Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

It is so daring, it is so ambitious, it is so thrilling and weird and pointed and powerful. I never knew where it was going.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

After years of passing it over, I am almost finished Minority Report on Netflix.. and what a ride! Cruise is excellent in this futuristic look at crime prevention in the year 2054, wherein teams of officers use the 'visions' of human 'pre-cogs' to anticipate & halt muderous actions. The time frame seems tight at the outset, meaning the team may not make it in time, which of course, adds to the suspense. We learn that the murder rate in Washington DC has dropped to zero since inception, but a law enforcement group led by Colin Farrel (under the direction of a highly-placed official) are opposed to the continuation and expansion of the so-called 'pre-cog' tool.Ethical issues are raised, e.g. how can you arrest someone who has the intent to commit a crime, but gets stopped before the actual felony? Can the 'pre-cogs' get it wrong? Cruise, our man in charge, feels the system is just, and foolproof, but soon finds himself 'accused', and fleeing apprehension. Later in his flight, he manages to secure a pre-cog for assistance, who directs his escape with specific instructions, I.e. buy an umbrella, stop here, etc. To a shocked lady passing by, she whispers, He knows-don't go home. This reminds me of the early flight of Neo in the Matrix, when the 'agents' come to arrest him, but he is hearing a narrative-escape plan from Laurence Fishburn, as he runs.Terrific PG (mostly) entry in a sci-fi flick directed by Spielberg way back in 2002, perhaps perilously close to being forgotten in the wake of the high octane Mission Impossible series. Well worth watching.

If you suffer from insomnia and really need some sleep, then congratulations! You don't have to take sleeping pills anymore. Instead, you can watch the first half of this film, "Minority Report", which is extremely slow and sufficiently boring to make you sleep. All the digressions and flashbacks only shatter the main plot, and render the film rather unfocused. You only know what "minority report" means after the one hour mark.

Continuing my plan to watch every Tom Cruise movie in order, I come to Minority Report (200Plot In A Paragraph: In the year 2054, a special police unit is able to arrest murderers before they commit their crimes, an officer (Cruise) from that unit is himself accused of a future murder.Cruise teaming up with Steven Spielberg should have been a home run for the pair, but it just misses the mark for me. I remember really liking this movie, but for some reason I have never cared to revisit it. I struggled through it this time, and I considered turning it off more than once. My main problem was I remembered two things about the movie, the scene where his child goes missing and the ending. Although there is lots of special effects, the movie does not rely on them!! Instead it's story and characters that are paramount. Spielberg is a master and he really knows how to work a viewer, and get us invested in a character .Cruise is pretty solid here, despite being in action cruise mode, he still gets to do some dramatic acting. Max Von Sydow does what Max Von Sydow does, Neal McDonough offers solid support as he always does and Colin Farrell is a really annoying when he is chewing!! I HATE noise eaters.Minority Report grossed $132 million at the domestic box office to end 2001 the 17th highest grossing movie of the year. Not what people would have being expecting from A Spielberg/Cruise collaboration.

Imagine if you could be charged & arrested for a crime you were ABOUT to commit? That is the premise behind Steven Spielberg's "Minority Report".For a basic plot summary, the film (set in the future) focuses on John Anderton (Tom Cruise), chief of the highly successful "Pre-Crime" unit, which (with help from three special pre- cognizants) are able to predict a murder BEFORE it occurs, rendering the crime rate almost nil. However, Anderton suddenly finds himself the target of a pre-crime investigation, and embarks on a crusade to prove his innocence...which in itself is in doubt until the shocking conclusion.In terms of plot, the film excellently delivers a high-concept topic in a way that both creates high drama and gets you thinking about the possibility of such events actually occurring. At its heart, "Minority Report" is a concept film, but one in which the events are portrayed (thanks to Spielberg) in such a linear, easy-to-understand manner that it actually feels like an action- adventure epic.The acting, with Cruise leading the way, is also entertaining, as Cruise plays a very convoluted Anderton. On one hand, he believes in the PreCrime system with all his heart. On the other, he grapples with the fact that he himself could be a casualty of that very system.About the only thing I didn't like about this film were some of the extended action scenes. While flashy, in terms of real-ness they were much more suited for, say, a James Bond film. In other words, a bit too fakey for my tastes.Overall, this is a great concept film that will keep you thinking, draw you into the characters, and keep you on the edge of your seat. Creatively, I compare it to Blade Runner, although much better in terms of the action/adventure angle, whereas Blade Runner seems so bleak.