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  • Actors: Tom Cruise, Max von Sydow, Steve Harris, Neal McDonough, Patrick Kilpatrick
  • Directors: Steven Spielberg
  • Writers: Jon Cohen, Philip K. Dick, Scott Frank
  • Producers: Bonnie Curtis, Gary Goldman, Gerald R. Molen, Jan de Bont
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English, Swedish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 13 Oct 2003
  • Run Time: 142 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (61 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000DK4QJ
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 14,916 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Full of morally flawed characters, and shot in grainy desaturated colours, Steven Spielberg's Minority Report is futuristic film noir with a far-fetched B-movie plot that's so feverishly presented the audience never gets a chance to ponder its many improbabilities. Based on a short story by Philip K Dick, the film is set in the Orwellian near-future of 2054, where a trio of genetically modified "pre-cogs" warn of murders before they happen. In an SF twist on the classic Hitchcockian wrong-man scenario, Detective John Anderton (Tom Cruise) is the zealous precrime cop who is himself revealed as a future killer. Plot twists and red herrings drive the action forward, and complications abound, not least Anderton's crippling emotional state, his drug habit, his avuncular-yet-sinister boss (Max Von Sydow) and the ambitious FBI agent Witwer (Colin Farrell) snapping at his heels.

Though the film toys with the notion of free will in a deterministic universe, this is not so much a movie of grand ideas as forward-looking ones. Its depiction of a near-future filled with personalised advertising and intrusive security devices that relentlessly violate the right of anonymity is disturbingly believable. Ultimately, though, it's a chase movie and the innovative set-piece sequences reveal Spielberg's flair for staging action. As with A.I. before it, there's a nagging feeling that the all-too-neat resolution is a Spielbergian touch too far: the movie could satisfactorily have ended several minutes earlier. Although this is superior SF from one of Hollywood's greatest craftsmen, it would have been more in the spirit of Philip K Dick to leave a few tantalisingly untidy plot threads dangling. --Mark Walker



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The science-fiction thriller MINORITY REPORT, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise, is based on a short story by renowned writer Philip K. Dick. In the year 2054, in Washington, D.C., murder has been eliminated thanks to Precrime, a program that uses the visions of three psychics, called Precogs (an abbreviation for precognitive thinkers), to arrest and imprison would-be murderers before they have a chance to kill. Tom Cruise plays John Anderton, a Precrime enforcer who believes in the system for his own personal reasons--years back his young son was abducted, and he has dealt with the loss by becoming a high-strung Precrime officer. The director of Precrime (Max von Sydow) is eager to take the program national, and feels threatened by an ambitious federal agent (Colin Farrell) who is bent on finding a flaw in the system. When Anderton finds himself accused of the future murder of a man he's never met, his faith in Precrime is instantly shaken. He goes on the run, and is trailed by the relentless Precrime police. In the tradition of BLADE RUNNER (also based on a Dick story), MINORITY REPORT is a dark, brooding vision of the future. Spielberg expertly mixes thrilling chase and suspense sequences (the best of which involves Anderton being pursued by eye-scanning mechanical spiders) and stunning special effects with a challenging look at society's willingness to sacrifice privacy and the notion of free will for convenience and security. MINORITY REPORT is a thought-provoking and exciting film that ranks with Spielberg's best.

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38 of 48 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best Spielberg films, 26 Nov 2002
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This review is from: Minority Report --Two Disc Set (DTS) [DVD] [2002] (DVD)
If you've read the other reviews which are quite critical towards this film, and seem perturbed, don't. It's a highly underated movie and should have been a box ofice hit. Maybe the real reason some people don't rate it highly is because Tom Cruise is in it, aka Vanilla Sky, or because people have such greater expectations for a Spielberg film than any other it causes them to lose focus on the real qualities of a film.

The plot, effects, and acting are all top notch, and I must praise Spielerg for realism. It's one of those movies that doesn't leave you there thinking about how well the actors are acting, or how well the effects have been done, or why has the storyline been done like this etc. You'll be sitting there watching the movie and have the upmost interest in what happens.

The length of the movie is just about perfect. If you're one of those people who thinks a good movie should be a long one, such as 'The Deer Hunter', or 'The Godfather', then you'll appreciate the length of Minority Report. It got to a point about half-way through the movie where it was threatening to end, and did so several times there onwards, but Steve didn't fail us, I was enjoying the movie so much I was only happy to see the movie carry on a little extra than expected.

Overall a great movie, possibly in the top 10 movies i've ever seen.

Get. The. DVD.

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11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Watch without prejudice, 1 Jan 2003
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This review is from: Minority Report --Two Disc Set (DTS) [DVD] [2002] (DVD)
Spielburg is certainly a sentimentalist, and not the most obvious choice of director to transfer Philip K. Dick's noirish paranoia and incisive irony to the big screen. But sorry, folks - it works! This is his best film since Jaws - a tremendous thriller (and if you Dick fans out there refuse to believe that your idol wrote thrillers, read Now Wait For Last Year again - it ought to be a movie, too, and I for one would cheer if Spielburg were to direct it. Those of you who believe there is no overarching morality in Dick's novels are also deeply mistaken: Dick's socialist conscience is apparent in everything he writes). Constant quirky explorations of the limits of human perception make this film the most disconcerting and funny of Spielburg's career, and he comes much closer to the spirit of Kubrick in it than he did in AI. Flaws? All right, I'd have prefered a darker ending - but the family coda is beautifully handled, and the darker implications are never sacrificed entirely to it. I can imagine a much, much worse handling that the Spielburg of ten years ago might have considered. Don't be put off by the Spielburg haters: this isn't ET or Saving Private Ryan - it's an intellegent film by a talented director at the height of his powers.
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Unknown Masterpiece, 16 Feb 2005
This review is from: Minority Report --Two Disc Set (DTS) [DVD] [2002] (DVD)
This is my first review so bare with me but I just had to write something about this film.

I saw this at the cinema when it came out and was stunned. This excells in all areas - visually and dramatically. Although the first time I watched it the plot confused me, my friends seemed to get it. Maybe that was just me. But if at first you don't understand, try watching it again and you will be satisfied.

The acting is incredible; Tom Cruise excells as the cop who is having problems at home, Colin Farrell does what he does best as the determined FBI agent and what else needs to be said about Samantha Morton. As with every film she's in, she is outstanding.

Spielberg is my favourite director and this really is a film that compares with Jaws and E.T. He gives us some incredible set pieces such as the showdown with Leo Crow and the climax with Lemar. You really can feel the blood rushing at these points.

So how can I conclude? There is nothing simpler that I can say than buy this film. I don't know anybody who doesn't like this film. This really is a masterpiece.

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