Surrogates Starring Bruce Willis and Rhada Mitchell

Posted on February 5, 2010

We recently watched the Bruce Willis SF film Surrogates on DVD and quite enjoyed it. The premise is different than all the other AI/robot movies we've seen. In this one, the entire world has pretty much become couch potatoes.

Each person has a gorgeous robot that he or she can control from home. This more attractive self does everything while you command the body from inside. You feel what the robot feels. You look fabulous. And best of all, you never get hurt even if the robot is in a car accident or falls off a cliff. But all that is about to change.

Someone has now figured out how to upload a virus to the surrogates: when the surrogates get hit with the device, the owner dies too. Bruce Willis' character, an FBI agent named Greer, has to dump his surrogate body and investigate in the real world with his partner Jennifer Peters (played by Radha Mitchell). Of course there is a crazy founder of the technology and of course there is a group of human holdouts who refuse to use surrogates -- they are the ones with grey hair and less than perfect physiques.

The film has an interesting concept, strong female characters and lots of well-directed action sequences. And it makes you think. We'd love a surrogate we could send off to the store or to do errands while we relax at home. Surrogates is available on DVD and Blu-Ray at Amazon.com and at retail stores everywhere.


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