It's 2017 and a new technology has changed the way humans live their lives. Most people now spend their lives at home, going about their usual lives, using remote-controlled robotic bodies called surrogates. Typically designed to resemble idealized versions of their operators, these surrogates have superhuman strength and agility and allow their operators to be free from pain and harm while remaining safely at home in their chairs operator. The main manufacturer of substitutes is a company called VSI or Virtual Self Industries. According to VSI, the use of surrogacy has eliminated fear, racism and crime throughout society. The many benefits of surrogate technology have led to its widespread use and acceptance, but some believe these benefits have come at the expense of our humanity. Surrogates (2009) follows FBI agent Tom Greer (Bruce Willis) as he investigates a murder; the first in years. A young couple is attacked by a man who destroys their surrogate mothers using a strange weapon. Greer and his partner, Peters (Radha Mitchell), search for the victims' operators and are shocked to discover that the young woman was actually a man and that the other victim was the son of Doctor Lionel Canter (James Cromwell), the inventor of substitutes. Both operators are found dead in their chairs, the mysterious weapon somehow bypassing their surrogate's failsafes. The overweight man who manages the pretty young woman surrogate is described by his landlady as a good tenant who has never left his apartment. While this behavior may be considered strange in today's society, it would appear that this man's agoraphobia is the norm in this world. That its liberal use of the freedom afforded to surrogate users to alter their appearance be... middle of paper......ide to save only human operators, allowing the destruction of all surrogates in the world. The premise of this film takes on a strange plausibility given that the technologies used are not too far removed from what is possible today. For the sake of entertainment, some liberties are taken to depict society as a utopia, but no explanation for the apparent widespread wealth is given. In several scenes, lifeless mannequins are perhaps used as symbols to contrast with their less lifeless surrogate counterparts. Unfortunately, the film doesn't explore many of the consequences of the premise in great detail, instead relying on a familiar plot and frequent action sequences to entertain its viewers. Nonetheless, this fiction may soon become a reality and the implications of what it means to be human are critically important to consider..