Spielberg & Cruise: The perfect combination

Rating: 9/10 (7 November 2002)

I consider myself as a true fan of the 7th art, so I get really excited when a new film comes out. And I become anxious to watch the movie. This happened to me with "The Fellowship of the Ring", "Matrix" and a huge list of productions; but with "Minority Report", it was worse ^_^
I heard a few weeks after watching "A.I." that Steven Spielberg, the most brilliant director of all time, was going to start a film based on a Philip K. Dick novel ("Blade Runner", "Ubik") and Tom Cruise would be heading the acting crew. Those were good news, because the audience was a bit disappointed with "A.I." and wanted Spielberg to erase the flaws his last production had.
"Minority Report" is about a "real future world". And I say real because Spielberg has tried to create a 2054 world that seemed real, not sci-fi future. He did lots of documentation to recreate a society that, in my opinion, gets quite close to how will it be in 50 years. The police department has reached a level of accuracy that a new division has been created: the Department of Precrime. Using the Precogs, they are able to arrest murderers before they commit the crime.
Everything is perfect until the precogs predicts a murder done by John Anderton (Tom Cruise), detective leading the Precrime department. Then Anderton has to escape from the police and prove his innocence... I can't tell you more if you don't want me to spoil the movie!
The plot, the special effects, the rythm, the action... Everything is brilliant and smart at the same time. Some parts should have been cut out from the film, but that's my point of view. But with no doubt, "Minority Report" is a science-fiction film with an actual plot, about the true liberty about mankind and how much we are bond to the technology.
Of course the film has the shadow of "Blade Runner" above, and you'll surely find similarities between both films. But even "Minority Report" is a masterpiece, Ridley Scott's film is far better!
Anyway, a worth look! 10/10