I'm all for a good sci-fi movie. Just seeing someone else's idea of what the future will be is exciting. This is one of those movies that caught my attention. Bruce Willis was excellent. The whole idea of having surrogates replace us was brilliant. I mean, who wouldn't want to just lay at home while someone else does everything for you? Or you could just hire a maid. In true Bruce Willis form, he delivers an action packed performance full of intrigue and mystery. If this is what we have to look forward to in the future, sign me up. The movie lacks very little, other than this kind of movie has been done a million times. We all want to be someone else, and this movie made you wonder how good or bad this would turn out.

Yeah, I know, Bruce Willis may be a bit past his sell-by date. He's hardly the box office draw he once was. And, yes, he does tend to exhibit a noticeable sneer/smirk throughout most of his most recent roles, but give him a chance here. He's not so bad.Surrogates set in the future when we all have robots to carry out our menial chores – all of apart from wise-cracking cop, played by Will Smith, who is hell-bent on proving that our robot 'protectors' are not what they seem. Oh, wait, that's not the plot for Surrogates at all – that's the plot for 'I Robot.' Never mind – just take out the word 'robots' and replace it with, er, 'surrogates' (which are basically robots) and you have the storyline.If you haven't seen I Robot, Surrogates may be quite original, but I couldn't believe how similar the two were. But I still enjoyed it. I put in my review title that it was a competent LITTLE sci-fi number. That's largely because it's quite short for a film – coming in well below the average hour and a half. And, because of this, it's over pretty quickly, almost like a TV episode of some sci-fi show.It has action, conspiracy, reasonably special effects and Bruce Willis isn't that annoying. In fact, his – how should I put this – 'mature' action hero status actually works here. The human race all have (surrogate) robots shaped like them who go out into the world under their human master's control. Naturally, everyone's surrogate is young and gorgeous while their human owner's body gets older and flabby from the comfort of their home. It's quite amusing when Bruce's beautiful bot gets beaten up and the 'real' human Bruce has to go out onto the streets with his bald head and wrinkles for all to see.All of this means that if you're a fan of the sci-fi genre you should get something out of this film. It's one of those films that you like more if you haven't had to pay for. If you can borrow it off a mate or find it as part of your online TV package, give it a go. It will definitely kill just over an hour of your time, but you probably wouldn't have wanted to pay full price in the cinema to see it. Oh, and it's also advisable not to watch I Robot before you see this (it's definitely superior – sorry, Bruce).

In this world of the future, technology now allows people to experience life vicariously through the activities of their "surrogates", which are ultra sophisticated robotic creations. Trouble brews when the son of the programs' creator is killed. Bruce Willis plays Greer, an FBI agent forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to solve the conspiracy.An adaptation of the graphic novel by Robert Venditti & Brett Weldele, "Surrogates" is slick genre entertainment, a cut above many films of this type due to some genuinely provocative content. It certainly may make each viewer ponder the idea of having what is essentially a robot live their life for them. A parallel between the obsessions of this films' characters and real life addictions to technology can certainly be seen. In the end, the need to stress, and reclaim, our humanity is made clear. The action scenes are capably handled, but there are not that many of them. This is one of those instances where the action is serving the story and not vice versa. The visual and makeup effects are generally well done.Credit is due to these filmmakers - led by director Jonathan Mostow - for hitting the ground running and keeping their pace rather lively. Refreshingly, "Surrogates" runs a trim hour and a half, so there's no uninteresting filler to have to sit through. There is some poignancy to the material, as Greer desperately tries to reconnect with his wife Maggie (Rosamund Pike), who fixates on her surrogate, partly as a way of dealing with grief.Willis gives a sensitive, appealing performance in the lead, although it may be distracting seeing that wig on the head of his surrogate. Lovely ladies Radha Mitchell and Pike are fine, as is Boris Kodjoe as the FBI supervisor. James Cromwell and Ving Rhames are kind of wasted in their respective supporting roles, but it's fun to see Jack Noseworthy (a semi regular in Mostows' filmography), Devin Ratray (Buzz from "Home Alone"), and Michael Cudlitz (Abraham on 'The Walking Dead') turn up.Reasonably stimulating and diverting for 89 robust minutes.Seven out of 10.

Some of the other reviews here seem to criticize the fact that the characters are not "human" enough and hard to relate to. That didn't really bother me. I don't feel like every sci-fi action movie needs to be overly emotional. Sometimes it's okay to have a movie that is just cool and fun, which this movie definitely is.This is an entertaining movie, and if you like sci-fi, you will probably like it. It had a good pace, good special effects, and some cool action sequences. Bruce Willis is well cast, and the acting over-all is fine.The main problem I had with this movie, is that it is really not plausible. The plot is full of holes and the movie is basically impossible to believe. They start the movie by saying that, within 20 years of so, everyone goes from a normal life, to living vicariously though their own personal robots. They even quote the number that 98% of people not live completely thought "surrogates." If it were something like 10%, it would be a lot easier to accept. There are places in the world were people still don't have fresh water to drink and have never seen a computer, and they expect us to believe that everyone in developing nations, can afford their own personal sophisticated robot? Yeah, right!Even if the surrogates were useful for certain things, like dangerous jobs, or wanting to go out to a nightclub as a better looking person, there is no way that you wouldn't still want to go out and get some fresh air once in a while. The ending has some interesting twists, but over-all, the ending is very predictable and somewhat cliché.If you like sci-fi, this movie is worth a watch. The plot is cool, but could have been written in a more believable way.