File This One Under Masterpiece

Rating: Null/10 (12 July 2002)

This is the first movie of 2002 that is one of the most breathtaking masterpieces I have ever seen and to put it mildly it is Steven Spielburg's best action flick since "Raiders Of The Lost Ark",and his most suspenseful since "Jaws". Spielburg's talents as a visual storyteller and an excellent script by Scott Frank and Jon Cohen(from Phillip K. Dick's short story) is smart enough to throw in little clues in its first hour that the system may not be as perfect as we think it maybe. The story is set 50 years into the future. Tom Cruise is John Anderton,a detective in the pre-crime unit of Washington,D.C. This high-tech law enforcement division uses special psychics to prevent murders before they happen. Max Von Sydow is Cruise's superior who hopes to continue the unit's important work even as a public vote looms on whether to extend federal funding for the project and take it national. Colin Farrell is the government agent assigned to find any weakenesses in the system. I'm not going to give away much of the plot**SPOILERS ALERT*** since the rest of it you have to see it to believe it. Giving John Williams' composing score and Janusz Kaminiski's stunning cimematopgraphy,the result is something that you may have seen based on several Stanley Kubrick flicks,but this one is a grand entertainment that we haven't seen in a good while,and its better than those tiredsome line of lame sequels and pathetic kiddie material. God bless you...... Steven Spielburg.