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Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Max von Sydow, Patrick Kilpatrick, Kathryn Morris, Lois Smith, Peter Stormare, Jessica Capshaw, Tim Blake Nelson (more)VOD (4)
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Tom Cruise plays John Anderton, the head of Washington's Pre-Crime bureau, an experimental government agency that uses precognitive humans to predict murders. Finding himself accused of a future homicide, Anderton goes on the run and tries to stay one step ahead of his jet pack-assisted colleagues and an ambitious Federal agent (Colin Farrell). (20th Century Fox UK)
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Minority Report is an intelligent, well-plotted and visually captivating blockbuster whose plot continuity unfortunately loses the necessary harmony in the crucial final third of the movie. It is also a purely commercial flick which, on the one hand, elevates mediocre entertainment to a higher level but, on the other hand, “wastes” the excellent subject matter and the creative talent of two brilliant filmmakers (Steven Spielberg and Janusz Kaminski). They had the potential to create a once-in-a-decade gem of the genre.
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One of my favorite films by Steven Spielberg, one that has a brilliant premise or foundational idea. The fact that Spielberg turned it into popcorn entertainment is one thing. He still managed to stick to the main idea and there's always something more than just entertainment in his films. Preventing crimes before they are actually committed is indeed an idea that holds a lot of potential. It could probably yield more than just predominantly action spectacle, but sometimes that's enough. Which is the case here.
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Steven's first 100 minutes are driven by a lethal deadline, orchestrating an unrelenting manhunt in an elaborate futuristic package; it's simply a blast, with the whole scheme sketched out unfolding beautifully at lightning speed in the thrilling opening sequence. Each of the characters has its necessary significance for orienting and introducing the viewer to the complex fictional world, each scene and chase deliberately moves the plot somewhere (except perhaps for the overly humorous interlude with the jetpacks), and even though the visuals at times just can't pull it off, Spielberg stages everything with amazing internal dynamism and ingenuity. The final part, where family values come to the fore, slows the film down, a key crime is solved, the culprit is revealed, which shouldn’t be surprising to a slightly more experienced viewer, but unfortunately it slightly spoils the otherwise excellent impression. On the one hand, Spielberg's narrative genius and superb handling of hidden plot information are on display, unfolding across the dual finales into a fully-formed puzzle; on the other hand, the overly high ambitions are perhaps evident, preventing an absolute eye-candy experience at the end and stripping the otherwise cohesive script of its formal euphony. But what undoubtedly belongs to the absolute top is, besides the cinematography, the bombastic sound effects, which bring to the ears an orgasm surpassing perhaps even the more recent War of the Worlds... 85%
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It's a very good film, but it won't become a cult classic like Blade Runner. I don't know what Philip K. Dick would say about the sweet happy ending, but you have to expect something like that from the eternal child of Spielberg. Ideal popcorn entertainment to fight off boredom, nothing more than that.
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Yes! If you forget Dick's original story, which is a long way off, Spielberg has made a completely riveting sci-fi with a rather possibly visionary view of the future, when our ideas will be under control and we are punished for crimes we will not be able to commit. The story is not based on action scenes (but the few sequences are worth it), but rather on a well-constructed story with a surprising point. Unfortunately, the point is over extended in a Spielbergian way, and the film loses steam at the end and kind of loses its head. At least it keeps part of its core. In the end, the film and Cruise (almost) are excellent!
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