Minority Report
Based on a short story by the late Philip K. Dick, this science fiction-thriller reflects the writer's familiar preoccupation with themes of concealed identity and mind control. Tom Cruise stars as John Anderton, a Washington, D.C. detective in the year 2054. Anderton works for "Precrime," a special unit of the police department that arrests murderers before they have committed the actual crime. Precrime bases its work on the visions of three psychics or "precogs" whose prophecies of future events are never in error. When Anderton discovers that he has been identified as the future killer of a man he's never met, he is forced to become a fugitive from his own colleagues as he tries to uncover the mystery of the victim-to-be's identity. When he kidnaps Agatha (Samantha Morton), one of the precogs, he begins to formulate a theory about a possible frame-up from within his own department. Directed by Steven Spielberg, who hired a team of futurists to devise the film's numerous technologically advanced gadgets, Minority Report co-stars Colin Farrell, Max von Sydow, and Neal McDonough. more..
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell,Samantha Morton, Max von Sydow, Lois Smith
This film is such a virtuoso high-wire act, daring so much, achieving it with such grace and skill. Minority Report reminds us why we go to the movies in the first place.
This is the kind of pure entertainment that, in its fullness and generosity, feels almost classic.
Stripped of all bravado, Cruise delivers a raw and probably detractor-proof performance. Spielberg does what he did right in creating a novel milieu for "A.I. Artificial Intelligence," but this time the writing is fresher and anything but unwieldy.
A heart-pounding experience that makes you think and contains a gallery of characters that will haunt your nightmares for years to come.
The mechanical beauty and android possibilities of the future excite the filmmaker, and that's where Minority Report becomes an alluring postcard from the edge. But it's an edge over which Spielberg never seems to want to step.
Best Sound Editing
Academy Awards (2003)
Best Director
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (2003)
Best Edited Feature Film - Dramatic
American Cinema Editors (2003)
Period or Fantasy Film
Art Directors Guild (2003)
Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects
BAFTA Awards (2003)
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