The Epitome of the Genre

Rating: 10/10 (21 June 2002)

This movie is what all the other "one man against the futuristic system that's working against him" movies wish they had been. I can think of a bunch: Demolition Man, Total Recall, Gattaca, Logan's Run, Time Cop, etc., etc. I think this is as good as a movie of this type could possibly be, and I hesitate to even mention it in the same breath as the others, lest people that hated one or more of them give this one a miss.
This is a character driven piece that has elements of Drama, Sci- Fi, Action, Whodunit and Locked Door Murder. The vision of the future is first-rate, Art Direction beautiful, the Camera work is masterful. Clearly Spielberg at his best. As other comments have said, there *are* plot holes (which I won't discuss)- I thought of 2 of them during the movie, half a dozen more later, but I think all of them can be chalked up to sloppy procedures by the pre-crime police, and I'd argue that any homicide department that hadn't dealt with a successful murderer in 6 years would get sloppy, so it didn't detract from my enjoyment of the movie.
If there's any chance you might ever like a movie in this genre, go see Minority Report - I'd bet it's the one.