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Minority Report (2002)
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This masterfully sleek vision of the future from director Steven Spielberg is an awesome mix of skewed science fiction, twisty Hitchcock-style thrills, stunning blue-grey tinged photography and outstanding design, featuring a fantastic array of cool equipment, gadgets and RoboCop-type applications. Set in 2054, when police use precognitive mutants to detect homicides before they're committed, the plot sees top “Pre-cop” Tom Cruise identified as a future killer and forced to go on the run to discover why he's been set up and by whom. Well-judged commercial action requirements dovetail flawlessly with ingenious sophistication as Spielberg hurtles with artful swiftness through one spectacularly mounted suspense sequence after another — none better than the snooping robot spiders scuttling through a tenement slum to identify Cruise via his coded eyeballs. Adroitly realised by Spielberg to amaze and rivet in turn, this is what sci-fi cinema should always be about but rarely is — mind-boggling images and a literate, witty script skilfully working together in perfect harmony to create a world of unnerving wonder. It's absolutely terrific stuff — Blade Runner finally has a serious rival as the best Philip K Dick screen adaptation. AJ
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Running time
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139min
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Country of origin
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US
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Genre
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Futuristic Action Thriller
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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Scott Frank, Jon Cohen, from the story by Philip K Dick
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Theatrical distributor
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20th Century Fox
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UK cinema certificate
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12
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UK cinema release date
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July 2002
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UK video release date
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December 2002
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