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Mood:
- StylizedSuspensefulBleak
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Plot:
- FugitivesPolice InvestigationFrame UpFuture DystopiaMurderChases and RacesCrimesDeadly more...
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Genres:
- CrimeSci-FiThrillerNeo NoirHollywood TonePostmodernismAction
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Time/Period:
- Future
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Place:
- Washington DC
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- Award WinnerBlockbusterCritically Acclaimed
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- Based on Short Story
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- SeriousFantastic
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- Special Effects
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- Violent Content
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Minority Report, 2002
English, Swedish
USA
Profile of Minority Report
Minority Report can be described as stylized, suspenseful, and bleak. The plot revolves around a frame-up, fugitives, and a future dystopia. The main genres are thriller, crime, and sci-fi. In terms of style, Minority Report is postmodernist, is neo-noir, and has a Hollywood tone. In approach, it is fantastical and serious. It is located in Washington DC. Visually, Minority Report involves special effects. It is derived from a short story. The movie has received attention for being a blockbuster, an award winner, and critically acclaimed. Note that Minority Report involves violent content.
Summary of Minority Report
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.
Details
| Language: | English, Swedish |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 17 June 2002 |
| Runtime: | 145 min |
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as Chief John Anderton
as Danny Witwer
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