2002 · sci-fi · thriller
Minority Report
Directed by Steven Spielberg2h 25m2002
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
Our read: Minority Report (2002) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive sci-fi · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured sci-fi / thriller, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
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