Minority Report (2002).

It’s a rare movie that successfully depicts a vision of the future within an identifiable present you can recognise. It’s funny, a Utopian vision full of filth, Cruise graduating from the pristine confines of a police department to accidentally munching on a 12- year-old sandwich unearthed from Peter Stormare’s fridge.

Scarily accurate in its technological predictions, and the overarching powers of police surveillance in the age of preemptive strike, it’s a sad shame the script lifts verbatim a crucial scene from L.A. Confidential (1997). Flattery, or just lazy writing?

And the ending is embarrassing to watch, the cringe enduring image of three clairvoyants in old codger jumpers, reading books in a cottage, with a corny Cruise voice-over explaining why they are there.

It should have concluded with a bit more of the weirdness and ambiguity of Philip K. Dick.

One thought on “Minority Report (2002).

  1. Porkbelly Cavite's avatar Porkbelly Cavite says:

    Seen the movie a few times. While I appreciate the premise, it seems they make up rules as they need. Not an overall fan of the movie.

    There is some correlation of how AI will/is being used today.

    As far as a middling movie could predict the future of how scary things could be…this movie is a must watch.

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