Sci-fi, crime thriller, and drama blend effortlessly in this Cruise/Spielberg masterpiece.

Rating: 9/10 (1 October 2012)

John Anderton is head of the Pre-Crime division, a police operation that has virtually eliminated murder. There are three gifted humans who can 'see' the murder before it takes place, allowing a select team to arrive at the site and prevent it from happening. John believes in the system, and when it is brought into question, prepares to defend it.
"The system is perfect. It's never wrong. Until it comes at you."
Until John is tagged for the murder of a man he has never met, never even heard of. Faced with immediate arrest before he has even done anything, John chooses to run instead.
"Everybody runs."
And strikes out on a last-ditch effort to prove his innocence, and find out who set him up. And just maybe, what happened to his child who was murdered only six months before the Pre-Crime division was activated.
"You still have a choice. Like I did."
Done in a style all its own,Minority Report is suspenseful, involving, and quietly graceful. Tom Cruise delivers a fine performance, portraying Anderton's anger, relentlessness and toughness, shot through with vulnerability and a crippling sorrow.
It also had an irresistibly dark tone, shot almost entirely in blues, greens, and greys. Then there was the masterfully constructed plot, and unerring judgment that kept the suspense going. I highly recommend this film, and hope you enjoy it.
"You still have a choice."