Ok film, but major plot problems! Rewrite it 5 more times maybe?

Rating: 2/10 (24 June 2002)

All spoilers:
First problem, the title. The Minority Report refers to the occasional differing furtuecast of one of the 3 psychics, but even tho the film is named after this it turns out to be totally inconsequential to the story.
Second major flaw is the doctor who gives Tom Cruise his new eyes, even after he reveals that he hates Cruise for putting him in jail. Why did he help him, why didn't he cut his eyes out and leave him there? Made no sense and took up a lot of screen time.
Problem three, cruise later uses his old eyes to gain access to the pre-crime building. Wouldn't they have locked out his security, or would it not have alerted them to his presence???
The biggest problem is that after all that build up, it turns out to be a lame 'whodunnit' and uses the oldest/lamest hollywood cliche in the book, making the bad guy the one you were supposed to least suspect/the protagonist's best friend/the head of the organisation/etc.
Too bad. Seems Lucas and Spielberg are both losing their edge. Especially when they both release movies in the same season that have the hero's jumping through machine factories like the gophers in those old warner bros. cartoons. Did they get together and plan that?
Lame.