Robot policeman Jonathan Mostow presents a film from the category “who will find more movie quotes”, but at the same time quite fresh presents a fantastic future, not without a realistic view of things. In fact, if individual visual scenes the film and then refers to certain works of fiction, then the whole look quite original and new. It can not even be compared with similar ideas of moving consciousness and controlling films such as the already released “Gamer” and the coming “Avatar”.
The plot weaves intrigues around the confrontation of a utopian society. The world is filled with mechanical clones of people who are practically indistinguishable from a living person. Of course, not everyone likes such a society, and anti-surrogate groups appear with posters “Humans only!”. Against this background, a murder is committed, and everything would be fine, it would seem ordinary, but this is the first murder in many years. Murder in a world where crime has fallen by 99%. And if the investigation of such a case can capture you with its intrigues - the film is definitely for you.
In terms of meaning, the film does not require turning off consciousness, and sometimes makes you think about different things. Everything lies on the surface and without any metaphors and mirrors, unlike the same "Gamer", and not so deep. Rather, the truth of the film has already sounded more than once, and in “Surrogates” shown simply and accessible to anyone.
Of course, the main star of the film is Bruce Willis, and there are even two and both are different. Fans of the actor must watch. Die Hard in all its glory tries to save the world, with its inherent charisma and dedication. Bruce Willis proved that he could save humanity. There is no way to save robots.
The finale was very successful, despite the fact that the trailer almost briefly told the film itself. The fact is that even logically assuming and guessing how everything will end, you immerse yourself in an interesting fantastic story that attracts your attention to the entire timekeeping. It looks great and exciting.
And even reproaches in the secondary plot are not able to close positive impressions. The film is worthy, the film is correct, special effects are at a height, and the play of the actors does not cause any doubt, as a result of which a complete immersion is achieved with interest in the plot and similar topics.
The remarkable dynamics of the plot does not allow you to get bored, and the events between the spectacular action are as interesting as the perfectly executed special effects. The utopian world is shown really realistically, unlike many films that have such megacities of the future as the setting of the plot. Therefore, this fantastic action movie looks on the same breath, perfectly demonstrating the autumn blockbuster season of 2009 and being a very decent job. And perhaps even the best Jonathan Mostow film of his career at the moment. A wonderful step forward and an opportunity to show that he can make a good movie. This is a fantastic action movie.
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