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Surrogates -- A music video from the movie Surrogates.
Surrogates -- 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.
Surrogates -- A clip from the movie Surrogates.
Surrogates -- A featurette for the movie Surrogates.
Surrogates -- Interview: Rosamund Pike "On Surrogacy"

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Michael Ferris (screenplay) &
John D. Brancato (screenplay) &
Robert Venditti (graphic novel) ...
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Release Date:
25 September 2009 (USA) See more »
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Tagline:
How do you save humanity when the only thing that's real is you? See 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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a fine performance by Bruce Willis See more (206 total) »

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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.
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89 min
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Some scenes were filmed at the Draper Factory in Hopedale, Massachusetts.See more »
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Continuity: The car which Peters crashed and is used by Greer to chase her, has no visible damage in 2 of the following scenes. One of these scenes is after Greer crashes into the store. The FBI agent opens the driver's door and we briefly see some cracks in the passenger window, no other damage to that door.See more »
Quotes:
[first lines]
The Prophet:Look at yourselves. Unplug from your chairs, get up and look in the mirror. What you see is how God made you. We're not meant to experience the world through a machine.
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FAQ

How did the FBI have information about all the surrogates?
Why would people continue to drive or use public transportation if the Surrogates had superhuman agility?
Why did Greer have to come out without a surrogate?
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18 out of 28 people found the following review useful.
a fine performance by Bruce Willis, 10 October 2009
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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Why not use a crazy surrogate? Like a WEREWOLF or stuff like that. hfanti
all the surrogates? (Ending-Spoiler) foomancrue
question about end (spoilers) pikameta
good concept -poorly executed elombardi-2
How to *properly* watch a movie canefaitrien
What was that thing that Maggie and her friends used? ygm_1988
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