2002 Directed by Steven Spielberg
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
Tom Cruise Colin Farrell Samantha Morton Max von Sydow Lois Smith Peter Stormare Tim Blake Nelson Steve Harris Kathryn Morris Mike Binder Daniel London Neal McDonough Jessica Capshaw Patrick Kilpatrick Jessica Harper Ashley Crow Arye Gross Fiona Hale George Wallace Frank Grillo Cameron Diaz William Mapother Jason Antoon
Jan de Bont Bonnie Curtis Gerald R. Molen Walter F. Parkes Ronald Shusett Gary Goldman Peter M. Tobyansen
DreamWorks SKG Cruise/Wagner Productions Amblin Entertainment Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation Blue Tulip Productions Ronald Shusett/Gary Goldman Digital Image Associates
Steven Spielberg's been so good for so long we take him for granted. This one more than holds up as one of his very best -- and one of Cruise's best as well. I think might be his best performance.
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All I want for Christmas is a "Sick Stick" great for family get togethers when someone is reaching for that last slice of pie or for clearing apt complex hallways of all those chatty cathy's blocking your way! An absolute must have to wrangle those unruly mobs gathered at stores this xmas season!
A truly remarkable sci-fi masterpiece! The mind blowing visuals are beyond stunning! Steven Spielberg released his inner "Kraken" and the crowd goes wild over the high tech gadgetry and adrenalin rush packed action scenes!
FYI.. Much of the futuristic gadgetry in the film has since been realized or is in the process of being development! If you can imagine it.. it can be…
Definitely amongst the most intelligent sci-fi thrillers to surface on the silver screen, Minority Report is an ingeniously envisioned, smartly written & cleverly narrated cinema from Steven Spielberg that presents the director in prime form, paints an endlessly fascinating portrait of the future & remains one of the most creative works of Spielberg's filmmaking career.
Set in Washington D.C. in the year 2054 where crime has been entirely eradicated thanks to an advanced system that's able to pre-determine any criminal activity, allowing the cops to arrest the perpetrators before they commit their crimes, Minority Report follows the Special Police Force's chief who one day finds himself accused of a future murder & tries to prevent it from happening.
Directed by Steven Spielberg, the…
I love the idea of people being arrested before they commit a crime and I think the ideas were explored quite well whilst still giving the viewer some great action scenes and an intense pace. Sometimes the third act gets a little messy, but it never loses its edginess or grip and for that, I have no option but to highly recommend it, even after repeat viewings.
loaded with Hitchcock references but especially to FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT, and with more than just the umbrella gag. the chases have the same goofy relish, too (the jetpack hamburger gag here might as well be the old guy trying to cross the street during the car chase in CORRESPONDENT). Hitchcock's film urged the U.S. to enter the war a year before Pearl Harbor, Spielberg's warned of a society willing to give up a few civil rights for possibly illusory safety not even a year after 9/11.
It was great to re-visit Minority Report so soon after watching A.I., Spieldbergs’s previous film, and a film that I thought was a debt of honor to his friend Stanley Kubrick.
Although Minority Report was in the works far before Spielberg contemplated A.I., I think that the A.I. experience of trying to pay the appropriate respect to his departed friend, influenced his choices. To begin with he brought in a raft of scientific consultants to make sure he got 2054 right. This shows on the screen, although I think it was more accurate of predicting 2015 than 2054. The second influence was the grit. While Spielberg rightly claims that in A.I. the grit was his, and the sweet was Kubrick…
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Task 15: A film directed by Steven Spielberg you haven’t seen yet
I have seen about seven films done by Spielberg and I still can't predict him. He is great in every movie that he does. He is the master of all themes I must say.
I honestly wish I liked this more. The film has such a great sci-fi set-up and a really fun plot, and the acting is solid all around. There's big ideas at play; this is the kind of smart social commentary I want in my sci-fi. The opening scene is also fantastic exposition and worth any price tag alone. But I really don't care for the visual aesthetic, and that holds the film down for me. I still recommend it pretty strongly though.
Very interesting overall plot and concept but suffered from some very poor camera angles, cliched writing and general inconsistencies.
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