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Surrogates (2009) -- A music video from the movie Surrogates.
Surrogates (2009) -- People are living their lives remotely from the safety of their own homes via robotic surrogates -- sexy, physically perfect mechanical representations of themselves. It's an ideal world where crime, pain, fear and consequences don't exist. When the first murder in years jolts this utopia, FBI agent Greer (Willis) discovers a vast conspiracy behind the surrogate phenomenon and must abandon his own surrogate, risking his life to unravel the mystery.
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Surrogates (2009) -- Interview: Radha Mitchell "On her character"

Overview

User Rating:
6.4/10   17,495 votes
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Director:
Jonathan Mostow
Writers (WGA):
Michael Ferris (screenplay) &
John D. Brancato (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
25 September 2009 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller more
Tagline:
How do you save humanity when the only thing that's real is you? more
Plot:
Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop (Willis) is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others’ surrogates. full summary | full synopsis
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User Comments:
a fine performance by Bruce Willis more (136 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bruce Willis ... Tom Greer

Radha Mitchell ... Peters

Rosamund Pike ... Maggie

Boris Kodjoe ... Stone

James Francis Ginty ... Canter Surrogate

James Cromwell ... Older Canter

Ving Rhames ... The Prophet

Jack Noseworthy ... Strickland
Devin Ratray ... Bobby

Michael Cudlitz ... Colonel Brendon

Jeffrey De Serrano ... Armando

Helena Mattsson ... JJ
Michael Phillip ... Uniformed Cop

Danny F Smith ... Victim (as Danny Smith)
Brian A. Parrish ... Hard Hat (as Brian Parrish)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Vicarious (Philippines: English title) (review title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, disturbing images, language, sexuality and a drug-related scene.
Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
USA:PG-13 (certificate #45570) | Ireland:12A | UK:12A | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-13 | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba) | Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Ontario) | Singapore:PG | Norway:11 | Australia:M | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | South Africa:13V | Hong Kong:IIA | Sweden:11 | Portugal:M/12 | Japan:G | Argentina:16 | Netherlands:12 | Mexico:B
Filming Locations:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA more
Company:
Touchstone Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The VSI building was depicted by using a digitally altered version of the Dallas Bank of America Plaza (informally known as 'The Green Building'). more
Goofs:
Factual errors: When Greer is talking with the colonel in charge of the surrogate soldier program, the colonel's right shoulder shows a Ranger qualification tab. This tab should actually be on his left shoulder. more
Quotes:
[last lines]
Male Newscaster: Still no official word on when, or if, surrogate services can be restored. It appears, at least for now... that we are on our own.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Late Show with David Letterman: (#17.14)" (2009) more
Soundtrack:
I Will Not Bow more

FAQ

Would all the restaurants and bars be closed if the surrogates don't eat?
How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?
Why are there still police and FBI if there is no crime?
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User Comments

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8 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
a fine performance by Bruce Willis, 10 October 2009
7/10
Author: redoddball from United States

Finally saw this and I'm with the majority here... a solid 7/10 film.

This surprisingly compelling sci-fi film takes a while to set up its universe but delivers down the stretch. It's borderline whether they establish enough credibility so as to invest real emotion in to the characters and buy in to the premise. If you allow yourself to buy in to the bizarre concept of living life through android duplicates, then the film works on a few levels. It's somewhat weak on certain of those levels but raises interesting questions concerning the level of our technological dependency as we live our lives. The emotional aspect of this movie plays better thanks to a fine performance by Bruce Willis. His character's journey through this bizarre world is obviously the heart of the film and it's written and portrayed very well.

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Plot hole thread! RobAd2
Sounds like they butchered the graphic novel rafdes15-1
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'Surrogates' Coming To DVD + Blu-ray 1/26/10 Bigredhunk
Why not use a crazy surrogate? Like a WEREWOLF or stuff like that. hfanti
I wonder what the normal lenghth of time for demongermanshepherd
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