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Minority
Report thrills audiences
By Luis Pena
Summer On-line Forty-Niner
The action packed
science fiction thriller, “Minority Report,” rated PG-13 is
a futuristic look into law enforcement.
Combining Tom Cruise and Academy Award-winning director Steven
Spielberg, “Minority Report” takes place in a futuristic Washington
D.C. in the year 2054.
Cruise plays Detective John Anderton who heads the Pre-Crime
division of the Justice Department, which stops murders before
they happen by using three psychics called Pre-Cogs.
Cruise’s character joined Pre-Crime because of the loss of
his son six years earlier, making him believe in the Pre-Crime
system and its infallibility.
Cruise’s character encounters a nemesis from the Justice Department,
named Danny Witwer, played by Colin Farrell from the film
“Tigerland.”
Farrell’s character is sent to investigate Pre-Crime to make
sure that there are no flaws in the system before it goes
national.
Max Von Sydow plays Lamar Burgess, Anderton’s boss and father-figure.
He becomes worried having Witmer snooping around.
Anderton believes that he is being setup by Witmer.
He soon turns from the hunter to the hunted.
The film has big brother and McCarthyism weaved into it. There
are retina scanners that scan individual’s eyes so their identity
and presence is known.
The McCarthyism takes place in the form of the Pre-Cogs. The
Pre-Cogs predict that something will happen, so therefore
you must be guilty. Their visions say it’s so even though
nothing has actually happened.
The special effects are fantastic. The Washington D.C. area
isn’t too far-fetched looking except for the cars that use
the magnetic levitation roads. They look like something out
of “Tron.”
The film has a gritty film noir look to it. Samantha Morton’s
portrayal of Agatha the female Pre-Cog is haunting. Her body
contorts in a seizure-like manner. She shivers from withdrawals
after she is taken out of the womb-like chamber, which is
filled with a nutrient that is akin to embryonic fluid. This
adds to her character’s child-like innocence, which is very
compelling.
Max Von Sydow’s performance is chilling, playing a combination
of Jekyll and Hyde character that keeps his cool.
Colin Farrell’s plays Danny Witmer to perfection, coming off
as an ambitious jerk.
Tom Cruise, as Anderton, makes up for “Vanilla Sky.” It’s
his characters dark moments, such as when he is watching home
movies of his happy past and when he shows anger and rage,
that gives Cruise edginess in the film.
Spielberg really
comes through in this film by crafting a good story with special
effects that don’t overwhelm the viewer.
This film gets five “Go Beach” points out of a”“Go Beach”
scale of one through five, with five being the highest score.
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and 2002 Twentieth Century Fox and DreamWorks L.L.C.
Tom Cruise as Anderton uses Mag-Lev, a network
of magnetic “roads” for advanced magnetic cars running both
horizontally and vertically throughout the city, to escape
pursuing Precrime officers.
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