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Intriguingly scaled more along the lines of a good sci-fi short story than a steroid-enhanced action picture, Surrogates proposes a variation on spectatorship-run-amok. In the near future, human beings need no longer leave their homes: mechanical surrogates, similar in appearance (but younger looking, fitter, with fewer wrinkles and more hair) can move about in the world on the user's behalf, following commands and absorbing physical wear and tear. A cop (Bruce Willis) begins investigating a mystifying case of a user who died when his surrogate got blasted by a fancy ray-gun in the street--that's a definite violation of the company guarantee. In the course of a trim, sub-90-minute running time, the Willis character himself is forced to enter the mean streets in his own flesh-and-blood version, not his surrogate, a move that puzzles both his wife (Rosamund Pike) and partner (Radha Mitchell). In the movie's scheme of perfect surrogates and digitally-smoothed faces, the grizzled humanity of Bruce Willis comes blazing through; what a relief to see a battered human in the midst of the beautiful people. Director Jonathan Mostow (Terminator 3) gets the world right, but one waits in vain for a fuller picture of the effects of this surrogate population, or a deeper study of the creator (James Cromwell) of the technology, or a reason to get involved in the rebel leader (Ving Rhames in a fright wig) and his reservation populated by defiant non-surrogates. Sprinting along as it does, Surrogates doesn't find time for these presumably crucial details, and the result feels just a little skin-deep. --Robert Horton
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How do you save humanity when the only thing that's real is you? From the director of TERMINATOR 3 comes a jaw-dropping psychological thriller starring the ultimate action hero, Bruce Willis. In the not-so-distant future, where people experience life through perfect surrogates controlled from the safety of their own homes, murder is a thing of the past. But when a college student linked to the creator of these replicants is killed, one FBI agent must re-enter reality and risk his life to unravel the mystery. In the battle of technology versus humanity, who can you trust? Experience every electrifying moment of this mind-blowing movie. Based on the acclaimed graphic novel and exploding with unforgettable action, SURROGATES is nonstop entertainment from start to finish!
Bonus Features include I Will Not Bow Music Video By Breaking Benjamin, Feature Audio Commentary By Director Jonathan Mustow
Bonus Features include I Will Not Bow Music Video By Breaking Benjamin, Feature Audio Commentary By Director Jonathan Mustow
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28 of 31 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Blu-ray: An action-packed sci-fi action film which looks and sounds very good on Blu-ray but story-wise...falls a bit flat.
January 26, 2010
Format:Blu-ray
In 2009, the film "Surrogates" directed by Jonathan Mostow ("Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines", "U-571') and starring Bruce Willis ("Die Hard" film, "Sin City", "The Sixth Sense", "Unbreakable") was released in theaters.
An adaptation of the five issue comic book series of the same name by Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele featured top notch special effects and the film budgeted at $80 million received mix reviews and made only $60 million worldwide.
Despite failing short of breaking even, the film will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on Jan. 26th.
VIDEO & AUDIO:
"Surrogates" is presented in 1080p High Definition (2:40:1). Picture quality is actually quite interesting because a lot of the special effects went into making the surrogates look not like actual humans. Director Jonathan Mostow explains how they purposely removed any blemishes, acne from the skin of the surrogates and with that being the case, you don't really see too many actual humans in this film (until the end). We see Bruce Willis in his young CG-enhanced surrogate look but then you see the current, older Bruce Willis with the hair stubble, blood on his face, grime on his face.
Some scenes have quite a bit of detail such as a scene when the military arrive at the Dread compound, the CG detail of the robot/surrogates. But overall, there is a lot of CG in the film but one of the best scenes is the destruction caused in downtown Boston. That is an actual shot and not CG'd. People and destroyed vehicles scattered around.
Overall, some people may wonder if the scenes were DNR'd (Digital Noise Reduction) but they weren't. This was intentionally done to separate what a surrogate looks like versus a human. Found no artifacts or combing. Blacks were nice and deep. But for the most part, "Surrogates" looks good but some may feel it had too much special effects and CG. But personally, the technology, special effect fit the film's theme quite nicely.
