"Minority Report" is based on a 1956 short story written by Philip K. Dick. The movie tells the story of a Washington D.C. Precrime cop named John Anderton played by Tom Cruise.

The way the Precrime division works is as follows, there are three "precogs", the "precogs" are psychic who see the future, but the only future they see are murders. Once they see a killing they send the data to Anderton and his fellow cops and they then in turn try to stop the murder before it happens.

The start of the tension begins when Anderton is is tagged as a future killer. Anderton then is on the run as he tries to find out why he is being framed.

Cruise plays Anderton with a sense of an inner struggle that he just can't deal with. He feels the pressure of being the top cop and can't seem to come to grips of with why he would be so hated that he would be framed.

Anderton is a futuristic gumshoe as he sifts through the mystery of who he can and cannot trust.

Steven Spielberg directs in an old film noir style that shows why he is such a talented filmmaker. He also uses different lenses and film stocks to get an original look to his movie.

Spielberg keeps the pace going and is not afraid to take this film into much darker places than he normally does. Sure he gets Spielbergy nearing the end but he doesn't lose it. The special effects are top notch and his vision of the future is wonderful.

Cruise delivers the goods in another fine performance following "Vanilla Sky" and "Magnolia". He also keeps his action going strong as he did in "Mission Impossible 2". Max Von Sydow, Samantha Morton also star along with Colin Farrell who is just a few steps away from being Hollywood's next big star.

All the acting and directing added to a twisting mystery give us one of the summers best films.

The movie takes today's hottest star and top director to create a new world with a vision that others may try to achieve but very few will.