Surrogates, a sci-fi thriller movie directed by Jonathan Mostow who previously directed the hit movie Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. Before I move on to the review, I would like to express my biggest gratitude to Nuffnang for giving a pair of premiere screening passes to me. Without the passes, this review would not have been written.

FBI agents (BRUCE WILLIS and RADHA MITCHELL) investigate the mysterious murder of a college student linked to the man who helped create a high-tech surrogate phenomenon that allows people to purchase unflawed robotic versions of themselves – fit, good looking remotely controlled machines that ultimately assume their life roles – enabling people to experience life vicariously from the comfort and safety of their own homes. The murder spawns a quest for answers: in a world of masks, who’s real and who can you trust?

I must say that this movie made me think if the world would be like how it is in this movie, what would humans be then? Somehow, this is really similar to the movie Gamer in terms of the idea behind humans controlling others; humans control humans in Gamer while humans control a robot in Surrogates. In layman terms, the brain is powerful enough to fully control a robot to do replace a human. The human just stays at home controlling his or her own robot and so, robots are everywhere outside the house down the street.

I don’t think there’s any complicated storyline here as the movie is purely about investigating the murder of surrogates’ creator’s son. I would consider this as an action-packed movie as I see more actions than anything else. I liked the ending of this movie in which there’s a choice to save surrogates or to end it, what do you think was done? I’ll leave that for you to keep guessing and find out when you watch the movie. Verdict, nothing to shout about but still a good movie.