Minority Report

Steven Spielberg (2002)

139min

12 Certificate

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Our Score

by Alan Jones

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.

Summary

Cop John Anderton is forced to go on the run when a supposedly infallible trio of psychics foretell he is about to kill a man he has never heard of. Convinced their prediction is false, he kidnaps one of the so-called precogs to prove his innocence - and stumbles across a complex conspiracy. Steven Spielberg's futuristic thriller, starring Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton and Max von Sydow.

Cast & Crew

Chief John Anderton Tom Cruise

Danny Witwer Colin Farrell (2)

Agatha Samantha Morton

Director Lamar Burgess Max von Sydow

Dr Iris Hineman Lois Smith

Dr Solomon Eddie Peter Stormare

Gideon Tim Blake Nelson

Jad Steve Harris

Lara Clarke Kathryn Morris

Leo Crow Mike Binder

Wally the caretaker Daniel London

Sean, aged nine Spencer Treat Clark

Fletcher Neal McDonough

Evanna Jessica Capshaw

Knott Patrick Kilpatrick

Anne Lively Jessica Harper

Sarah Marks Ashley Crow

Howard Marks Arye Gross

Rufus Riley Jason Antoon

Donald Doobin Joel Gretsch

Bus passenger Cameron Crowe

Bus passenger Cameron Diaz

Director Steven Spielberg

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Language: EnglishColourTheatrical distributor: 20th Century FoxGuidance: Some violence, swearing, drug abuse, brief sex scenes.Available on: video, DVD and Blu-rayReleased on: 5 Jul 2002

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