Surrogates

Some time in the future science has progressed(?) to the point where most of the world's population is living safely at home in their pyjamas and slippers whilst their Surrogates, or artificial idealised versions of themselves, go about daily activities on their behalf.

These artificial surrogates are easily replaced if damaged and with the real humans safely in their homes criminal activity has almost been eradicated and (we are told) so has discrimination; although I didn't catch why the latter should have happened. Never mind, this is not the type of movie to rely on logic or rationale.

Anyway, this cosy arrangement is threatened when a new criminal activity emerges. The real humans start to be murdered through some form of remote control when their surrogates are attacked.

Who better to sort out this state of affairs than Bruce Willis in both his surrogate and human form?

The surrogates are all Hollywood's idea of beauty; young looking, flawless skin and totally emotionless. Stepford to the Nth degree. This is a handy device giving a whole lot of young actors with the most wooden acting skills imaginable the opportunity to be their robotic selves.

It won't surprise you to know that Willis is up to the task of resolving the dangers and thankfully he does so in pretty quick time.

Something that intrigues me in these films is the wondrous power and speed of the computers on display. If only our home computers were similarly efficient.