Minority Report (DVD)

...Tom Cruise, Philip Dick => Minority Report. This is very good team giving us a great movie. Having had a bad experience with ‘The Impostor’ which Philip dick wrote, I wasn’t very sure about this film before I started watching it. The calendar states 2054 and in Washington suburbs there is an operation taking place by Pre-Crime Division. This was created after the discovery of a method where are future crimes are forecasted. With this method, ‘criminals’ ...
...order to final script of Minority Report. The first one is that of Alfred Hitchcock, who first taught the “everyone chases one innocent and the innocent struggles alone to find the truth and point to the person that is truly guilty”. The second faculty is that of Agatha Christy. She was the first to create such complicated stories with continuous inversions, until the ultimate scene that was always the most possible inversion of the plot. Why am ...

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Minority Report Review Cruise and Spielberg. Those two names alone will make a movie buff’s heart skip a beat and stomach fill with butterflies when the word summer block buster is added to the sentence, and yet in 2002 when the duo released their predicted hit the box office did nothing but fizzle. Spielberg had just come off another huge disappointment with the title of AI, but was still reeling in the success of Saving Private Ryan from 1999. ...
...The musical score in Minority Reports, as most Spielberg movies, relies on brilliant classical orchestras, and even though the “old fashioned” music is not contemporary it compliments the futuristic context perfectly, creating the tense and superficial feeling the film longs for. The musical score is justified by the brilliant directing that you come to expect from the master of film, Steven Spielberg, who takes command of the flick. The great camera ...

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It’s just a normal day at the office for John Anderton when out of the blue, the pre-cons have a vision about a murder of passion about to be committed somewhere in the Washington area. As these crimes are not pre-meditated, this leaves the Pre-Crime police force, and John himself, little time to sort through the images given to them from the pre-cog trio and get to the scene to stop the murder from happenening. Thankfully, the experience of John ...
...identical row of houses, allows him to save the adulterous wife and her lover from a distraught man who has just found out about it. So, after a hard day at the office, John returns home. However it is very clear that he is a far from happy man, reliving past memories of his son and his wife through the 3D imaging system he has, and getting away from it all by illegally ‘doping’. The next day, on arrival at the Pre Crime offices, John is greeted ...

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...Here's my explanation of..... MINORITY REPORT ***ACTORS/ACTRESSES*** Tom Cruise: Top Gun, The Last Samurai Colin Farrell: Daredevil, The Recruit Samantha Morton: Enduring Love, Eden Max von Sydow: Hostile Waters, Truckstop ***CHARACTERS*** Det. John Anderton Played by actor Tom Cruise. John is the chief detective at the Precrime division. Having lost his child in a public swimming pool years ago, being dependant on drugs and having his wife ...
...lust for fast-paced action, but Minority Report delivers all that and a whole lot more." Scott Weinberg, EFILMCRITIC.COM "It is a kickass, dense sci-fi action thriller hybrid that delivers and then some. I haven't seen one in so long, no wonder I didn't recognize it at first." Widgett Walls, NEEDCOFFEE.COM ***THE BORING BITS*** Title: Minority Report Running time: 139 minutes Certificate: 12 Price: £9.99 DVD/VHS: Yes and the DVD comes in ...

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...you in a movie". Yet Minority Report is their first joint project, despite past attempts to work together - Spielberg even prepped Rain Man for 6 months before leaving to do Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. So finally, last week, I went to find out if the film is as good as the hype... THE PLOT Washington D.C., 2054: An experimental Precrime unit has reduced the rate of violent crime to almost zero. No one has been murdered for nearly six years. ...
...on the short story "The Minority Report" by Philip K. Dick. Dick has something of a cult status, and has had several of his futuristic, paranoid, conspiracy driven stories realised in the form of films, notably Blade Runner and Total Recall. He is notorious for underdevelopment of characters and their surroundings, preferring to focus on the situations he creates and the questions they raise. However, the screenwriters have done a great job of turning ...

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...is good to see that Minority Report uses its setting to good effect but does not go overboard with it and manages to be a Crime/ Sci Fi movie rather than just a Sci Fi. When I heard that Spielberg was making another Sci Fi, I shuddered with memories of A.I still fresh in my mind. But I was relived to see that he had not attempted to make another Kubrick hybrid movie since his last attempt was such a terrible blend of Spielberg sentiment and Kubrickian ...
...sentiment is thicker than treacle). Minority Report should attract an adult audience as well as a teenage one because it has a definite human side to it and any adult who shies away from the action packed trailers should not be fooled. It is not some dumb action cliché packed blockbuster with plenty of explosions and shootouts (actually there aren’t any at all), it has constant tension and thrills but never patronises and never sinks into standard ...

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...occurrences are known as a minority report, and standard procedure in the pre-crime unit is to delete the files from the system as any perceived lack of reliability could result in the closure of the pre-crime unit. The only trace of the original minority report is found in the telepaths themselves. But how will Anderton retrieve the master file of his own minority report? With the federal agents and the pre-crime unit hot on his trail he must use ...
...foolish to trust anyone….. Minority Report is probably one of the most successful cinema releases of 2002. Vibrant, innovative and exciting, Minority Report is certainly a very entertaining film – you aren’t quite sure what to expect. Steven Spielberg directed the film and this is evident from the very Spielberg-esque attentions to detail, but the actual story is based on a tale written by Philip K Dick. If you are familiar with ...