As for lossless audio, "Surrogates" is presented in English 5.1 DTS-HD MA (48 kHz/24-bit) and French, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital. "Surrogates" utilizes a lot of sound effects due to the action scenes. Crashing cars, helicopters, gun shots, booms, broken glass, motorcycle engine revving and more. The film's dialogue is understandable and clear through the center channel, music score is clear through the fronts and great use of LFE and the surround channels for the sound effects. Especially how audio pans from various directions.
Subtitles are presented in English SDH, French and Spanish.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
"Surrogates" comes with the following special features presented in 1080p, English5.1 or 2.0 Dolby Digital and optional subtitles in English SDH, French and Spanish.
* Audio Commentary by Director Jonathan Mostow - Director Jonathan Mostow gives viewers insight on the scenes of the film, the challenges of making this film and using so many special effects, working with the talents and more. A pretty informative and enjoyable commentary.
* Deleted Scenes - (6:03) A total of four deleted scenes: Dread Encounter, Apologies & Theories, What You're Looking At and The Real Peters.
* A More Perfect You: The Science of Surrogates - (14:34) A look at the advancement of technology and robots in society. From helping those who are utilizing the technology for medical reasons to helping those with disabilities, utilization in the military and how far we are technology-wise at this current time. But also asking ourselves if this science does become available, do we accept it or change it before it becomes something like what is featured in the film "Surrogates".
* Breaking the Frame: A Graphic Novel Comes to Life - (6:33) A look at how "Surrogates" became a comic book by Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele, bringing the film adaptation to life and getting Bruce Willis to play the main character role.
* "I Will Not Bow" Music Video by Breaking Benjamin - (3:49)
JUDGMENT CALL:
A film with an intriguing concept that focuses less on the characters and moreso on the overall action.
When it comes to the overall theme of "Surrogates", personally its a subject that I'm quite fascinated with. I've read about robotics in Japanese culture from its earlier years to its present stage and how various societies use the technology. But at the same time, being intrigued about how tied we are to the Internet, especially those who are addicted to MMORPG's to social media.
You know that there is that next step with technology and we've seen several interpretations of it in shows such as "Star Trek" to animated series such as ".Hack/Sign". But "Surrogates" definitely gives us an idea of a distant future, especially as technology and the military come together in finding ways to limit the loss of life. So, the concept of "Surrogates" is quite intriguing to me.
As for the film, I enjoyed the action and the concept but the film has its problems in terms of storyline especially when it comes to the character of older Canter (played by James Cromwell) and his motivations. Also, the weapon that was being utilized and how Stone (played by Boris Kodjoe) is connected. At 89 minutes, there could have been 5-10 minutes fleshing out character development for certain characters. But Because of this, certain parts of the plot seem to farfetched. It would have been great to see more of this hostility between humans and the surrogates (as shown in the deleted scenes).
But the film's saving grace is Bruce Willis along with Radha Mitchell and Rosamund Pike. Rosamund Pike definitely brings the emotional aspect while both Bruce Willis and Radha are part of the action. Bruce Willis was effective for the role of Greer and this is an action-based popcorn flick.
As for the Blu-ray release, "Surrogates" looks very good and sounds fantastic in HD. But I wished there were additional features with an interview with the cast but also a more in-depth special feature on the creation of the special effects. For a film that was special effects heavy, it would have been nice to see something incorporated to show how certain scenes and the look of the film were done.
Overall, "Surrogates" is an entertaining film that has a message which works. It's just that its execution was a bit off and possibly not going all action but showing some of the character depth via scenes explaining or showing motivation, that would have been nice to see. But in the end, "Surrogates" was an enjoyable, action film with an interesting concept and also showing us that as an action star, Bruce Willis still has it!
An adaptation of the five issue comic book series of the same name by Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele featured top notch special effects and the film budgeted at $80 million received mix reviews and made only $60 million worldwide.
