Great Film Despite the Casting

Rating: 7/10 (11 February 2015)

In a future where a special police unit is able to arrest murderers before they commit their crimes, an officer from that unit (Tom Cruise) is himself accused of a future murder.
The biggest flaw in this film is the casting of Tom Cruise. Not that he is terrible, mind you, but it clearly shows the people behind the camera (Spielberg?) were more interested in casting someone who would bring the film lots of money rather than someone who would give the film depth.
Luckily, the story comes with its own moral and ethical dilemmas. Is it okay to arrest someone for murder before that murder is actually committed? Attempted murder, sure... but murder itself? This is an old philosophic issue, made popular by the hypothetical idea of killing Hitler (or the equivalent) as a child.