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Based on a short story by the late Philip K. Dick, this science fiction-thriller reflects the writer's familiar preoccupation with themes of concealed identity and mind control. Tom Cruise stars as John Anderton, a Washington, D.C. detective in the year 2054. Anderton works for "Precrime," a special unit of the police department that arrests murderers before they have committed the actual crime. Precrime bases it's work on the visions of three psychics or "precogs" whose prophecies of future events are never in error. When Anderton discovers that he has been identified as the future killer of a man he's never met, he is forced to become a fugitive from his own colleagues as he tries to uncover the mystery of the victim-to-be's identity. When he kidnaps Agatha (Samantha Morton), one of the precogs, he begins to formulate a theory about a possible frame-up from within his own department. Directed by Steven Spielberg.

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Item model number ‏ : ‎ 6911757
Director ‏ : ‎ Steven Spielberg
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, AC-3, Blu-ray, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Color, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 26 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ April 19, 2016
Actors ‏ : ‎ Tom Cruise, Arye Gross, Jessica Harper, Patrick Kilpatrick, Caroline Lagerfelt
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Studio ‏ : ‎ Paramount Home Entertainment
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0035WTJFW
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One of the best dystopian films made

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Brilliant direction from Spielberg, fantastic performance of Tom Cruise and the supporting actors, with breathtaking sets and harrowing action all combine to create a cautionary tale of technology and ethical boundaries gone awry.

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Gripping philosophical chase drama

Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2022

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Loosely based on a story by Philip K. Dick, this film imagines a future where murders are anticipated and people arrested for the crime before they commit it. Behind this system are three people, kept in a vat in a state of semi-consciousness, who have the bizarre ability of foreseeing future murders. Their thoughts are projected on screens, and, when a murder is anticipated, the precrime unit is activated to make the arrest. The film opens as the unit swoops down to make an arrest seconds before the crime is committed. Before is the key here. The perpetrator catches his wife about to go to bed with a lover. He has a sharp scissors in his hands, but he claims he wasn’t going to do it. Nonetheless, he is arrested and imprisoned. The philosophical issue is whether he can be justly punished for a crime that he did not actually commit. Despite the people’s vision of the future, there is free will. Someone could decide not to commit the murder. The issue is made concrete when the head of the unit is foreseen to murder someone he has never met. About to be arrested he flees, but his efforts to establish his own innocence lead to the very situation that was foreseen, suggesting that the predictions themselves play a role in determining events. The film raises philosophical problems, but it is, at its heart, an action/chase story where we are once again confronting the evil that an out of control government is capable of inflicting. Ironically, despite Hollywood’s well-known liberal perspective, films like this one have promoted a right-wing survivalist agenda. Even so, the film is very gripping. You will be amazed how quickly 2 1/2 hours fly by.

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If you could see the future, could you prevent it from happening? Or would events somehow conspire to make it come true?

That's the question -- never quite answered -- that lies at the heart of "Minority Report," a tightly-plotted, well-acted sci-fi movie that dabbles in chronophilosophy when it isn't bouncing through intertwined murder mysteries. Steven Spielberg's direction is tight and dramatic, the actors all do excellent jobs, and the one downside is the lackluster fight scenes.

In the not-too-distant future (next Sunday A.D.), murder is no longer a problem in the Washington DC area. The PreCrime Unit uses three "precogs" to predict where and when a murder will happen, and apprehend the murderers before they have a chance to kill.

Ever since his son was kidnapped, Captain John Anderton (Tom Cruise) has thrown himself into his PreCrime work. His faith in it is absolute, even when the justice of it is questioned by a clever young auditer, Danny Witwer (Colin Farrell). But then one of the precogs sees a vision of Anderton committing a crime: in 36 hours, he will shoot a man he has never even met before.

Like anyone else, Anderton immediately goes on the run, hoping that there is some way that the precogs could be mistaken about what will happen. His former partners and coworkers are all trying to hunt him down before he kills, but they aren't able to keep him from kidnapping the precog Agatha (Samantha Morton). Is Anderton doomed to his fate, or is the future not what PreCrime thinks it is? And who has set him up?