Despite failing short of breaking even, the film will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on Jan. 26th.
VIDEO & AUDIO:
"Surrogates" is presented in 1080p High Definition (2:40:1). Picture quality is actually quite interesting because a lot of the special effects went into making the surrogates look not like actual humans. Director Jonathan Mostow explains how they purposely removed any blemishes, acne from the skin of the surrogates and with that being the case, you don't really see too many actual humans in this film (until the end). We see Bruce Willis in his young CG-enhanced surrogate look but then you see the current, older Bruce Willis with the hair stubble, blood on his face, grime on his face.
Some scenes have quite a bit of detail such as a scene when the military arrive at the Dread compound, the CG detail of the robot/surrogates. But overall, there is a lot of CG in the film but one of the best scenes is the destruction caused in downtown Boston. That is an actual shot and not CG'd. People and destroyed vehicles scattered around.
Overall, some people may wonder if the scenes were DNR'd (Digital Noise Reduction) but they weren't. This was intentionally done to separate what a surrogate looks like versus a human. Found no artifacts or combing. Blacks were nice and deep. But for the most part, "Surrogates" looks good but some may feel it had too much special effects and CG. But personally, the technology, special effect fit the film's theme quite nicely.
As for lossless audio, "Surrogates" is presented in English 5.1 DTS-HD MA (48 kHz/24-bit) and French, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital. "Surrogates" utilizes a lot of sound effects due to the action scenes. Crashing cars, helicopters, gun shots, booms, broken glass, motorcycle engine revving and more. The film's dialogue is understandable and clear through the center channel, music score is clear through the fronts and great use of LFE and the surround channels for the sound effects. Especially how audio pans from various directions.
Subtitles are presented in English SDH, French and Spanish.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
"Surrogates" comes with the following special features presented in 1080p, English5.1 or 2.0 Dolby Digital and optional subtitles in English SDH, French and Spanish.
* Audio Commentary by Director Jonathan Mostow - Director Jonathan Mostow gives viewers insight on the scenes of the film, the challenges of making this film and using so many special effects, working with the talents and more. A pretty informative and enjoyable commentary.
* Deleted Scenes - (6:03) A total of four deleted scenes: Dread Encounter, Apologies & Theories, What You're Looking At and The Real Peters.
* A More Perfect You: The Science of Surrogates - (14:34) A look at the advancement of technology and robots in society. From helping those who are utilizing the technology for medical reasons to helping those with disabilities, utilization in the military and how far we are technology-wise at this current time. But also asking ourselves if this science does become available, do we accept it or change it before it becomes something like what is featured in the film "Surrogates".
* Breaking the Frame: A Graphic Novel Comes to Life - (6:33) A look at how "Surrogates" became a comic book by Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele, bringing the film adaptation to life and getting Bruce Willis to play the main character role.
* "I Will Not Bow" Music Video by Breaking Benjamin - (3:49)
JUDGMENT CALL:
A film with an intriguing concept that focuses less on the characters and moreso on the overall action.
When it comes to the overall theme of "Surrogates", personally its a subject that I'm quite fascinated with. I've read about robotics in Japanese culture from its earlier years to its present stage and how various societies use the technology. But at the same time, being intrigued about how tied we are to the Internet, especially those who are addicted to MMORPG's to social media.
You know that there is that next step with technology and we've seen several interpretations of it in shows such as "Star Trek" to animated series such as ".Hack/Sign". But "Surrogates" definitely gives us an idea of a distant future, especially as technology and the military come together in finding ways to limit the loss of life. So, the concept of "Surrogates" is quite intriguing to me.
As for the film, I enjoyed the action and the concept but the film has its problems in terms of storyline especially when it comes to the character of older Canter (played by James Cromwell) and his motivations. Also, the weapon that was being utilized and how Stone (played by Boris Kodjoe) is connected. At 89 minutes, there could have been 5-10 minutes fleshing out character development for certain characters. But Because of this, certain parts of the plot seem to farfetched. It would have been great to see more of this hostility between humans and the surrogates (as shown in the deleted scenes).
