are really the flaws, and it's not like they're a big deal either.
The film takes place in a world where humans are isolated. They actually have robot type things called Surrogates doing their work. The surrogates are the attractive version of someone. As you can tell by seeing Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, and Rosmund Pike's characters.
Bruce Willis stars as Agent Tom Greer. Him and his partner(played by Radha Mitchell)are trying to solve the murder of a younger man who is actually the son of the creator of the Surrogates(played by James Cromwell). While trying to catch this killer, Greer's surrogate is destroyed. So he must go on in the world as his older normal human self.
Greer is having troubles with his wife(played by Rosmund Pike). They don't really communicate that much. Obviously this is a problem. As himself, Greer must continue to find the killer and eventually has to prevent the end of the surrogates.
This is a very entertaining film. The cast is good. Some of the action sequences look kind of cheesy but the Surrogates has it's moments of awesomeness. Especially in the climax. Is this movie art? No. But I think you should give it a chance. It's a lot of fun.
Surrogates:***/****
The movie does have a couple of flaws. One is that though the movie is original, the whole robot type deal has been used before. James Cromwell plays a similar character that he did in I, robot, but I think this is a little better. Ving Rhames' character looks kind of silly. Those are really the flaws, and it's not like they're a big deal either.
The film takes place in a world where humans are isolated. They actually have robot type things called Surrogates doing their work. The surrogates are the attractive version of someone. As you can tell by seeing Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, and Rosmund Pike's characters.
Bruce Willis stars as Agent Tom Greer. Him and his partner(played by Radha Mitchell)are trying to solve the murder of a younger man who is actually the son of the creator of the Surrogates(played by James Cromwell). While trying to catch this killer, Greer's surrogate is destroyed. So he must go on in the world as his older normal human self.
Greer is having troubles with his wife(played by Rosmund Pike). They don't really communicate that much. Obviously this is a problem. As himself, Greer must continue to find the killer and eventually has to prevent the end of the surrogates.
This is a very entertaining film. The cast is good. Some of the action sequences look kind of cheesy but the Surrogates has it's moments of awesomeness. Especially in the climax. Is this movie art? No. But I think you should give it a chance. It's a lot of fun.
Surrogates:***/****