Theatrical: Bruce Willis stars in SURROGATES - a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots (based on the graphic novel)

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Theatrical: Bruce Willis stars in SURROGATES - Based on the graphic novel: where isolated humans interact through surrogate robots! (Update: Review by Tim David Raynor) »

Published Sep 24, 2009 Sci-fi thriller set in a future where people buy robots that look like them (only better) and can live their lives for them. Trouble enters the equation when 2 FBI agents must discover who killed a college student (connected to the robots' inventor).

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Sep 25, 2009 - CDT 8:40 AM

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Surrogates was filmed partially in my neck of the woods. Some of the robot props were made in a motorcycle/metal shop north of Boston and there was some filming not too far from where I live. I love to see movie and series shot locally: Fringe, Knowing, etc. This one should be interesting. There was an article in the Boston Globe (ugh) some time back diccussing the filming and the robots, but I can't find it. Here's a blog I came across:

http://www.beantownbloggery.com/2008/04/bruce-willis-is-officially-in-boston.html?showComment=1210190880000#c3744988537266846771

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Sep 25, 2009 - CDT 10:17 PM

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We now have Tim Raynor's review up for the new Touchstone Pictures film SURROGATES... (starring Bruce Willis).

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Tim says the film has some interesting moments and thought-provoking ideas/issues, but much is left unexplored in favor of progressing as a standard sci-fi action-thriller, and storywise is similar in some ways to GAMER (released to theaters a few weeks ago - also reviewed by Tim).

-JOE (Love Hendrix!)

[Post edited by Love Hendrix! on Sep 25, 2009 - CDT 10:18 PM]

JJ79

Sep 26, 2009 - CDT 6:43 PM

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Similar to Gamer, yes. Surrogates is about 1 billion times better than that crapfest.

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Tim Raynor

Sep 27, 2009 - CDT 8:55 AM

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Well, while I like Jason's review on it, too, (http://www.themovierambler.com/2009/09/movie-review-surrogates.html) it just didn't feel that much better than Gamer. In some respects, yes, it is far better and a deeper thought for discussion, but I still felt the delivery was rushed and obviously a bit low budget. Nevertheless, it has Bruce Willis in it, so it's all good.