Spielberg spins another triumph

Rating: Null/10 (10 November 2002)

Say what you will about the soft ending, but this is one of the finest sci-fi films we've gotten in quite a while! Even from Steven Spielberg, you really couldn't have expected much more. Let's examine some of the plot:
Well, it takes place in 2057 in Washington D.C., and it explores a new system of crime-stopping in which crimes are predicted before they are committed, giving the police, or whatever they're called in 2057, enough time to arrest the would-be criminal before they commit their crime. Cool, eh? Well anyway, if you haven't already heard the next part: Tom Cruise is one of the head workers there, and not too far into the movie, HE is accused of committing a future crime. And as it turns out, he is accused of killing someone whom he's never heard of. And the plot certainly takes off from there, in which he tries to prove an error in the pre-crime system to clear his name. But to reveal any more would be ridiculous.
The bottom line with "Minority Report" is that it is another total triumph for master director Steven Spielberg, who takes advantage of numerous special effects AND a wonderful story. It is one of the years best!