Premesso che di sicuro nessun sceneggiatore è stato maltrattato per adattare per il cinema l'
opera originale (che non ho letto), non si può dire che il risultato finale sia da disprezzare.
Se vogliamo, il difetto principale - a parte un'abbondante dose di prevedibilità - di questo
Il Mondo Dei Replicanti è il titolo un po' sciocchino: l'originale
Surrogates rendeva molto più l'idea.
Nel canonico futuro prossimo una larghissima parte dell'umanità adotta dei surrogati, nella vita di tutti i giorni. Questi surrogati altro non sono che robot (non autonomi) estremamente sofisticati, nei quali ci si può
"immergere" comandandoli a distanza.
Bellezza, forza e costante ricerca del piacere: l'umanità ha intrapreso una via un tantinello edonistica e - almeno in apparenza - la cosa paga: il crimine quasai non esiste più e la società sembra quasi perfetta, non fosse per i poco affascinanti
sacchi di carne abbandonati sulle poltrone di comando di questi surrogati.
A creare scompiglio la comparsa di una nuova arma usata per uccidere il figlio del principale artefice dei surrogati (
mi-ti-co James Cromwell, che del resto aveva già fatto il
Dottor Lanning in
I, Robot e quindi dovrebbe essere preparato sull'argomento), la peculiarità è la capacità di distruggere un surrogato ed ucciderne il controllore.
Durante l'indagine, un
Bruce Willis con non abbastanza canotta dovrà vedersela prima con gli ultimi umani che non accettano i surrogati, poi con un complotto ben più esteso ed articolato.
Come detto, il difetto principale è una quasi eccessiva linearità e prevedibilità: manca un vero colpo d'ala e tutto è molto canonico e prevedibile.
Jonathan Mostow alla regia non fa danni, ma mette tutto in scena come un banalissimo poliziesco, utilizzando poco le potenzialità che la base poteva avere.
Per il resto, si lascia vedere volentieri nella sua brevità (88 minuti).
Voto: 6.5 (niente infamia, poche lodi).
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Cromwell, James (I)
Nome di battesimo: Cromwell, James Oliver
Data di nascita: 27 January 1940
Altezza: 6' 5½" (1.97 m)
Coniuge: Julie Cobb::(29 May 1986 - present) (filed for divorce), Anne Ulvestad::(27 November 1976 - 1986) (divorced) 3 children
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Born in Los Angeles but raised in Manhattan and educated at Middlebury College and Carnegie Tech, James Cromwell - the son of noted film director John Cromwell - studied acting at Carnegie-Mellon. He went into the theater (like both his parents) doing everything from Shakespeare to experimental plays. He started doing TV in 1974, gaining some notice in a recurring role as Archie Bunker's buddy Stretch Cunningham in "All in the Family" (1971), made his film debut in 1976, and goes back to the stage periodically. Some of his more noted film roles have been in Revenge of the Nerds (1984) and the surprise hit about a charming pig, Babe (1995). He garnered some of the best reviews of his career - many of which said he should have received an Oscar - for his role as a corrupt, conniving police captain in L.A. Confidential (1997).
Trivia random: Celebrity sponsor of the Great American Meatout, March 20, 2001.
Citazione random: "The goal of the government was to get all the leaders of the Black Panther Party in jail so that they could be killed systematically through prison violence, and that way they could stop what was a very powerful and evolving movement. I don't think we would have the kind of prison population now and what happens in this country with the gangs if the Panthers had been allowed to continue what they decided to do, which was basically empower black communities to take back their self control and reestablish the dignity of being a black person in this country" - on the Black Panthers movement of the 1960s
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Mostow, Jonathan
Data di nascita: 28 November 1961
Ultimi lavori: Citazione random: "The heart of the film is the story." - [about Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)]
Salario massimo: $5,000,000, per Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Surrogates (2009)
Il mondo dei replicanti
Regista: Jonathan Mostow Scrittore: Michael Ferris,
John D. Brancato Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Valutazione: 6.3/10 (20617 voti)
Durata: 88 min
Paese: USA
Lingua: English
Cast:Trama:People are living their lives remotely from the safety of their own homes via robotic surrogates -- sexy, physically perfect mechanical representations of themselves. It's an ideal world where crime, pain, fear and consequences don't exist. When the first murder in years jolts this utopia, FBI agent Greer discovers a vast conspiracy behind the surrogate phenomenon and must abandon his own surrogate, risking his life to unravel the mystery.
