An edge-of-your seat Spielberg extravaganza- SEE IT!!!

Rating: 8/10 (20 June 2005)

My only regret is that I did not get to see this film in theaters as I wanted to when it was released three years ago... I enjoy Tom Cruise and even more Spielberg films so this was, of course, a must-see for me. Taking place in 2054 Washington D.C., Tom Cruise is a police chief who heads a "Precrime unit", a brand-new police unit with futuristic technology that allows them to discover precisely when, where, and by who homicides are going to be committed.
This technology is much appreciated as it began to decrease D.C.'s massive homicide rate and eventually left the city without a single murder in six years. Using mind-readers called "pre-cogs" (referring to the pre-cognitive), this police unit catches future murderers before they commit their act.... imprisoning them but leaving their victims unharmed. Considered "flawless" by the U.S. government, there is an occasional disagreement about a specific crime that is supposed to take place by one of the three mind-reader "pre-cogs"... This disagreement by the mind-reader is referred to by the government as a "minority report" and is deleted, in order to keep up the idea that this new precrime system is flawless and works without doubt. However, this small flaw becomes a very big problem when Tom Cruise (himself the unit's chief) is accused of murder himself... when one of the pre-cogs has a flaw and it is not exactly 100% certain that Cruise does in fact become a murderer but the 2/3 suspicion of him by the pre-cogs is enough to have the entire D.C. police unit crawling through the city for him...
This film soon becomes an exciting action-packed chase that involves Cruise constantly running from his fellow police officers as he tries to find out who framed him in a system that is supposed to be perfect for preventing murders. This film was great and I loved it and I think you will too. Please feel free to email me with any questions or comments...