Another Excellent Spielberg & Cruise Movie

Rating: 7/10 (17 January 2015)

In the year 2054, crime has been virtually eliminated from Washington D.C. thanks to Precrime - a new elite law enforcement agency. They use three gifted humans - called Pre-Cogs - who all have the ability to see into the future to predict crimes beforehand. Chief John Anderton (Tom Cruise), who trusts the system 100%, heads Precrime and believes it to be flawlessness. That is until one day the Pre-Cogs predict that Anderton will commit murder himself within the next 36 hours. Suddenly Anderton's faith in the system is being tested as he doesn't believe he will commit the murder and he now has to find a way to prove his innocence before it's too late.
Minority Report is another cracker of a movie from one of the masters of film making, Steven Spielberg. The story is rather complex and one that you have to pay close attention to, but it is handled really well and doesn't become messy. With movies like this, it's easy for the story to become too confusing and muddled (like Looper, for example), but that, thankfully, isn't the case with Minority Report. It has you drawn in right from the off and has plenty of twists and turns to keep you guessing.
The cast is spot on as well and love him or hate him, Tom Cruise nails yet another role with a great performance. One of the standout performances, though, has to be Samantha Morton who plays the part of Agatha...one of the Pre-Cogs for Precrime. She just works the part so well and brings about a real believability to someone who has been removed from her 24-hour future-seeing world to the real world.
The movie has got some pretty impressive visuals as well and even now in 2014, 12 years on from when the movie was released, they still look excellent and not at all dated.
Everything about this movie is impressive and if you enjoy futuristic action movies with a great cast, impressive visuals, intense action, and a totally absorbing storyline then you will enjoy Minority Report.