Surrogates is a 2009 science fiction film.  The film is set in 2017 where humans live in near total isolation rarely leaving the safety and comfort of their homes, thanks to remotely controlled robotic bodies that serve as surrogates.   Each one is designed as a better looking versions of their human operators, because people are safe all the time and if a Surrogate receives damage it is not felt by its owner.  The world if free from fear, pain and crime agent Tom Greer (Bruce Willis) is an FBI agent who through the use of his own surrogate investigates the first murder in years.  Jarod a college student is the son of the man who invented the surrogates and who uses multiple surrogates of himself.  Agent Greer´s case grows more complicated when several humans are murdered because their surrogates were destroyed, something which is not supposed to happen as the human operator is supposed to be  safe from the damage done to his or her surrogate.   Greer feels detached from the world due to the use of surrogates, so in order to catch the killer he will have to physically venture outside the safety of his home for the first time in many years, in doing so enlists the aid of another agent in tracking his target down.  During the investigation his inquiries lead him to the Dreads, a group of humans led by a mysterious man known only as The Prophet (Ving Rhames) who are against the use of surrogates.  Greer and his partner Peters (Radha Mitchell) determine the identity of the murderer is a Dread named Miles (Jack Noseworthy).  Miles used a unique weapon to kill Jarod he fires the weapon at Greer who escapes death from the weapon by disconnecting himself from his surrogate as the weapon is fired and then resumes his connection to the surrogate after wards.  Even though his surrogate is badly damaged it is still able to pursue Miles before his surrogate is destroyed by the Dreads. Greer is badly hurt by the weapon despite disconnecting he is found by his wife Maggie (Rosamund Pike) who acts entirely through her surrogate, she prefers interacting through her surrogate even with her husband in the privacy of their home.  Greer is taken to the hospital and survives, although he is suspended and is not allowed to use a surrogate while his actions are investigated.   At the Dread Reservation Miles is confronted by The Prophet who demands information about the weapon he has been using, Miles is then killed by The Prophet and when Greer goes into the Reservation he witnesses Miles´s funeral and approaches The Prophet.  He asks about the weapon used by Miles but gets no answer and leaves, Greer meets with Dr Canter (James Cromwell) again using one of his surrogates who suggests the weapon is military. Greer meets with a member of the military and learns that the weapon sends a computer virus into the surrogates which shuts them down but it also disables the fail safe mechanisms and kills the operator.  An unknown surrogate goes to the home of Greer’s partner Peters and kills her the surrogate then transfers control of her surrogate to an unknown party who uses it to go through the financial records of the FBI.  The Peters surrogate learns that Stone (Boris Kodjoe) is apparently behind the death of Jarod, having been assigned by the company that creates the surrogates to kill Dr Canter. Jarod was using one of his father’s surrogates and as such was mistaken for his father. At the Dread compound The Prophet orders delivery of the weapon to Peters just before the military attacks. The Prophet and his men are killed but The Prophet is revealed to be a surrogate of Doctor Canter.  The false Peters surrogate tricks Greer into getting information about the weapon from Stone’s computer, taking the information she flees and is chased by Greer but escapes and goes to FBI headquarters where she takes a human system administrator (who does not use a surrogate) hostage and hooks the weapon up the surrogate network to kill all the surrogate operators.  Greer calls the system administrator who reveals that Peters has taken him hostage, Greer goes to Dr Canter’s home and forces his way into his home to find him.  At the FBI building the false Peters surrogate forces Stone to come talk to her.  Dr Canter reveals to Stone that he is now controlling the Peters surrogate, Stone confirms he did try to have Canter killed Dr Canter then kills Stone with the weapon and returns to uploading the weapon’s virus to all the surrogates.  Greer makes his way through Canter’s mansion only to find Canter´s many surrogates which includes the one that killed the real Peters.  Greer finds the real Dr Canter who reveals he wants to destroy the surrogates so that real humans can return to their prior lifestyle.  Canter has already started the process through the Peters surrogate and then he kills himself, Greer takes control of the Peters surrogate and with the help of the system administrator Greer insulates the surrogate operators so they will survive even if the surrogates go down.  He is then given the choice of whether or not to save the surrogates.  FBI troops storm the room as Greer decides not to cancel the transmission before the Peters surrogate is killed.  The virus from the weapon is uploaded and destroys every surrogate worldwide leaving their operators alive but having to go back to using their real bodies again.  Greer goes home and connects with his wife in her real body. Media broadcasts reveal the surrogates are down worldwide and no one knows if they will ever be able to be recreated again.

