Smart and Thought provoking

Rating: 9/10 (11 October 2015)

Minority Report is one of those rare science fiction movies that comes every once in a while to induce some weird, yet really intriguing and thought provoking ideas in our minds. The very idea of a pre-crime police department is simply cool to think about but also spooky.
In the great hands of one of the greatest film directors of all time, Spielberg, Minority report has breathtaking visuals, a compelling story and a pretty good performance by Tom Cruise. It' also a very gruesome, no holds barred kind of movie. One could say it even feels dirty at times, but it does exactly what it sets out to do.
There are a few things that bother me about the movie. Keep in mind this movie was released in 2002, which was more or less a pretty experimental age for CGI effects. The effects in movies like X-Men and Attack of the Clones simply do not hold up anymore and look like PS2 games. Although not entirely the case with Minority Report, some scenes do look pretty dated and the effects just look silly at times. There are also some pretty over the top action sequences in the movie and some over the top dialogue as well. Spielberg actually did this very well in the Indiana Jones movies, but those movies were supposed to be kind of over the top big budget silly movies (although pretty smart at the same time). In this movie sometimes it feels like it doesn't belong.
Despite its flaws, Minority Report is a great sci-fi thriller that has some great ideas.