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Bruce Willis is one of few actors who create memorable performances in practically any genre – whether drama (Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction”), thriller (M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Sixth Sense”) or action (the blockbuster “Die Hard” film franchise).  Now, he returns to the genre that started it all for him – comedy (“The Blind Date”) — in Warner Bros.’ “Cop Out” from director Kevin Smith.
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First the computer. Then email, tiny cell phones and the Internet. Today, sexy robotic surrogates fill in for their less attractive human counterparts—regular people who no longer have to venture out into the real world themselves. In the world of Touchstone Pictures’ new sci-fi thriller “Surrogates,” has technology gone too far?
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Bruce Willis has demonstrated incredible versatility in a career that has included such diverse characterizations as the prizefighter in “Pulp Fiction,” the heroic time traveler in “12 Monkeys,” the compassionate child psychologist in “The Sixth Sense,” and his signature role, Detective John McClane, in the “Die Hard” series. Now, he plays a conflicted FBI agent in Touchstone Pictures’ new sci-fi thriller “Surrogates.”
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In Touchstone Pictures’ new sci-fi thriller “Surrogates,” people are living their lives remotely from the safety of their own homes via robotic surrogates—sexy, physically perfect mechanical representations of themselves. These robots are fit, good looking, remotely controlled machines that ultimately assume the people’s life roles—enabling the latter to experience life vicariously from the comfort and safety of their own homes.  It’s an ideal world where crime, pain, fear and consequences don’t exist.
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