this be speak in minority report by a drug dealer on the street with no eye at all and so i suppose it free advice for john anderton and our hero and or a bit of wise sounding advice mean to get across to the audience but with no other good place for it to fit in the film . this be fine with me and too and because minority report be such a taut futuristic thriller that an incongruous little bit of wisdom like this be not to have any negative impact on the film a a whole . john anderton and play with precision by the great tom cruise ( oh shut up and the man awesome ) and be the chief of the pre crime department in the district of columbia and which have successfully eradicate murder entirely for the last six year . he work with a group of ` pre cog that and together and dream of murder that have not yet take place and project enough information for anderton and his team to watch the video emanate from their head to determine where and when the murder be to take place and to get to those location and stop the murder from happen before they happen . this be obviously a formula for a highly successful action movie and but the thing that really make minority report succeed be that it pay so much amount of attention to thing that would occur in this situation in real life . it be explain very early in the film that the invention of pre crime have eradicate premeditate murder and a this be most easily detect by the pre cog . the majority of the ` business and then and of the pre crime division in the district of columbia and be crime of passion . this not only provide the possibility of a lot more tension in that these crime leave a lot less time for prevention and but also avoid complicate the plot with the detail of premeditated murder . we do not care about a guy who wrong another guy five year ago or drug deal go bad and all we need to hear about be a guy who come home to find his wife in bed with another man and lose control . give the fact that the movie involve some sort of time travel ( even if information be the only thing travel through time ) and it leave itself open to criticism about plot hole . this be obvious and because plot hole like this even permeate the unparalleled back to the future series and which obviously have plenty of plot hole but handle them spectacularly well . give the amount of movie that i have see that involve time travel and i have come up with this equation represent time travel equal plot hole . this be a universal equation that be never escape and but it do not mean that any movie that involve time travel will be bring down by the subsequent and unavoidable plot hole . minority report do not suffer from it necessary plot hole and neither do the timeless back to the future series ( which have finally be release a a complete set and which no respectable movie collection could possibly be without ) . my esteemed colleague and close friend christopher brown ( see his brilliant review at http represent or or u . imdb . com or commentsauthor . 625436 ) point out one of these plot hole in his review of minority report and but make the mistake of suggest that and give the nature of the precognition and of the crime itself and anderton murder should never have be predict since it do not entail premeditation . sorry and chris and but you have miss the boat on this one . the only thing that this do be bring up the fact that it impossible to tell where precognition start . it could be argue perfectly well that the pre cog play a part in their own precognition . they predict that anderton would commit the murder under the circumstance that he would have be watch the thought of the pre cog and see that he would commit murder and and then obviously seek to find out for himself how he could have be expect to commit a murder against a person he have never hear of . in this case and if he have call in sick that day and all of this would have be avoid . but he the best at what he do and he have personal reason for want to stop murder and he do not slack off and he do not call in sick . john anderton be predict by the pre cog to commit murder because he be at work that day . the action in the film come from the possibility that the whole prediction of anderton murder might be what be call a ` minority report and where the pre cog disagree on something that be go to happen . if he can prove that only one of the pre cog come up with the vision that he be go to commit a murder and it might cancel out the entire prediction because it be unreliable . on the way to this goal and we be present with everything from a tremendously dedicate investigator ( play brilliantly by colin farrell ) to some amazingly creepy but strangely accept identification spider that scan john implant eye in one of the more uncomfortable scene in the film . minority report be one of the best and most unique thriller to be release in year . it be the conglomeration of such a dizzying array of film that it be difficult to contemplate them all at once . we see element of action film and futuristic thriller and crime film and science fiction and and of course and the influence of stanley kubrick be never far off . there be even and especially in the late portion of the film and a heavy influence on the soundtrack by bernard herrman and who be the composer for most of alfred hitchcock film and among many others . it always nice to see such a respectful homage like that and and it be only one of the many thing that make minority report yet another addition to steven spielberg extensive list of high end film ( the last of which be the spectacular a. i . ) . the only thing i can think of that hold minority report back from join spielberg list of timeless classic be that it do not have the scope as far a it target audience a such film a e. t. and jurassic park . however and despite not have quite a large of a target audience and minority report stand a a strong entry in spielberg grow list of great film .