Surrogates


Surrogates is a 2009 American science fiction action film, based on the 20052006 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.

In the future, widespread use of remotely controlled androids called surrogates allows everyone to live in idealized forms from the safety of their homes. A surrogates operator is protected from harm and feels no pain when their surrogate is damaged. FBI agent Tom Greer Bruce Willis has a strained relationship with his wife Maggie Rosamund Pike, as a result of their sons 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 crashlands into an antisurrogate zone known as the Dread Reservation one of many throughout the United States. A mob of humans eventually destroys Toms 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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