Bruce Willis’ latest film, “Surrogates” took second at the box office opening weekend.

In the film, almost everyone on earth has a robot double, or surrogate, that they can create to look however they want and send out into the world to live out their lives while the humans sit at home and control the robot without being in danger of any physical harm themselves. It’s a perfect world- until people that are connected to their surrogates start dying when their surrogates are assaulted.

Willis’ character Greer begins to investigate the situation and finds himself in the middle of a conspiracy he never could have imagined. Greer must take matters into his own hands and decide the future of the human race.

While futuristic dystopian societies in peril and the fate of everyone being up to one man are plot devices sci-fi fans are familiar with, “Surrogates” adaptation is at least entertaining. There are only so many plot possibilities in the realm of Sci-fi, and people tend to stick with the ones that work.

The film’s special effects are practically flawless; the surrogates themselves tip-toe the line between human and robot so well that looking at them for too long starts to send shivers down your spine. They are made to be “perfect” people, and they look the part.

While the film is not long enough for us to buy into the troubled background stories attached to the main characters (the film only runs 88 minutes), at least the film tries to give the characters lives beyond what you see on screen. True Sci-fi fans should enjoy the vision of the film, and “Die Hard” fans should enjoy the action, but if you’re looking for the next Oscar winner you’ll be left as cold as, well, the metal inside those surrogates.