Starring: Bruce Willis, Rosamund Pike, Radha Mitchell, Boris Kodjoe, James Cromwell, Ving Rhames
Certificate: 12
Genre: Sci Fi, Action
Awards: None
Surrogates is a techno-paranoia showing a future where everybody uses physical avatars to go about their daily life, leaving themselves at home and for a film that is so against that sort of thing, it doesn't seem to show many disadvantages. Yes, the girl you may have picked up could actually be an old man but really the avoidance of accidental death coupled with superhuman abilities doesn't really give a horrible impression of this new technology.Bruce Willis plays a cop who lost his son and is now having problems with his wife as they only use their surrogates to interact with each other. The murder of the Surrogates' creator's son leads him through a case with twists and turns aplenty as he looks for a weapon that can kill people through the machine they are using.
Although Surrogates is a well made action film with enough intrigue to keep you interested. Its real problem is its views on technology. In a world where we all go from one black mirror to another, the paranoid view of technology we all want may alienate viewers. It's enjoyable but overall a bit preachy.
****Good
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