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.
CommentJun 2, 2010
Surrogates (2009)
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Reviews Counted:106
Fresh:41
Rotten:65
Average Rating:5.3/10
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: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 1 hr. 29 min.
Genre: Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
Theatrical Release: Sep 25, 2009 Wide
Box Office: $38.5M
Synopsis: People are living their lives remotely from the safety of their own homes via robotic surrogates — sexy, physically perfect mechanical representations... [More]
Starring: Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, Boris Kodjoe
Director: Jonathan Mostow
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REVIEWS FOR SURROGATES
A film that raises many interesting ideas but follows through on few of them.
Feb 27, 2010
I wish I had a surrogate to watch it for me.
Feb 15, 2010
A smart little genre outing, an endangered species in modern Hollywood. [Blu-ray]
Feb 4, 2010
Surrogates establishes an intriguing premise for exploring a world in which virtual life trumps physical reality, but the thematic potential is squandered in favor of a by-the-numbers police procedural.
Jan 31, 2010
Yetta nudder cautionary tale issuing dire warnings about the pitfalls of technology run amuck.
Jan 22, 2010
Sure, it's made capably, in a technical sense. But it's banal, utterly predictable and often quite stupid.
Jan 19, 2010
I would have liked to explore this world more and not keep slamming into some convoluted scheme that defeats its own purpose. I had fun watching it, but I actually thought the movie was smarter than its plot.
Dec 15, 2009
full review at Movies for the Masses
Dec 10, 2009
Seems less like a 21st Century would-be blockbuster than a lost 80's relic only just rediscovered. Either way, we're lucky to have it.
Nov 24, 2009
The end result is somewhat underwhelming. It's more of a novella than a novel, and hardly the science fiction action blockbuster audiences were expecting.
Nov 17, 2009
...viewers with even a passing interest in science fiction will find something worth embracing here.
Nov 2, 2009
Good ideas rub up against bad ideas, and the result is a movie that is worth a look but could have been much more.
Oct 31, 2009
This predictable flick executed in a numbingly pedestrian fashion, has slapped a nifty conceit onto its threadbare mystery-thriller plot, but has somehow managed to miss every opportunity to take advantage of it
Oct 20, 2009
Has all the get-up-and-go of a dead battery.
Oct 14, 2009
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.
Oct 11, 2009
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.
Oct 6, 2009
Semi-plausible and semi-watchable futuristic (but still looking like today's world) dystopian 'save the world' sci-fi thriller.
Oct 4, 2009
The problem with the movie is that while the action is swift, the set design is polished and the running time is enjoyably lean, the film leaves behind too many unanswered questions in its quest to drive the action forward.
Oct 3, 2009
This movie does what science fiction is supposed to do, but seldom does anymore, it makes a comment about today's society by taking current trends and carrying them to a profound technological conclusion.
Oct 2, 2009
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September 21, 2009:
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