The Minority Report
Today I’m going to discuss one of the most famous dystopian movies out there, and one which I have always found interesting in terms of the outline of the story.
The basic concept of the film is the story of John Anderton, who is the head of the precrime division, in which mutants named precogs are able to predict crimes before they occur, thus allowing the precrime division to prevent crimes before they occur.
The story takes a turn when John Anderton, played by Tom Cruise is himself predicted to commit murder within the next week, on a man that he doesn’t know.
Suspecting he is being framed, John works to try and prove that there is a conspiracy on how the minority report is produced, and works to avoid that the prediction of the precogs has no certainty to it.
if you have not seen this film then I would definitely recommend it has as a must watch in the dystopian category.
the movie puts into question free will vs fate, and has the audience working to try and predict whether John is on a path to committing the very crime which he is convinced he would never commit, or whether he will be able to prove his innocence.
The ending is very interesting and not one that I predicted personally.
I have seen this film multiple times, and would rate it a solid 8.5/10 in this dystopian category.
Thank you for reading.