Themes in Minority Report film is a combination of whodunit, thriller, and science fiction. Spielberg has characterized the movie's story as "fifty percent character and fifty percent very complicated storytelling with layers and layers of murder mystery and plot." The film's central theme is the question of free will vs. determinism. It examines whether free will can exist if the future is set and known in advance. It also concerns itself with the role of preventative government in protecting its citizenry, which was apt of the time of the picture's given America's debates over the government's expanding powers after 9/11. "Minority Report" presents a
The Escapist (2002 film) The Escapist (2002 film) The Escapist is a 2002 film directed by Gillies MacKinnon and written by Nick Perry. The film is a thriller and stars Jonny Lee Miller, Andy Serkis and Gary Lewis. Denis Hopkins (Jonny Lee Miller) seems to have the perfect life, a job as a pilot, a beautiful home and wife Valerie (Paloma Baeza) who is expecting their first child. One night, Denis and Valerie's home is broken into by a borderline psychotic thief named Ricky Barnes (Andy Serkis) who shoots and kills Valerie, coldly saying to Denis: 'I'm going to let you live'. Valerie dies