Surrogates

In a world where many people use Facebook, email and Twitter to relate to their fellow earth inhabitants, it's not so much of a leap to assume that one day we would have little use for our own physical bodies. In Surrogates, such a world exists, where people go about their daily lives via their android selves, which they control safely from home via an electronic hook-up. These remote stations resemble high-tech lounging chairs, that people rarely have to move from. The android selves are perfect versions of their masters, or, look nothing like them at all; in fact, they can even look like Bruce Willis with blond hair. Surrogates is an example of a great idea, with mediocre execution. Instead of seriously addressing issues that such a technology would naturally raise, the film quickly turns into nothing more than a routine police procedural with cardboard characters; there are some twists, but nothing all that surprising or exciting. Too bad, since this area has a lot of potential for some interesting film making.

Rating - 2 Stars