Spielberg's Still Got It!

Rating: 10/10 (28 January 2003)

(The following may reveal elements of plot)
Minority Report: 4/4
Oh, I f I tried to stress enough all the wonder and fanciness of this film, this would go on for several megabytes.
It's wonderful!
The story revolves around detective John Anderton (Tom Cruise)who works for the department of Precrime; a division of the DC police department that uses three precognitive individuals to predetermine murders and stop them before they happen.
The chief complication arises when it is predetermined that Anderton himself will commit a murder in about thirty-six hours, and the chase is on. Anderton goes to many lengths to clear his name.
He learns of a variable called a "minority report," a possible seperate future that might find him innocent, and so he races to find his.
The world Spielberg creates here is one filled with wonder and ingenuity, like magnetic cars, three-dimensional televisions, and billboards that scan your retina to adress you personally.
The story is just as wonderful, an electric blend of action and intrigue. This is as close as Spielberg's ever gotten to film-noir. The movie is a whodunnit, (or more rather, a "whowilldoit") with a new piece of the [VERY CLEVER] story revealing itself at every turn.
Some of the scenes are filled with such whimsicality that only Spielberg could make them work. Like a chase through a car factory...Anderton falls onto the production line, and a car is built AROUND him. He then uses the car to drive off and escape his pursuers.
Or when the police, suspecting Anderton to be in a particular building, they fill the building with little, mehcanical, three-legged "Spyders" that retinally scan everyone in the entire building, checking for a particular fugitive.
There are also several elements where pradoxes of time and the universe come into play; afterall, almost the entire film is based on the premise that "just because you stopped it from happening doesn't mean it wouldn't happen." VERY entertaining, indeed!
But I've said too much. The bottom line is that this movie is just so wonderfully well-done, so masterfully orchestrated, that I advise you at all cost, without restraint, to SEE THIS MOVIE!