A surprisingly excellent film!!

Rating: 10/10 (12 July 2002)

When I first heard about this film, it did not particularly appeal to me; I am not a huge of either Tom Cruise or the Sci-Fi/Action genre. However, there was something which made me go and see it, and thank god I did!! This is going to remain in my top ten films ever list!! Okay, so there were a few minor glitches in which belief had to be momentarily dispelled i.e the whole Lara getting into the department using John's eyeball thing (but hey, maybe with all of the huge attention of having the Chief of the department imprisoned, the withdrawing of the access was maybe overlooked). It was extremely suspenseful, emotive, had an incredibly well written script, excellent performances and cinematography. I thought that the use of the futuristic technology was extremely well thought out. It was futuristic enough to show that it was 2054, (and I loved the cars and motorways!!) yet familiar enough to be recognisable as this planet and Washington DC in the near future, setting the familiar landmarks of DC against a futuristic backdrop. My only criticism was the touches of humour in it...I know that Spielberg likes to mix a variety of genres into his films, but I felt that this was unneccesary, and made a bit of a mockery of those aspects. It gave those parts of the film a lighthearted feel which undermined the actual plot. But overall, a really really good film and I cannot wait to own it on DVD!!