‘Surrogates’ (2009) movie review

Who’s in it?: Bruce Willis (TV’s Moonlighting, Die Hard), James Cromwell (Babe, L.A. Confidential), Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction, Mission:Impossible)

Man, oh man…okay, I’m going to try and be nice here because this wasn’t that bad, actually.  Then again, it wasn’t that great either, so I’m not going to hold myself to any promises.

Bruce, Bruce, Bruce….you know you used to be my boy, Bruce.  My hero.  You were David Addison and John Maclane, man, king-bad-ass-smart-ass.  I’m pretty sure the reason I prided myself on being so cock was because I tried very hard to be very Bruno-esque while I was growing up.  But now, the hits have been fewer and farther between for Willis.

Like I said, Surrogates isn’t half bad.  It says a lot about how we are using technology as a substitute for actually interacting with each other like actual civilized human beings.  Right now, it’s these so-called smart phones but someday as the movie shows, we will probably actually use remote controlled bodies to do our bidding so we never have to leave the house-

On second thought, this is a genius idea.  I have a love/hate thing for people.  Oh, not you, my loyal readers…real people…other people.  But as much as society drives me crazy, I’d still miss good old fashioned human interaction, whether good or bad. Thankfully, this has some good action but really there isn’t one fresh idea presented here.  It has some actors who are good in much better movies, but all feel incredibly boring in this one.

Even freakin’ Bruce Willis looks bored for most of this…and what’s with the blonde wig, dude?  Not a good look buddy.  Seriously though, I’m going to give you a pass on this one because you’re my boy, Bruce.

6/10

Would I recommend this?: I’m going to say yes, but if you have anything you’d rather be doing, including having all the bones extracted from your body, you should probably do that instead.