a few brilliant moments, but mostly terrible

Rating: 6/10 (22 June 2002)

spoiler alert...

many problems with the story: Rollo Tomassi.....
when you get to the seemingly-bad-guy-who-turns-out-to-be-good and the evil guy who reveals himself; that moment is brilliant: "I don't hear anything" is a magic moment, but the scene has been played so many times before, most notably in L.A. Confidential. And the "precogs" are not considered human, but in the end, they are human, so one has to wonder what rights they had while they were kidnapped and held against their will at Precrime????? Suddenly, at the end, they get freed, but how can you free someone who was at Precrime voluntarily???? What if they like predicting murder? What if Florida wants to set up Precrime??? Are they still being held against their will in retirement? And wouldn't you think that if Anderton was a convicted murderer that they would *finally* erase his eyeball data from Precrime: how can his eyescan still give his wife access to Precrime after Anderton has been sought, caught and convicted of murder???
Another problem with Minority Report is that the minority report plays no part in the story--you could argue that that red herring is useful, but I started to think about "why should I care?" I found many ugly moments in the story (Tom escaping in the new-built Lexus; the rolling eyeballs) which ruined my enjoyment of the magical moments (like in the greenhouse). So I can't recommend this movie.