Minority Report

2002 • 145 minutes

About this movie

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.

Ratings and reviews

This is probably the second best mainstream adaptation of a Philip K Dick novel. The first being Blade Runner by Ridley Scott. I would argue that Scanner Darkly is the most accurate adaptation but we also have Total Recall, Adjustment Bureau, and TV adaptation of The Man in the High Castle. Two of the best in Hollywood, Spielberg and Cruise are on full display at the top of their craft here. It really doesn't get much better than this.

MY FIRST PG-13 MOVIE I GOT TO SEE AND MY DAD EVEN BROUGHT ME CUZ HE WAS THAT EXCITED TO BREAK HIS OWN RULES FOR THIS STORYLINE lol and it changed my life as a teen lol for sure it opened up my mind like never before... especially crazy to watch coming from a remote place where i was raised in a cult.....it blew my little mind....and I recommend it 1,000000000% especially in these times....i will never forget the important message it carries with it....you can always change it 😘😚😊😁😀🤯

Steven Spielberg's Sci-Fi masterpiece, based on the short story by science fiction writer Philip K. Dick, "Minority Report" is a vision of a future, set in the year 2054, where homicide can be predicted by three "precognatives",who have, a disturbing series of visions of murders,that take place at a future time...And suspects are arrested before the murders even take place...When Washington D.C. Police Chief John Anderton, "Precrime" Supervisor, becomes a suspect, and ultimately a perpetrator of the "Precogs"visions, Anderton goes on the run, resorting to desperate measures, to disguise his identity, and maintain his perceived innocence...The technology in this future, can be quite alarming, compared to our current law enforcement practices...But this futuristic murder/ mystery thriller,does have it's basis on Spielberg's employment, of futurist's predictions of tech, that they envisioned would possibly be used, 50 years in the future...