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.

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Jonathan Mostow

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Michael Ferris (screenplay), John Brancato (screenplay) | 2 more credits »
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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 Michael Philip ... Uniformed Cop
Danny F Smith Danny F Smith ... Victim (as Danny Smith)
Brian Parrish Brian Parrish ... Hard Hat
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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. Written by Touchstone Pictures

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Human perfection. What could go wrong? See more »


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Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, disturbing images, language, sexuality and a drug-related scene | See all certifications »

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Bruce Willis and Ving Rhames appeared together 15 years earlier in Pulp Fiction (1994). See more »

Goofs

When Agent Greer meets Col. Brendon in his office, Col. Brendon is wearing the U.S. Army "Class B" uniform (shirt & tie, without the Class A jacket). His Class B shirt should have, as a minimum, a name tag and rank insignia shoulder boards. While U.S. Army uniform regulations could change in the future, it's unlikely that they would change to where you would be unable to identify the soldier's name and rank, especially since his ACU fatigues and Class A uniform are identical to 2009-era U.S. Army uniforms. 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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Connections

Featured in Late Show with David Letterman: Episode #17.14 (2009) See more »

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Phase Three
Written by Alexander Roeder
Performed by Eurobeat Club
Courtesy of SmartSound Software, Inc.
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a fine performance by Bruce Willis
10 October 2009 | by StarkTechSee all my reviews

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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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 October 2009 (New Zealand) See more »

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Filming Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA See more »

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Box Office

Budget:

$80,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$14,902,692, 27 September 2009

Gross USA:

$38,577,772

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$122,444,772
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2.35 : 1
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