LostWitness 08.12.2002 · Read full review
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John Anderton (Tom Cruise) is chief of the Pre-Crime section. It is 2054 and for the past 6 years murder has been a thing of the past thanks to the efforts of three "pre-cogs", who can see the future. This has wiped-out premeditated murder but ‘crimes of passion’ and the like can still occur and Anderton’s squad has limited time to track down the perpetrators and stop them before they commit the crime. But what happens when the ...
...fascinating premise is based on a short story by the master of mind-blowing sci-fi, Philip K. Dick. If you consider that previous films like Blade Runner and Total Recall were also based on his works you will see that Mr Dick has been better served by the movie community than many more famous writers. Add in the multi-millionaire talents of star Cruise and director Speilberg and you shouldn’t have been able to go wrong. Well, I’m happy ...

Crazy-Christian 03.09.2002 · Read full review
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Last weekend was a long one as and well what better time to catch a few movies which are on in the theatre. So what have we ? Oh yes Tom Cruise giving the readers a serious and a tense look out of the newspapers. And yes there was the name of the great Steven Spielberg. So off we went. We aslo had the option to watch Men in Black Part 2 but then we decided agaiinst it as the combination Of Steven Spielberg and Tom cruise was unbeatable. ****************************************************** ...
...from a science fiction written by Philip. K. Dick. It is set in the year 2054 when the crime branch in Washington DC have invented 3 pre-cogs ( or three beings who have an ability to predcict future crimes, victims and the victimised. Anderton ( Tom Cruise) is heading this unit which specializes in pre crime. Anderton himself has personal demons haunting him and he is determined to work towards a world which would be free of crime. Unforunately he ...

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This is one of those action-packed, thrill-crammed and effect-brimmed films that you just know you are going to love. You don’t have to read too much into the plot (even though it is plausible and well thought out), you don’t have to concentrate too hard. All that is required of you is to place your bum on seat and enjoy. And with big names like Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg, you are not going to be let down, are you? Nope – ...
...Anderton and he is a cop working for ‘Precrime.’ Precrime was set up six years before in the city he works and basically what happens in this: there are these three beings called ‘Precogs,’ who are able to predict murders. Their predictions come up on a screen and through fragmented images the cops on ‘Precrime’ have to try to locate where the crime will take place. The names of the killer and killed are given ...

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...I think my praise of Minority Report is going to fit right in with the other good things that have been said about it, and with reason: This is a great film. Did we expect anything less from Spielberg? Washington DC, 2054, and "pre-cognitives" can predict murder before it happens. It is a six-year project on the brink of nationalisation and Det. John Anderton (TOM CRUISE) is the best in the business at bringing in the criminals before the crime ...
...needs to access information- the minority report- hidden inside Agatha that he believes may be the key to proving his innocence. Now, I think we all know Tom Cruise is not my favourite actor. But he was good. At long last, perhaps because of Spielberg, or perhaps in spite of him, Cruise has learned the meaning of restraint, and delivers a central performance that I found gripping and emotionally involving- I cared about what happened to this man, ...

ruth_cole 05.07.2002 (09.07.2002) · Read full review
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...summed it nicely by saying Minority Report = AI – Pinocchio + Blade Runner. The supporting cast is mostly excellent from the Max Von Sydow (him of Flash Gordon fame and not so great Judge Dredd fame) and Samantha Morton as the Pre-Cog Agatha is rather haunting. Colin Farrell plays the investigator so well you cant help but hate him! Comparisons will undoubtedly be made to the other Philip K Dick short-story based movie, Blade Runner as they do have ...
...in terms of sci-fi visuals, Minority Report does offer a more pleasing and less complex storyline although it does make you think about morals just AI did. I doubt very much though it will have quite the same mark as Blade Runner though with its huge cult following. So to sum up, Minority Report is almost perfect with a few minor flaws! Its a bit long in places and if like me, you may feel the ending was a bit predictable. Go and see it at the cinema ...

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...thing and agree to see Minority Report. I had seen the trailer so was delighted we couldn’t get into the usual theatre but had to pay the £10 a seat to go into the deluxe cinema where I would at least be able to get a decent snooze in a big comfy chair. So why the low expectations? Not that I have strong thoughts on Steven Spielberg films, or even on Philip K Dick stories, but rather, I was convinced that this would be an action-meets-science-fiction ...
...know, so I reserve that privilege for Casablanca and the like; but recommend it for a Sunday night out I certainly would. Released on the 4th of July 2002, Minority Report is a Certificate 12, and as they used to say, is playing now at your local picture house. ...

Kirsty1 08.07.2002 · Read full review
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...and murkier path. It’s not perfect and it’s no ET but its certainly no Hook either and for that we should be eternally grateful. MINORITY REPORT IS Dark Different Interesting MINORITY REPORT IS NOT Full of action Full of developed characters Full of hoverboards ...

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...not watched any TV recently, Minority Report has only been advertised every other minute. Having massive names such as Spielberg and Cruise does tend to give it that slight nudge forward in terms of hype and marketing. Despite being a moderate Cruise fan, but having avoided wasting my time watching what I thought was a sickly Vanilla Sky (despite having the heavenly Penelope Cruz-swooooon, in it), I thought this looked promising enough to warrant ...
...and that is their predictability. Minority Report excels in that it is quite different in that sense. Even the ending is somewhat unexpected. I am in two minds as to say whether this film is absolutely fantastic, or just very good. On a bad day, I would easily award it four out of five. On a good day it deserves better, and as Ciao have a wholesome rating system, I’ll be a wholesome lad myself and give it the full wacky five out of five. ...

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