Speilberg's sci-fi crime thriller rocks, so Every Runs (tocinemas!).

Rating: 9/10 (16 June 2002)

After Spielberg's efforts with A.I., I was worried that Phillip K Dick would suffer the same pink bunnies approach that Spielberg killed the Aldiss-Kubrick hybrid with. I was wrong. Minority Report is a gritty, deep, thoughtful action-packed thriller which caters to both fans of Dick's cynical approach to technology as well as people seeking the best of generic hybridisation where action-adventure meets thriller meets noir meets science fiction. The performances are up to scratch, but the eyes to detail in terms of special effects are definitely worth watching and re-watching. From the Â‘clear' medium where images remain visible in storage to magnetic cars to eye-scanning techno-organic spiders, Minority Report caters to the obsessive detail watcher in all of us. Great chase scenes, human characters, a love interest, a sexy precognitive, moral ambiguity and Big Brother (Huxley style) omnipresent advertising all add to your film-going pleasure. The ending is perhaps a bit too up-beat but will no doubt be remedied by a darker director's cut on DVD by Christmas time!