Thought provoking but a couple of minor flaws

Rating: 8/10 (23 June 2002)

I was impressed with this adaptation of a short story by Phillip K.
Dick. The story is thought provoking and complex, and leaves a
number of ethical and philosophical questions for the viewer to
discuss long after the movie has finished.
On the whole, the movie was very solid, but there were a couple of
flaws that I found a little glaring.
In any case I would highly recommend this film.
SPOILERS BELOW!!!!
One of the things that bothered me the most about this film was
the fact that Tom Anderton (played by Tom Cruise) had been
accused of the future murder of another man, yet still retained
security access to pre-crime headquarters and even to the
maximum security prison for future criminals. I would have thought
it a matter of course that his access rights would be revoked as
soon as he became a suspect, though it it possible that his
access was 'arranged' due to other elements of the story. Still, I
found it a little difficult to imagine that such a 'Big Brother' society
would miss this fairly important security step.