Monday, 25 April 2011

Surrogates (2009) 8/10

Starring : Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, James Cromwell, Ving Rhames
Director : Jonathan Mostow
Running Time : 89 mins

In a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and instead send out surrogate robots to live their lives for them, FBI agent Tom Greer (Willis) is forced to leave his home for the first time in years to investigate the first murder that has occurred in this supposed Utopia in fourteen years. The victim has been using a device that fries the brain of both the surrogate and the user, and might spell the end of surrogacy if the perpetrator isn’t tracked down and stopped.

This is an intriguing futuristic sci-fi thriller much in the vein of I, Robot. Willis plays the FBI agent with an interesting balance between the two versions of himself, managing to appear distant and disconnected when he’s the robot, yet angry and overly emotional when he is human. This movie is a must for all sci-fi fans, and fans of thrillers might enjoy it too.

You’ll like this if you liked : I, Robot



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