In a near future, with the development of the robotic, mankind stays at home operating surrogates with their signature to live their lives in the outside world and resolving issues like racism, complex and safety and reducing crime rates. Only a few people live in reservations the traditional way of life without the use of substitutes. When the surrogates of a man and a woman are destroyed by a sophisticated weapon, the FBI agents Tom Greer (Bruce Willis) and Peters (Radha Mitchell) are assigned to the case and sooner they discover that the operators have also died. Tom 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 (Ving Rhames) leader of the humans and the scientist that had developed the surrogate technology Canter (James Cromwell).
"Surrogates" is a flawed but entertaining feature with an interesting concept but many plot holes. If the viewer does not think about the story, he or she will certainly enjoy a lot. But the screenplay does not explain many points, like for example, how could people live sitting on a chair without any sort of exercise have a safer and healthier life? Why Canter had not dedicated to destroy the surrogates only without harming the humans disconnecting them first? Why Peters did not get the access code by herself? What has happened with the humans when they discover that The Prophet was a machine? There are many other flaws but in the end I am a fan of Bruce Willis and Radha Mitchell and I found this movie is a good entertainment. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Substitutos" ("Substitutes")
"Surrogates" is a flawed but entertaining feature with an interesting concept but many plot holes. If the viewer does not think about the story, he or she will certainly enjoy a lot. But the screenplay does not explain many points, like for example, how could people live sitting on a chair without any sort of exercise have a safer and healthier life? Why Canter had not dedicated to destroy the surrogates only without harming the humans disconnecting them first? Why Peters did not get the access code by herself? What has happened with the humans when they discover that The Prophet was a machine? There are many other flaws but in the end I am a fan of Bruce Willis and Radha Mitchell and I found this movie is a good entertainment. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Substitutos" ("Substitutes")