Disturbing yet enthralling

An absolute waste of money

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I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

Interesting movie. Bruce Willis in an unusual role. The man is multi-talented.

This could have been a really good movie, but it was doomed by fractured characterizations and a terrible script. What the viewer was left with was a below par Bruce Willis action movie plus a great sci-fi premise. The 'world' that was created was very well done, undoubtedly the best part of the film. Anyone familiar with our current virtual worlds and avatars would have felt chills seeing a world that is currently safely inside their computers suddenly brought into real life. Thus this is a very plausible situation. People NOW, in real life, currently sit for hours on end, 'living' in these virtual worlds, 'being' their avatar. Anyone unfamiliar with virtual worlds would be shocked at how close this scenario could be for us in the near future. Besides that, the movie was difficult to get through and I almost gave up many times. And I was never really vested in the characters and bad script. The good news is that real sci-fi is becoming more and more common in movies, which is a great thing for sci-fi fans, for it is a genre which has mostly been ignored or 'pulped', ridiculously, over the entire lifetime of film. Sure, not all films with good sci-fi premises will be good, but at least the genre is opening up. Unless you are a die hard (pun intended) Bruce Willis fan, the only reason to watch this movie is for Ving Rhames (who has way too little screen time) and to check out the world that was created here, which is the only reason I gave it a 6 rating. Without all that, and if this had been a present day cop movie, it would be have been better to turn on the TV and just watch CSI (maybe the best idea, anyway). Oh, and did I mention the ending was completely expected and cliché, and rather truncated? It left me with a rather empty stomach.

Some of the other reviews here seem to criticize the fact that the characters are not "human" enough and hard to relate to. That didn't really bother me. I don't feel like every sci-fi action movie needs to be overly emotional. Sometimes it's okay to have a movie that is just cool and fun, which this movie definitely is.This is an entertaining movie, and if you like sci-fi, you will probably like it. It had a good pace, good special effects, and some cool action sequences. Bruce Willis is well cast, and the acting over-all is fine.The main problem I had with this movie, is that it is really not plausible. The plot is full of holes and the movie is basically impossible to believe. They start the movie by saying that, within 20 years of so, everyone goes from a normal life, to living vicariously though their own personal robots. They even quote the number that 98% of people not live completely thought "surrogates." If it were something like 10%, it would be a lot easier to accept. There are places in the world were people still don't have fresh water to drink and have never seen a computer, and they expect us to believe that everyone in developing nations, can afford their own personal sophisticated robot? Yeah, right!Even if the surrogates were useful for certain things, like dangerous jobs, or wanting to go out to a nightclub as a better looking person, there is no way that you wouldn't still want to go out and get some fresh air once in a while. The ending has some interesting twists, but over-all, the ending is very predictable and somewhat cliché.If you like sci-fi, this movie is worth a watch. The plot is cool, but could have been written in a more believable way.

In general, I would not recommend this movie. Although, many might like it. Yeah, I'm years late.I'm not trying to to dissuade potential viewers, but to mention what the plot is about, without spoilers.First off -- I could not completely get the makeup of the society (androids) without reading descriptions of the movie, beforehand. Although, I never fully paid attention to this crap movie. I only say crap after I watched it.(Fighting) Bruce Willis is not in his most often character mode. Potential mild spoiler follows. About halfway in the movie, he gets beat up really bad & does not possess the ability to counter that.There is no real conclusion to my review, which is not necessarily bad, but leaves the movie leaves questions of robots/androids taking control.Can be an enjoyable movie, but on an intellectual & boring level -- my perception. In general, I would not recommend this movie. Although, many might like it. Yeah, I'm years late.I'm not trying to dissuade potential viewers, but to mention what the plot is about, without explaining much...