Disney
produced
Hollywood
movie
The
Surrogates
is
a
semi
sci-fi
thriller.
The
movie,
which
features
Bruce
Willis,
Radha
Mitchell,
Rosamund
Pike
in
lead
roles,
is
based
on
a
comic
book
miniseries
written
by
Robert
Venditti.
Although
the
film
seems
to
have
borrowed
heavily
from
Blade
Runner,
The
Matrix
and
Total
Recall,
it
has
an
identity
of
its
own.
These
days,
man
is
passing
by
the
corporate-controlled
world.
He
is
growing
more
and
more
dependent
on
online
avataras.
He
does
not
come
out
from
his
home.
He
wants
to
do
everything
online.
He
is
getting
addicted
to
the
social
networking
sites
like
Facebook
and
Twitter.
In
disguise,
he
wants
to
see
what
everyone
out
there
feel.
In
the
course
of
technological
development
in
future,
man
might
create
his
cybernetic
avatars/surrogates
to
do
all
his
works,
which
might
lead
him
to
trouble.
The
film
The
Surrogate
is
all
about
this.
The
movie
is
set
in
a
futuristic
world,
where
humans
live
in
isolation
and
interact
through
surrogate
robots.
In
this
era,
crime
is
virtually
non-existent.
The
movie
is
not
only
a
disturbing
look
into
the
future,
but
is
also
a
powerful
commentary
on
the
world
we
live
in
today.
The
movie
touches
poignant
subjects
such
as
gender
roles,
technology,
American
consumer
culture
and
advertising.
Meanwhile,
it
also
focuses
on
telling
an
exciting
science
fiction
crime
tale.
The
movie
The
Surrogates
has
two
plots.
The
main
plot
of
the
film
is
Greer
attempting
to
find
out
who
is
behind
the
weapon
that
killed
the
inventor
of
surrogates
along
with
its
original
self.
The
subplot
deals
with
Greer"s
wife
Maggie
Greer
(Rosamind
Pike),
who
never
unplugs
from
her
surrogate
and
lives
a
false
life
as
a
surrogate
stylist.
When
the
film
opens,
it
has
been
14
years
since
Lionel
Canter
(James
Cromwell)
a
college
student,
who
developed
a
high-tech
surrogate
phenomenon.
The
movie
starts
with
the
mysterious
murder
of
his
surrogate
as
well
as
his
own
self.
Both
the
brains
are
fried
and
liquefied.
FBI
agents
Tom
Greer
and
Peters
(Bruce
Willis
and
Radha
Mitchell)
start
off
the
investigation
on
the
murder.
Greer
sends
his
surrogate,
but
it
gets
fried
and
destroyed
in
during
a
chase.
As
the
mystery
of
a
conspiracy
unfolds
Greer
himself
comes
outside
in
his
human
form
in
order
to
solve
the
crimes.
He
does
an
investigation
on
the
weapon
called
BD
gun,
the
MacGuffin,
which
destroys
the
surrogates
and
their
operators.
Director
Jonathan
Mostow
has
come
out
as
a
capable
genre
technician
while
exhibiting
his
wit
and
graft
through
the
movie
The
Surrogates.
The
film"s
action
is
top
notch.
Especially,
the
chase
scene
that
involves
a
helicopter
crash
is
really
marvelous.
But
Jonathan"s
flimsy
narration
seems
to
have
failed
in
handling
the
elegance
of
its
overall
conceit.
However,
the
director
has
made
a
right
choice
for
lead
role
of
the
movie.
Bruce
Willis,
who
is
a
versatile
actor,
has
given
a
credible
performance
as
FBI
agent
Tom
Greer.
He
has
managed
to
carry
whole
responsibility
of
the
movie
on
his
back.
The
movie
also
has
a
fairly
strong
supporting
cast
which
includes
James
Cromwell,
Radha
Mitchell
and
Ving
Rhames.
In
a
nutshell,
The
Surrogates
is
a
thought
provoking
semi-action
movie.
The
director
has
come
out
with
an
interesting
concept,
but
he
has
failed
to
execute
in
onscreen.
Bruce
Willis
as
Agent
Tom
Greer
Radha
Mitchell
as
Agent
Peters
Rosamund
Pike
as
Maggie
Greer
Ving
Rhames
as
The
Prophet
Boris
Kodjoe
as
Andrew
Stone
Jack
Noseworthy
as
Miles
Strickland
James
Cromwell
as
Dr.
Lionel
Canter