But the film's saving grace is Bruce Willis along with Radha Mitchell and Rosamund Pike. Rosamund Pike definitely brings the emotional aspect while both Bruce Willis and Radha are part of the action. Bruce Willis was effective for the role of Greer and this is an action-based popcorn flick.
As for the Blu-ray release, "Surrogates" looks very good and sounds fantastic in HD. But I wished there were additional features with an interview with the cast but also a more in-depth special feature on the creation of the special effects. For a film that was special effects heavy, it would have been nice to see something incorporated to show how certain scenes and the look of the film were done.
Overall, "Surrogates" is an entertaining film that has a message which works. It's just that its execution was a bit off and possibly not going all action but showing some of the character depth via scenes explaining or showing motivation, that would have been nice to see. But in the end, "Surrogates" was an enjoyable, action film with an interesting concept and also showing us that as an action star, Bruce Willis still has it!
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By C. Seggelin
Format:DVD
A movie about a robot Bruce Willis fighting crime? Sounds like an action-adventure extraordinaire!
People who watch surrogates expecting "Die Hard" with a Sci-Fi twist are going to be disappointed. But if you watch the movie without any expectations at all, you'll find a very interesting character piece that explores a bifurcated existence for the entire human population that is an obvious metaphor for how the internet simultaneously unites and divides us. The movie explores how a safety-obsessed culture, aided by technology, becomes universally agoraphobic, and what effect that has on human interaction.
The year is unstated but from the look of the film it is in the not-too-distant future. A technological advance allows people to control a robotic body--a surrogate--from the safety of their own home. Originally intended to help handicapped people get around and carry on in the real world free from their physical impairments, surrogates are rapidly adopted by the populace at large. Having a surrogate means always being beautiful, or in fact, being whatever you want. The effects crew on this film do a wonderful job of taking live actors and digitally airbrushing their skin to give them a somewhat unrealistically perfect appearance.
Willis loses his robot body during pursuit of a criminal, and has to venture out into the real world himself. He finds it terrifying. His partner comes to pick him up at the hospital, and despite years working with him, she's never seen him before. He desperately wants to connect with his wife, wonderfully played by Rosamund Pike--but she is more interested in hiding behind her surrogate than most. While the ideas of surrogacy aren't new ideas, they aren't new because they affect us --today-- which, in my mind, is part of what makes this film interesting. Here in the real world there are people who fly drone missions in Afghanistan from the safety of an office in California--the most dangerous part of their involvement in the war is their commute to work. Surrogates explores this idea too--soldiers on a "peace-keeping operation" fight via surrogates from the safety of a command center thousands of miles away.
I don't want to give everything away, but I think this movie was wonderful. I watched it on pay-per-view without knowing ANYTHING about it--no expectations--and enjoyed it immensely. I went right out and bought a copy the next day. Watch it with an open mind--particularly if you like character pieces.
People who watch surrogates expecting "Die Hard" with a Sci-Fi twist are going to be disappointed. But if you watch the movie without any expectations at all, you'll find a very interesting character piece that explores a bifurcated existence for the entire human population that is an obvious metaphor for how the internet simultaneously unites and divides us. The movie explores how a safety-obsessed culture, aided by technology, becomes universally agoraphobic, and what effect that has on human interaction.
The year is unstated but from the look of the film it is in the not-too-distant future. A technological advance allows people to control a robotic body--a surrogate--from the safety of their own home. Originally intended to help handicapped people get around and carry on in the real world free from their physical impairments, surrogates are rapidly adopted by the populace at large. Having a surrogate means always being beautiful, or in fact, being whatever you want. The effects crew on this film do a wonderful job of taking live actors and digitally airbrushing their skin to give them a somewhat unrealistically perfect appearance.
