Surrogates are sort of robots through which, according to this film, people in near future (10 years from now) will conduct most of their lives. You can immediately see the problem with this - this just isn't very believable.
Aside the issue of wholly functional android being developed within a decade, I just don't see why would anyone want to live their life by controlling a prettied up robotic version of themselves from their bed AND doing everything they would normally do as humans - drag themselves up in the morning, go to work, stew during rush-hour etc... I mean, I'd understand if you could order the robot to do your chores, or even just have a copy-surrogate at work, school etc... so you don't have to travel every day. But no, the best the folk in this film can come up with is sort of escapism from their ugly, unwashed selves.
The script-writers should have really read on this little thing called the Internet, that serves pretty much the same purpose today. Or at least browsed through David Brin's "Kiln People" novel, that tackles this same subject, only much much better. Oh well, this isn't the first modern movie that tries to pretend these are still the 70-ies, only with cellphones.
Aside from the idea, the movie is pretty much standard SF-thriller ride, not too dissimilar from I-Robot, for example. Bruce Willis does a solid job, although his character is too unremarkable for his part to really stick in my mind. There are a few nice action scenes, which serve as little more than trailer-filler, since they do absolutely nothing to move the plot forward.
Even if we disregard the shaky premise, the fact remains the movie did little to discuss the central issue of the film (whether surrogates are healthy for humanity) and instead concentrated more on the thrills and the mystery. Overall, a decent effort, but don't expect much.
Aside the issue of wholly functional android being developed within a decade, I just don't see why would anyone want to live their life by controlling a prettied up robotic version of themselves from their bed AND doing everything they would normally do as humans - drag themselves up in the morning, go to work, stew during rush-hour etc... I mean, I'd understand if you could order the robot to do your chores, or even just have a copy-surrogate at work, school etc... so you don't have to travel every day. But no, the best the folk in this film can come up with is sort of escapism from their ugly, unwashed selves.
The script-writers should have really read on this little thing called the Internet, that serves pretty much the same purpose today. Or at least browsed through David Brin's "Kiln People" novel, that tackles this same subject, only much much better. Oh well, this isn't the first modern movie that tries to pretend these are still the 70-ies, only with cellphones.
Aside from the idea, the movie is pretty much standard SF-thriller ride, not too dissimilar from I-Robot, for example. Bruce Willis does a solid job, although his character is too unremarkable for his part to really stick in my mind. There are a few nice action scenes, which serve as little more than trailer-filler, since they do absolutely nothing to move the plot forward.
Even if we disregard the shaky premise, the fact remains the movie did little to discuss the central issue of the film (whether surrogates are healthy for humanity) and instead concentrated more on the thrills and the mystery. Overall, a decent effort, but don't expect much.