If there's one A-list movie star who is completely unpredictable, it's Bruce Willis. He pops up in some completely random films and you never know if they are going to be great or dismal. "Perfect Stranger" with Halle Berry came out of nowhere and stunk while "16 Blocks" was entertainingly mediocre and "12 Monkeys" is a cult classic.

One thing is almost for certain though; it the movie doesn't have "Die Hard" in the name, it probably won't make any money. Looking at Willis's page on Box Office Mojo , it's surprising to see how many low box office returns he's had. Yes, he often takes some off-beat roles but even his more mainstream attempts like "Hostage" come up empty. On the other hand, he does seem to have a foreign box office draw which probably help keep him on the A-list. If you have Bruce Willis, you can sell overseas and that's often all it takes to get a script greenlit.

So what of his new movie "Surrogates"? The trailer makes it look like a low rent version of I, Robot or The 6th Day or Bladerunner and it's directed by the man who brought us T3 and U571 so my hopes aren't that high but it does look like it could be a hidden gem. It's written by the guys who wrote Terminator: Salvation, which would be a bad thing but I think that original script (which focused on the Marcus character rather than John Connor) might have been better than the silly film McG pumped out.

And if anyone was going to make Bruce Willis look like a sure thing, it's writers John Brancato and Michael Ferris. I'm not sure if people keep changing their scripts or what but anyone who can go from "The Net" (not good) to "The Game" (one of my faves) definitely piques my interest. It's also kind of odd that the much worse movie has become a TV pilot and spawned a sequel (The Net 2.0). Lately, they seem to just get story credits on lackluster films: Catwoman and T3.

It should be interesting to see how this movie turns out. The trailer makes it seem interesting enough but not so interesting that I'll actually go to see it in theaters.

What do you think?