Surrogates (2009)

It’s a two-for-one Bruce Willis in “Surrogates,” an action/sci-fi flick that giddily plays with the idea of the unkillable "Die Hard" hero … until the damn thing becomes another run-of-the-mill action/sci-fi flick with Willis as an unkillable "Die Hard" hero. The setup is cool: In the near future, shut-in humans live flawless Second Life existences via mass-produced “Cosmo”-worthy replicants. There is no pain. No spread of disease, sexual or otherwise. No crime. No need to work and then hit the grocery on the way home. Willis is Tom Greer, a grizzled FBI agent mourning a lost son, and also Tom’s superhuman FBI agent clone who’s like a blond Six Million Dollar Man. RoboTom get sucked into a conspiracy involving big business, bigger money, a hippie prophet (Ving Rhames ) and a new secret weapon that looks like a space-age Dustbuster. Of course, FlabbyTom must save the day. “Surrogates” at first plays like a welcome revisit of classic Ira Levine, but is sadly hijacked by Michael Bay Hollywood mentality. B-