Trivia random: When agents Greer and Peters first visit VSI, they walk past a group of video screens showing VSI commercials and other programming. In part of one screen is briefly seen a rotating model of a Terminator T-800 head. Jonathan Mostow was the director of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003).
Citazione random: [last lines]
Male Newscaster: Still no official word on when, or if, surrogate services can be restored. It appears, at least for now... that we are on our own.
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
Willis, Bruce
Nome di battesimo: Willis, Walter Bruce
Data di nascita: 19 March 1955
Altezza: 6' (1.83 m)
Coniuge: Emma Heming::(21 March 2009 - present), Demi Moore::(21 November 1987 - 18 October 2000) (divorced) 3 children
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Bruce Willis grew up mainly in Penns Grove, New Jersey, and graduated from high school there before going to New York to become an actor. He waited tables and tended bar for a living until he began to get roles in plays. While tending bar one night he was seen by a casting director who liked his personality and needed a bartender for a small movie role.
Trivia random: His mother Marlene was born in Kassel, Germany.
Citazione random: I'm a Republican only as far as I want a smaller government, I want less government intrusion, I want them to stop pissing on my money and your money, the tax dollars that we give 50 percent of, or 40 percent of, every year, and I want them to be fiscally responsible, and I want these goddamn lobbyists out of Washington. Do that and I'll say I'm a Republican. But other than that, I want the government to take care of people who need help, like the kids in foster care, the half a million kids who are in orphanages right now - they call them foster homes, but they're orphanages. I want them to take care of the elderly and give them free medicine, give them whatever they need. There's tons, billions and billions of dollars that are just being wasted. Okay? I hate government. I'm apolitical. Write that down: I'm not a Republican.
Salario massimo: $100,000,000 (salary, gross and video participations), per The Sixth Sense (1999)
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb.
I, Robot (2004)
Io, robot
Regista: Alex Proyas Scrittore: Jeff Vintar,
Akiva Goldsman Genere: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Valutazione: 7.0/10 (91223 voti)
Durata: 115 min
Paese: USA, Germany
Lingua: English
Cast:Trama:It's 2035 A.D., where robots are everyday objects and are programmed to live alongside humans. Detective Del Spooner is called out to investigate the apparent suicide of the scientist behind these robots, Dr. Alfred Lanning. Spooner suspects that the death might not be a suicide, but the result of one of the robots. All robots are programmed by three laws, but Spooner starts to wonder if a robot can in fact feel emotions, and possibly murder. But if Spooner's suspicions are true, he is going to have a hard time convincing everyone.
Trivia random: In the theatrical trailer, Del Spooner (Will Smith) tells Lt. John Bergin (Chi McBride) that "I'm gonna miss the good old days", with Bergin responding, "What Good Old Days?" Spooner then says, "When people were killed by other people." In the film, it was Lt. Bergin who says, "I'm gonna miss the good old days," first instead of Spooner.
Citazione random: [first title cards]
Title card: Law I / A robot may not harm a human or, by inaction, allow a human being to come to harm
Title card: Law II / A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the first law
Title card: Law III / A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the first or second law
Filmography links and data courtesy of IMDb. 
2 commenti:
"Niente infamia, poche lodi" mi sa che è il giudizio di molti blog che ho sfogliato negli ultimi minuti...
Segnalo il booktrailer del fumetto da cui è stato tratto il film.
Qui!
ciao
Roberto
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