Minority Report

Minority Report is a well-crafted science-fiction crime thriller set in Washington D.C. in the year 2054. John Anderton is the well-liked head of the Precrime division, where, with the help of three psychic people known as precogs, a murder can be detected and thus prevented before it is committed.

John Anderton himself becomes the hunted when the precogs identify him as a future murderer. He flees to prove his innocence, but who could benefit from getting him out of the way? Could it be the FBI agent Witwer, who has been sent to check the system for human error? When Anderton discovers that the solution to the mystery lies buried in the memory of the precog Agatha, he sees no other way out than to abduct her - hotly pursued by Witwer and his former colleagues.

In Minority Report, the big kid Steven Spielberg reveals a darker side of himself. The film's sombre underlying tone is quite unlike his early films, and it seems as if working on Kubrick's project "A.I." has rubbed off on him. There are also similarities with "Blade Runner", which is likewise an adaptation of a Philip K. Dick short story. Dark colour tones also dominate the film's visuals.

Minority Report is an intelligent mainstream film with an immensely exciting plot, and in the midst of the hero's grim struggle for justice, room has also been left for humour.