Jonathan Mostow is one of those directors I keep track of. I may not be overwhelmed with what he did with the previous installment of the Terminator franchise, but even that one had plenty of memorable images attached. As for his other movies "U-571" and "Breakdown", those are lodged firmly in the "very enjoyable if not brilliant" part of my mental archive.

And his next is the sci-fi thriller "Surrogates", starring Bruce Willis and based on the graphic novel by Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele. It's about a nearby future where everyone does their daily activities by using robotic doppelgangers, operated live through the internet, thereby keeping your own original body safe at home from accidents, diseases or repetitive strain injury. An intriguing concept where cops can keep being shot without actually dying, and where being run over by a bus only means a temporary wait for the insurance to pay for a new body.

Bruce plays the detective who finds out that there is a problem with the interface between human brain and surrogate robot body, and that knowledge causes him to stop using his robot body.
He takes his biological one outdoors for the first time in years to stop a conspiracy and this ups the stakes, because being run over by a bus or being shot is now suddenly a one-time-only experience again...

This might be an "I Robot" surrogate (only with Bruce Willis) or it might be something else. As long as it's very enjoyable I won't mind, although greatness would be much appreciated.

The trailer is out and sells the concept nicely.
Find it after the break!