Strong, somewhat long Science-Fiction adventure/thriller.

Rating: 8/10 (16 March 2009)

John Anderson (Tom Cruise) is the chief of the PreCrime unit in the future of Wasnington D.C. For six years, The city has been murder-free thanks to a outstanding technology. Which it could identifies murderers before they could commit the crimes. But John finds himself accused of a future crime, that he commit in 36 hours. Now John finds himself on the run, he feels that he is set up for the crime for unknown reasons. Maybe the supposedly perfect system he helped create has a flaw. While the controversial program is under fire by the feds (Led by Colin Farrell).
Directed by Three-Time Oscar Winner Steven Spielberg (Indiana Jones Series, Jaws, Schindler's List) made an entertaining science fiction thriller that in some ways, it's the futuristic version of "The Fugivite". This is based upon the short story by the late Philip K. Dick (Blade Runner, A Scanner Darkly, Total Recall). Cruise is very effective as the elite D.C. cop, who is haunting by the troubled memories of his past. Two-Time Oscar Winner Janusz Kaminski's cinematography is visually arresting with Alex McDowell's (The Crow, Dark City, The Lawnmover Man) great production designs. Also the Oscar-winning visual effects company Industrial, Light and Magic (ILM) are superb.
The two disc set of "Minority Report" offers some fine special features (Which are mostly featurettes). Disc one has an sharp anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) transfer and an strong Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound (Also in DTS Surround Sound). Disc two offers some fascinating behind the scenes featurettes with interviews from the cast and crew & more. The movie has some great action sequences and as well for fascinating story ideas. Samantha Morton is memorable as the strongest of the three PreCogs Agatha. "Minority Report" is no doubt entertaining but it's a bit too long. Since it's Spielberg's first film noir set in the future is quite harsh. One of the highlights is Five-Time Oscar Winner John Williams' (Star Wars Series, Empire of the Sun, War of the Worlds "2005") excellent music score. Look out for small surprise cameos and Jessica Harper (Best known from "Phantom of the Paradise" and "Suspiria"), Peter Stormare & Arye Gross in strong bit-parts. Don't miss it. Super 35. (****/ *****).