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Surrogates (film)

Surrogates
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Theatrical poster
Directed by Jonathan Mostow
Produced by
Screenplay by John Brancato
Michael Ferris
Based on The Surrogates
by Robert Venditti
Starring
Music by Richard Marvin
Cinematography Oliver Wood
Edited by
Production
company
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
Release date
  • September 25, 2009 (2009-09-25)
Running time
89 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $80 million
Box office $122.4 million
Surrogates: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Film score by Richard Marvin
Released November 23, 2009
Recorded 2009
Genre Soundtrack
Label Lakeshore Records
Producer Richard Marvin
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars
Filmtracks 3/5 stars
iTunes 3/5 stars
Movie Music UK 3/5 stars
Tracksounds 3/5 stars

Surrogates is a 2009 American science fiction mystery film, based on the 2005–2006 comic book series The Surrogates. Directed by Jonathan Mostow, it stars Bruce Willis as Tom Greer, an FBI agent who ventures out into the real world to investigate the murder of surrogates (humanoid remote controlled robots). It also stars Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, Boris Kodjoe, Ving Rhames, and James Cromwell.

The film's main concept centers on the mysterious murder of a college student linked to the man who helped create a high-tech surrogate phenomenon that allows people to purchase remote-controlled humanoid robots through which they interact with society. These fit, attractive, remotely controlled robots ultimately assume their life roles, enabling people to experience life vicariously from the comfort and safety of their own homes. Surrogates was released on September 25, 2009, in the United States and Canada. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed over $122 million.

In 2025, widespread use of remotely controlled androids called "surrogates" allows everyone to live in idealized forms from the safety of their homes. In contrast to their surrogates, the human operators are depicted as slovenly and homebound. A surrogate's operator is protected from harm and feels no pain when the surrogate is damaged. FBI agent Tom Greer (Bruce Willis) has a strained relationship with his wife Maggie (Rosamund Pike), as a result of their son's death several years before. He never sees her outside of her surrogate and she criticizes his desire to interact via their real bodies.

Tom and his partner, Agent Jennifer Peters (Radha Mitchell), investigate the death of two people who were killed when their surrogates were destroyed at a club. Jarid Canter (Shane Dzicek), one of the victims, is the son of Dr. Lionel Canter (James Cromwell), the inventor of surrogates. Tom and Jennifer determine that a human named Miles Strickland (Jack Noseworthy) used a new type of weapon to overload the surrogates' systems and kill their operators. After locating Strickland, Tom attempts to bring him into custody. Strickland uses the weapon and injures Tom during the chase; Tom inadvertently crash-lands into an anti-surrogate zone known as the Dread Reservation (one of many throughout the United States). A mob of humans eventually destroys Tom's surrogate, forcing him to interact in the world without one. The Dread leader known as The Prophet (Ving Rhames) kills Strickland and confiscates the weapon.


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