Surrogates (2009)

Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.

Director:

Jonathan Mostow

Writers:

Michael Ferris (screenplay), John Brancato (screenplay)

Stars:

Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Ving Rhames

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bruce Willis	...	Greer
Radha Mitchell	...	Peters
Rosamund Pike	...	Maggie
Boris Kodjoe	...	Stone
James Francis Ginty	...	Canter
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 the Blonde
Michael Philip	...	Uniformed Cop
Danny F Smith	...	Victim (as Danny Smith)
Brian A. Parrish	...	Hard Hat (as Brian Parrish)

Storyline

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 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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Plot Keywords:

future | robot | fbi agent | murder | android | 

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Taglines:

How do you save humanity when the only thing that's real is you?

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Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, disturbing images, language, sexuality and a drug-related scene

Details

Official Sites:

Choose Your Surrogate.com Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 September 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Clones

Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$80,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£961,271 (UK) (25 September 2009)

Gross:

$38,542,418 (USA) (27 November 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Touchstone Pictures, Mandeville Films, Top Shelf Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The unusual shoulder patch worn by Colonel Brendon is the 26th Infantry Division. A former division of the Massachusetts Army National Guard, it has been deactivated since 1993. The insignia is actually a stylized "YD", for their nickname, "The Yankee Division".

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Goofs

When Tom is talking to Maggie's surrogate in the hallway he wipes blood on her cheek. In the next scene Maggie's surrogate enters Maggie's room however the blood has vanished.

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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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Connections

Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Surrogates/Pandorum/Fame (2009)

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Soundtracks

HiJacker
Written by Deane Ogden
Performed by Deane Ogden
Courtesy of Deane Ogden Music

User Reviews

What will the future look like? ... Maybe like this!

I basically agree with Ebert's review on this one. This is definitely only a simple action flick, but it is well made, the acting is decent, the f/x very good, the film is never tacky, boring or overtly see-through. Enough to keep e viewer interested and entertained while lounging on a couch eating popcorn and drinking beer on a Sunday afternoon. What's wrong with that? In addition, it poses a couple of interesting questions about our current and especially future relationship with machines, the morality of it, etc. These questions will become more and more important as each day passes, and even though the movie does not even attempt to analyze or answer them, it is not unimportant to have posed them. A classical, typically Hollywood-ian ending offers no real solutions, all the wrong certainties and faulty answers, albeit populist ones.