Mysty Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 [b]Basic idea in my words:[/b] A government system called Precrime was put into place relatively recently. The details are a bit too difficult to explain, but I'll give the basic summary that people with psychic powers (called precogs) see crimes before they happen and a special government force arrests people before they can commit the crime. One government agent finds himself in one of these visions and tries to prove himself innocent of his future crime. [b]Basic idea in TVTropes words:[/b] Minority Report is a 2002 science fiction film by Steven Spielberg, loosely based on the Philip K. Dick story "The Minority Report". It takes place in Washington DC, and Virginia in the year 2054, and centers around the Precrime police division, which tracks murders about to happen with the aid of three psychics called "precogs". Of course, things start to get tricky when one of the Precrime officers, John Anderton (Tom Cruise) gets flagged by the precogs as a future murderer. Now, he is forced to evade his own fellow officers as he tries to figure out why he would want to murder a man he's never even heard of yet... One of both Spielberg and Cruise's most successful films, not only raking in more than three times its hundred-million-dollar budget worldwide, but scoring nearly universal acclaim from critics with a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes. Roger Ebert named it the best film of 2002. [b]My opinion:[/b] I honestly felt the last thirty minutes or so and that entire secondary part of the story was unnecessary. Overall, it was alright. Their description of how they bypass the time paradox is rather cute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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