Surrogates

Hi,

Last nights film was the sci-fi thriller Surrogates, starring Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike and James Cromwell. Directed by Jonathan Mostow (T3).

In a nutshell, the human race has taken to using surrogate robots to live their lives from the safety of their own homes. No crime, no murder, no fear and no pain, the perfect life, or is it. An FBI agent (Willis) gets involved in solving a murder, which leads to a cover up, and the so called perfect life could be torn apart.

I haven't the heart to come up with a decent sounding synopsis of this film, it just doesn't warrant any effort.

It really disappoints me when I see something that has the potential to be really good, well at least good and it turns out rubbish. I wouldn't class this film as rubbish, but maybe average at best.
What did I say in my preview post, as long as the story doesn't become silly and the outcome sign posted from the start. Well maybe not the start, but it was the wrong side of the middle before I knew where we were going, who was behind it and why!
OK so I know, at least take me on a thrilling 2nd half of the film with loads of action and I may walk away happy. I didn't even get that, 2 action sequences in the whole film and neither of them that exciting, in fact the whole film was pretty dull. The script wasn't great, the acting poor even for a robot's standard.

I can't even rant about the main failings of this film because I will end up giving it all away and spoil it for you. But then again you may just like it!

Overall, dull, action-less sci-fi romp with a very obvious end.

(4/10 - Watchable)