Surrogates (2009)

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	Year of first release: 2009
	Director: Jonathan Mostow (Terminator 3)
	Actors: Bruce Willis (Die Hard 1-5, Moonrise Kingdom), Radha Mitchell (Pitch Black), Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction), Rosamund Pike (Tomorrow Never Dies), James Cromwell (Babe)
	Country: USA
	Genre: SF, Thriller
	Conditions of visioning: 27.01.2015, HD VOD, Home cinema
Synopsis: In a future where everybody stays at home and experiences the world through their robotic surrogates, agent Greer (Willis) investigates the murder of the son of the technology's inventor (Cromwell)
Review: I had seen this movie some years ago, and this time again I found that it was an OK techno-thriller (I have discussed about that definition in the review of Eagle Eye). The topic of controlling at a distance something that may not even look like you is also at the heart of Gamer produced the same year, but Surrogates treats it more like a classical thriller, unlike the crazy plot and directing of Gamer. But in both cases it is always funny to see the contrast between the surrogates and what people behind them really look like in the flesh. Bruce Willis is his usual self, and the other actors are OK. Radha Mitchell is unfortunately underused. James Cromwell plays a very similar role to his one in I, Robot. I liked the way the actors were made up so that their surrogates look slightly inhuman, and with a very soft skin. The story is quite classical with a few surprises, but nothing more.
Rating: 6 /10