Bruce Willis
Bruce Willis is an American actor his career began in television in the 1980s and has continued both in television and film. His films include The Verdict (1980), The Return of Bruno (1987), Blind Date (1987), Sunset (1988), Die Hard (1988), In Country (1989), Look Who’s Talking (1989), Die Hard 2 (1990), Look Who’s Talking Too (1990), The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990), Mortal Thoughts (1991), Hudson Hawk (1991), Billy Bathgate (1991), The Last Boy Scout (1991), Death Becomes Her (1992), Striking Distance (1993), Pulp Fiction (1994), North (1994), Color of Night (1994), Nobody’s Fool (1994), Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Four Rooms (1995), Twelve Monkeys (1995), Last Man Standing (1996), The Fifth Element (1997), The Jackal (1997), Mercury Rising (1998), Armageddon (1998), The Siege (1998), Breakfast of Champions (1999), The Sixth Sense (1999), The Story of Us (1999), The Whole Nine Yards (2000), The Kid (2000), Unbreakable (2000), Bandits (2001), Hart’s War (2002), Grand Champion (2002), Tears of the Sun (2003), The Whole Ten Yards (2004), Hostage (2005), Sin City (2005), Alpha Dog (2006), Lucky Number Slevin (2006), 16 Blocks (2006), Perfect Stranger (2007), Die Hard 4 (2007), Grindhouse: Planet Terror (2007), Assassination of a High School President (2008), What Just Happened (2008), Surrogates (2009), Cop Out (2010), The Expendables (2010) and Red (2010).  He has appeared in TV series such as Miami Vice, The Twilight Zone, Moonlighting, Mad About You, Ally McBeal and Friends. He also provided the voice for a talking baby in Look Who’s Talking (1989) as well as its sequel Look Who’s Talking Too (1990), Muddy Grimes in the animation film Beavis and Butt Head Do America (1996) and RJ in the animation film Over The Hedge (2006).

Radha Mitchell
Radha Mitchell is an Australian actress her films include Love and Other Catastrophes (1996), High Art (1998), Cleopatra’s Second Husband (1998), Sleeping Beauties (1999), Kick (1999), Everything Put Together (2000), Pitch Black (2000), Cowboys and Angels (2000), Nobody’s Baby (2001), When Strangers Appear (2001), Dead Heat (2002), Ten Tiny Love Stories (2002), Phone Booth (2002), Four Reasons (2002), Visitors (2003), Man on Fire (2004), Finding Neverland (2004), Melinda and Melinda (2004), Mozart and the Whale (2005), Silent Hill (2006), Pu-239 (2006), Feast of Love (2007), Rogue (2007), Henry Poole Is Here (2008), The Children of Huang Shi (2008), What We Take from Each Other (2008), Thick as Thieves (2009), The Waiting City (2009), Surrogates (2009), The Crazies (2010) and Fugly (2011).  She has appeared in TV series such as Phoenix, R.F.D.S, All Together Now, Blue Heelers and Neighbours.

Rosamund Pike
Rosamund Pike is an English actress her films include James Bond Die Another Day (2002), Promised Land (2004), The Libertine (2004), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Doom (2005), Fracture (2007), Fugitive Pieces (2007), Devil You Know (2009), An Education (2009), Surrogates (2009), Burning Palms (2010), Made in Dagenham (2010) and Barney’s Version (2010).  Her films made for television include A Rather English Marriage (1998), The Tower (2008) and Freefall (2009).  She has appeared in TV series such as Wives and Daughters, Trial & Retribution, Love in a Cold Climate and Foyle’s War.

