"Minority Report" (2002 release; 146 min.) brings the story of Chief John Aderton. As the movie opens, we are at the "Department of Precrime, Washington, DC", and Aderton and his team are getting ready to make an intervention to stop a double homicide from happening before it does. It's a close call, but with seconds to go, Aderton arrives at the house and stops the perpetrator-to-be. We then learn that the Precrime program started 6 years ago and not a single murder has happened in DC since then. It's now 2054 and a national referendum on Precrime is set to take place soon... At this point we are less than 15 min. into the movie, but to tell you more of the plot would spoil your viewing experience, you'll just have to see for yourself how it all plays out.
Couple of comments: this Steven Spielberg-Tom Cruise collaboration is nearing its 20th anniversary. I saw the movie when it came out in theaters but haven't seen it since, and the other day I watched it again. I had forgotten many of the plot points, and frankly it was almost like seeing it again as if for the first time. What struck me is that the movie wants to be both a movie of big ideas (which it certainly is) and an action movie (which it is at time), at the same time. This makes for some awkward back-and-forth. Second, the movie's plot is dense, frankly too dense. There are so many side bars that it's hard to keep track of them all. It also leads for the movie to be overly long. There is no reason this needs to be 2 1/2 hrs. On the other hand, I was surprise dhow well the movie holds up being technologically relevant after almost 2 decades. And I was also amazed how similar the overall tone is between this film and :Blade Runner 2049", which takes place just a few years before this (and both of course are based on Philip Dick short stories).
As mentioned, I saw it the other day on Showtime. I certainly don't regret seeing it again, but neither was I blown away. Still, if you are into science fiction or are simply a fan of Tom Cruise or Steven Spielberg, I'd readily suggest you check this out, and draw your own conclusion.
Couple of comments: this Steven Spielberg-Tom Cruise collaboration is nearing its 20th anniversary. I saw the movie when it came out in theaters but haven't seen it since, and the other day I watched it again. I had forgotten many of the plot points, and frankly it was almost like seeing it again as if for the first time. What struck me is that the movie wants to be both a movie of big ideas (which it certainly is) and an action movie (which it is at time), at the same time. This makes for some awkward back-and-forth. Second, the movie's plot is dense, frankly too dense. There are so many side bars that it's hard to keep track of them all. It also leads for the movie to be overly long. There is no reason this needs to be 2 1/2 hrs. On the other hand, I was surprise dhow well the movie holds up being technologically relevant after almost 2 decades. And I was also amazed how similar the overall tone is between this film and :Blade Runner 2049", which takes place just a few years before this (and both of course are based on Philip Dick short stories).
As mentioned, I saw it the other day on Showtime. I certainly don't regret seeing it again, but neither was I blown away. Still, if you are into science fiction or are simply a fan of Tom Cruise or Steven Spielberg, I'd readily suggest you check this out, and draw your own conclusion.