Grade B murder mystery with sci-fi overtones.

Rating: 6/10 (8 July 2002)

Another soulless, Godless offering from Spielberg. The P. K. Dick story that Spielburg briefly acknowledges that the movie is based upon is neither. Dream works continues to disappoint and rely too much on special effects instead of real human characterization and feeling. The only exception in the movie was the main character's near worship of his dead son; with spirituality all but dead in his movies, I guess Spielberg has to give his characters something greater than themselves to look up to. A better actor than Cruise was also needed for the main character and would have been a nice compliment to the great special effects and put less of a burden on them to carry the movie.