Ving Rhames
Ving Rhames is an American actor his films include Native Son (1986), Patty Hearst (1988), Casualties of War (1989), The Long Walk Home (1990), Jacob’s Ladder (1990), Flight of the Intruder (1991), Homicide (1991), The People Under the Stairs (1991), Stop Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992), Dave (1993), The Saint of Fort Washington (1993), Pulp Fiction (1994), Drop Squad (1994), Kiss of Death (1995), Mission Impossible (1996), Striptease (1996), Dangerous Ground (1997), Rosewood (1997), Con Air (1997), Body Count (1998), Out of Sight (1998), Entrapment (1999), Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Mission Impossible II (2000), Baby Boy (2001), Undisputed (2002), Dark Blue (2002), Sin (2003), Dawn of the Dead (2004), Back in the Day (2005), Mission Impossible III (2006), Idlewild (2006), Ascension Day (2007), I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007), A Broken Life (2008), Animal 2 (2007), Day of the Dead (2008), Phantom Punch (2008), Saving God (2008), Evil Angel (2009), Echelon Conspiracy (2009), Give ‘em Hell Malone (2009), The Tournament (2009), The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009), The Bridge to Nowhere (2009), Surrogates (2009), Julia X 3D (2010), Operation: Endgame (2010), The Wrath of Cain (2010), Master Harold and the Boys (2010), Piranha (2010), King of the Avenue (2010), Submission (2010) and Minkow (2011).   He has appeared in TV series such as Crime Story, Another World, Miami Vice, Tour of Duty, Spenser: For Hire, The Equalizer, ER, The System, The District, Kojak and Gravity.

Boris Kodjoe
Boris Kodjoe is an Austrian born actor his films include Love & Basketball (2000), Brown Sugar (2002), The Gospel (2005), Madea’s Family Reunion (2006), All About Us (2007), Alice Upside Down (2007), Starship Troopers 3 Marauder (2008), Surrogates (2009), The Confidant (2010) and Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010). He has appeared in TV series such as For Your Love, Boston Public, Street Time, All of Us, Soul Food, Second Time Around, Crossing Jordan, Nip/Tuck and Undercovers.

Jack Noseworthy
Jack Noseworthy is an American actor his films include California Man (1992), Alive (1993), S.F.W (1994), The Brady Bunch Movie (1995), Barb Wire (1996), Mojave Moon (1996), The Trigger Effect (1996), Breakdown (1997), Event Horizon (1997), Clean and Narrow (1999), Idle Hands (1999), The Sterling Chase (1999), U-571 (2000), Cecil B DeMented (2000),  Undercover Brother (2002), Unconditional Love (2002), Poster Boy (2004), Phat Girlz (2006), CondomNation (2006), Pretty Ugly People (2008) and Surrogates (2009).   He has appeared in TV series such as Teech, Bodies of Evidence, Dead at 21, The Outer Limits, The District, Judging Amy, Crossing Jordan, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Wild Card, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Law & Order.

James Cromwell
James Cromwell is an American actor his films include Murder by Death (1976), The Cheap Detective (1978), Nobody’s Perfekt (1981), The Man with Two Brains (1983), The House of God (1984), Tank (1984), Revenge of the Nerds (1984), Oh God You Devil (1984), Explorers (1985), A Fine Mess (1986), Revenge of the Nerds II Nerds in Paradise (1987), The Rescue (1988), The Runnin Kind (1989), Pink Cadillac (1989), The Babe (1992), Romeo Is Bleeding (1993), Babe (1995), Eraser (1996), The People vs Larry Flynt (1996), Star Trek First Contact (1996), L.A Confidential (1997), The Education of Little Tree (1997), Owd Bob (1998), Species II (1998), Deep Impact (1998), Babe Pig in the City (1998), The General’s Daughter (1999), Snow Falling on Cedars (1999), The Bachelor (1999), The Green Mile (1999), Space Cowboys (2000), The Sum of All Fears (2002), The Nazi (2002), Blackball (2003), The Snow Walker (2003), I Robot (2004), The Longest Yard (2005), The Queen (2006), Dante’s Inferno (2007), Becoming Jane (2007), SpiderMan 3 (2007), Tortured (2008), W (2008), A Lonely Place for Dying (2009), Surrogates (2009), Secretariat (2010) and A Year in Mooring (2011).  He has appeared in TV series such as The Rockford Files, All in the Family, All’s Fair, Police Story, The Nancy Walker Show, M.A.S.H, Three’s Company, Flatbush, Diff’rent Strokes, Little House on the Prairie, Father Murphy, Buffalo Bill, Family Ties, Dallas, Riptide, Knight Rider, Hill Street Blues, Hunter, The Twilight Zone, Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories, Magnum P.I, Star Trek: The Next Generation, L.A Law, Home Improvement, Renegade, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The Client, ER, Star Trek: Enterprise, The West Wing, Six Feet Under and 24.

James Ginty
James Ginty is an American actor he has only appeared in a few films so far which include K19 The Widowmaker (2002) and Surrogates (2009).  He has appeared in TV series such as ER, Days of Our Lives , Private Practice and Grey’s Anatomy.

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