Surrogates

Bruce gave himself a nice old bit of action, but so why not, it didn't look awkward at all... only the hairpiece in the robo-creature was really funny... :-D I think it's a shame that the movie got such a low rating, I don't think it deserves it, but I get it. It's such a tired, long-winded, bland and flavorless film, even though it's only 88 minutes long. Which is a pity. For such a rip-off... ;-)) [SPOILER] And once again, everyone survived, and once again, Bruce was so awesome, brilliant and moral; coincidentally, the idea of wiping out 98% of the human population isn't so bad... X-D (24/10/2009)

It would probably have been better if they hadn’t given away almost the whole movie in the first clip, but in any case I reasonably enjoyed myself. Some of it is seriously gourmet style (yep, the chase with the one-armed Bruce), but most of it was more like marzipan on an over-sweet cake. The story is clearly not fully thought through, even though I’m ready to believe that as a comic book it was at least 50% better. Also, I didn’t much like Mostow’s plastic vision. Did they all really have to look THAT artificial? (12/12/2009)

I remembered the film from 2009 as pretty good sci-fi fun, so I wanted to recall it years later. Surrogates is a good movie, it just has trouble crossing over into the "better" movie category. Jonathan Mostow unfortunately isn't that experienced a director and didn’t have to climb the filmmaking ranks of other big names, and that's probably where the whole result stems from. For the kind of material he's working with here, he doesn’t the potential to its fullest, the concept of surrogates and the sci-fi world is so broad that it could have been worked into at least a two-hour feature or better yet a series; 85 minutes is definitely not enough to do that, it feels very abbreviated and straightforward, which on the one hand makes the film move quickly and doesn't get boring, but on the other hand it offers a feeling of incompleteness. That said, as an average action film for an undemanding viewer it works fine. (04/01/2023)

I was expecting a film in the style of I, Robot, offering an interesting story spiced up with great visuals, but I’m not as impressed with the final result. Jonathan Mostow is a skilled director, Terminator 3 has quality, but Surrogates didn’t blow me away. The idea is unconventional and quite refreshing, and in today’s film industry, I’m glad for every novel concept that comes along. But it's true that I wouldn’t classify the film's execution as above average. The plot was very weak, and from the start, it was predictable who the villain would be. With such a high budget, I expected a more A-list production, but some scenes felt more like B-movie quality (which I don’t understand, because a large amount of money was indeed poured into the film). Bruce Willis is the main highlight of the film; I enjoyed his dual role, and it was clear that he still fits into such roles. The other actors delivered passable performances as well. A few scenes were quite good (for example, the one with the helicopter), but overall, not much stuck with me. It had higher potential. 67%. (25/10/2017)

The square root of film adaptations of Phillip K. Dick, both the good and the bad ones. A generic and stupid sci-fi B-movie with a not stupid idea that the right hands could be the base of a new Blade Runner. In the end, it’s actually like Total Recall, but without the action. (05/10/2009)