What More Can One Expect From Steven Spielberg, The Master!

Rating: 10/10 (18 January 2003)

This is Steven Spielberg's sci-fi take on a futuristic society where crime is predicted, before it is committed. Tom Cruise plays the chief of the Pre-Crime unit of the District Of Columbia Police Department. He himself is predicted to commit a crime before it occurs. So what does he do - he runs. He tries to escape the authorities and find out who is setting him up to commit a murder of someone who he's never even heard of. This film is filled with great suspense, and the futuristic world designed for the film is breath taking. Good performances by Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, and Max Von Sydow help to make this one of the year's best films. Also, it discusses the issue of invading a person's rights to freedom and privacy, even in our present world where after September 11, 2001, those rights are being threatened. Minority Report is based on the short story by Phillip K. Dick. ****