Minority Report (2002)

In a future where a special police unit is able to arrest murderers before they commit their crimes, an officer from that unit is himself accused of a future murder.

Director:

Steven Spielberg

Writers:

Philip K. Dick (short story), Scott Frank (screenplay),

Stars:

Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 16 wins & 61 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Cruise	...	Chief John Anderton
Max von Sydow	...	Director Lamar Burgess
Steve Harris	...	Jad
Neal McDonough	...	Fletcher
Patrick Kilpatrick	...	Knott
Jessica Capshaw	...	Evanna
Richard Coca	...	Pre-Crime Cop
Keith Campbell	...	Pre-Crime Cop
Kirk B.R. Woller	...	Pre-Crime Cop
Klea Scott	...	Pre-Crime Cop
Frank Grillo	...	Pre-Crime Cop
Anna Maria Horsford	...	Casey
Sarah Simmons	...	Lamar Burgess' Secretary
Eugene Osment	...	Jad's Technician
James Henderson	...	Office Worker

Storyline

In the year 2054 A.D. crime is virtually eliminated from Washington D.C. thanks to an elite law enforcing squad "Precrime". They use three gifted humans (called "Pre-Cogs") with special powers to see into the future and predict crimes beforehand. John Anderton heads Precrime and believes the system's flawlessness steadfastly. However one day the Pre-Cogs predict that Anderton will commit a murder himself in the next 36 hours. Worse, Anderton doesn't even know the victim. He decides to get to the mystery's core by finding out the 'minority report' which means the prediction of the female Pre-Cog Agatha that "might" tell a different story and prove Anderton innocent.

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Plot Keywords:

murder | future | year 2054 | washington d.c. | arrest | 

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Taglines:

You Can't Hide

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Genres:

Action | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

AA

Details

Official Sites:

Foxjapan [Japan] Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English Swedish

Release Date:

21 June 2002 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Rapport minoritaire

Filming Locations:

Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$102,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$1,543,533 (Japan) (6 December 2002)

Gross:

$15,916,084 (Japan) (31 January 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, DreamWorks SKG, Cruise/Wagner Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

145 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Elements from the original short story that the screenplay is based on included more details about the Pre-Crime Unit. The data was double-checked by the military to ensure that the Pre-Crime officers would not be bribed by any future murderer to conceal the evidence. The Pre-Cogs worked on different time levels which accounted for any minor discrepancies that their premonitions had. They mumbled and their incoherent words were deciphered in audio tapes. Their data could be fabricated and in the story this is exactly what happens since the first vision is revealed to be a fake one. The screenplay however omits all these details in favor of a visual display of the precognitions.

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Goofs

When Dr. Eddie injects Anderton with the anesthetic, Anderton bends Eddie's arm behind him and lays him down on a table. Anderton then removes the needle from Eddie's hand. We then cut to a closeup of Eddie saying, "You wouldn't break the hand of the violinist before the concert", and the needle is back in his hand.

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Quotes

Wally the Caretaker: I like you chief, you've always been nice to me. I'll give you two minutes before I hit the alarm.

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Crazy Credits

The distributor and production company credits look like they are underwater, which ties into the opening shot of Agatha in the tank.

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Connections

References Repulsion (1965)

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Soundtracks

Pine and Oats
(2002)
Written by Guy Moon and Bob Kurtz
Produced by Guy Moon

User Reviews

Looks great, interesting story

May be this film has some flaws but while watching it I wasn't too distracted by that. Here we have one of the greatest directors alive (Steven Spielberg), a very big star (Tom Cruise) with a great ensemble (Max von Sydow, Colin Farrell, Peter Stormare, Samantha Morton, Tim Blake Nelson) around him, a good cinematography (Janusz Kaminski) and a nice score by John Williams all packed in a great story (based on the novel by Philip K. Dick) with perfect visual effects.

In the year 2054 murders can be predicted and stopped before they happen. If you were about to kill but stopped you are locked. Tom Cruise is one of the agents who stops those murders. Then he discovers the next murder they have to stop will be committed by himself.

I will not reveal more of the plot. The story itself is great. It is intelligent, but also exciting with great action scenes. The visuals are truly beautiful and perfectly support the sci-fi story. If you like action thrillers and you don't mind they are set in the future (with some futuristic gadgets) this is your film. 9/10.