Willis loses his robot body during pursuit of a criminal, and has to venture out into the real world himself. He finds it terrifying. His partner comes to pick him up at the hospital, and despite years working with him, she's never seen him before. He desperately wants to connect with his wife, wonderfully played by Rosamund Pike--but she is more interested in hiding behind her surrogate than most. While the ideas of surrogacy aren't new ideas, they aren't new because they affect us --today-- which, in my mind, is part of what makes this film interesting. Here in the real world there are people who fly drone missions in Afghanistan from the safety of an office in California--the most dangerous part of their involvement in the war is their commute to work. Surrogates explores this idea too--soldiers on a "peace-keeping operation" fight via surrogates from the safety of a command center thousands of miles away.
I don't want to give everything away, but I think this movie was wonderful. I watched it on pay-per-view without knowing ANYTHING about it--no expectations--and enjoyed it immensely. I went right out and bought a copy the next day. Watch it with an open mind--particularly if you like character pieces.
17 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
"Surrogates" is a futuristic tale of divided identity, treachery, and murder. Based on the graphic novel by Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele, "Surrogates" stars Bruce Willis as FBI agent Tom Greer, who lives in a world where robotic surrogates stand in for people, protecting them from violence, disease, and the appearance of aging. These picture- perfect replicants -- fit, good-looking, remotely controlled machines that assume their operator's life role -- enable the population to experience life vicariously from the comfort and safety of their own homes, giving a sci-fi spin to the notion of "couch potato."
Greer and partner Agent Peters (Radha Mitchell) are called in to investigate the mysterious death of a college student whose life ended when his surrogate was destroyed. When Greer's surrogate is damaged in the investigation, he ventures out of his apartment for the first time in decades. He must decide who is real and who can be trusted.
Now that James Cameron has provided movie the final word on human duplicates in "Avatar," the subject may not resonate as dramatically in "Surrogates," but it's a well-made action picture with Willis center stage in his familiar lone-warrior stance. The theme harks back to one that Stanley Kubrick used memorably in "2001: A Space Odyssey" -- depending too much on technology can have dire consequences. Despite the fact that "Surrogates" takes place in the future, the world depicted by director Jonathan Mostow resembles a contemporary city, but the combination of sci-fi, action flick, and mystery work well and provide an entertaining ride.
DVD bonus extras include director commentary and the music video "I Will Not Bow" by Breaking Benjamin. The Blu-ray edition contains these and the featurettes "A More Perfect You: The Science of Surrogates" and "Breaking the Frame: A Graphic Novel Comes to Life," and four deleted scenes.
Greer and partner Agent Peters (Radha Mitchell) are called in to investigate the mysterious death of a college student whose life ended when his surrogate was destroyed. When Greer's surrogate is damaged in the investigation, he ventures out of his apartment for the first time in decades. He must decide who is real and who can be trusted.
Now that James Cameron has provided movie the final word on human duplicates in "Avatar," the subject may not resonate as dramatically in "Surrogates," but it's a well-made action picture with Willis center stage in his familiar lone-warrior stance. The theme harks back to one that Stanley Kubrick used memorably in "2001: A Space Odyssey" -- depending too much on technology can have dire consequences. Despite the fact that "Surrogates" takes place in the future, the world depicted by director Jonathan Mostow resembles a contemporary city, but the combination of sci-fi, action flick, and mystery work well and provide an entertaining ride.
DVD bonus extras include director commentary and the music video "I Will Not Bow" by Breaking Benjamin. The Blu-ray edition contains these and the featurettes "A More Perfect You: The Science of Surrogates" and "Breaking the Frame: A Graphic Novel Comes to Life," and four deleted scenes.
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No work, no danger?
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IF THIS IS THE FUTURE...IT IS REALLY COOL!
Since I am a lover of future types of fantasy films this is a great one for that.
Highly recommended for lovers of future fantasy films.
Highly recommended for lovers of future fantasy films.
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Reaching...back.
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Published 1 month ago by Michael Ferrante