You can't really have a story about knowing the future without delving into the whole "free will vs. determinism" debate -- are we masters of our own fate, or will the future unfold as it was foretold? While it only lightly touches on the debate itself, "Minority Report" hinges entirely on those questions -- and while obviously it can't answer them entirely, it wraps the story in twists and double-twists that swing it both ways.

Spielberg's direction is tight, sleek and fast-moving, and he tosses in casually cruel touches (the eye-scanning spiders) that show the lack of real justice in PreCrime's world. He also shows that he's pretty amazing at making a murder mystery, twisting together some seemingly unconnected murders with a truly plausible precog-related motive. Everything makes sense by the end.

The movie's biggest problem is that the action scenes just aren't that good. The most ludicrous one is Cruise and Farrell fistfighting in a car factory as giant deadly robot arms assemble a car AROUND CRUISE, followed by Cruise simply driving out of the building. Yeah, that won't need fuel or anything.

As for Cruise, he's pretty good here. He's playing the same character he usually plays -- a pure-hearted yet tormented man fighting against the Big Bad System, and his flaws (addiction to a drug I didn't really understand) don't detract from his heroism.

Honestly, I was more intrigued by Colin Farrell's subtle performance as Danny Witwer -- a quiet, religious, intense man whose sense of justice is needled by the existence of PreCrime, and whose hunt for Anderton makes him realize that there's more going on here.. And there's a ring of other excellent performances -- Samantha Morton's ethereal Agatha, Max von Sydow, Neal McDonough, and the wildly underused Kathryn Morris as Anderton's estranged wife.

"Minority Report" is a solid, sleek action movie draped in a mantle of philosophical ponderings, and only the clumsy action sequences bog it down. Even if you're not a fan of Cruise, this movie should be seen.

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Le film se déroule à Washington en 2054. Il s'ouvre sur John Anderton, le chef de l'organisation gouvernementale expérimentale Précrime qui existe depuis 6 ans. Il a rejoint cette unité à la suite de la disparition de son fils, juste quelques mois après le début de Précrime.

Dans cette première scène, son équipe est en train d'appréhender un suspect. On découvre qu'à cette époque on parvient à prédire les crimes à l'aide de précogs (abréviation de précognitifs, « qui ont la capacité de voir l'avenir ») : trois humains en état de stase, préservés au cœur du siège de Précrime, fournissent de manière explicite l'heure du méfait, le nom de l'agresseur et le nom de la victime. Tous les autres aspects du crime (notamment le lieu) ne peuvent être obtenus qu'en décryptant de maigres indices dans les images relayées par les cerveaux des précogs.

Anderton est depuis quelque temps supervisé par Danny Witwer, un agent du Ministère de la Justice envoyé pour évaluer le système car les Américains vont bientôt être consultés par référendum pour étendre à tout le pays le programme Précrime, uniquement utilisé à Washington.

Après l'intervention et le placement en état de stase du pré-criminel, Anderton retourne dans son appartement et y regarde des vidéos holographiques de son fils de six ans. Il devient évident, dans l'esprit du spectateur, que celui-ci est décédé et que l'agent vit désormais seul.

Le lendemain, Witwer visite la salle où les trois précogs reposent dans un bassin rempli d'une substance translucide. Anderton, en retrait, est apostrophé par l'un des précogs, Agatha, qui émerge de l'eau et lui montre des images d'une femme en train d'être assassinée. Intrigué des circonstances inhabituelles de révélation et du fait qu'un seul des trois précogs a eu une vision, Anderton enquête.

Les précogs peuvent avoir des réminiscences d'affaires intervenues plusieurs années plus tôt (les « échos »). Comme un seul précog a eu cette vision, il suppose qu'il s'agit d'une vieille affaire. Il retrouve effectivement la tentative d’assassinat en question. Elle date de six ans, avant son arrivée à l'agence, et a été une des toutes premières traitées par Précrime. Il s'agit de la tentative de meurtre par noyade d'une certaine Anne Lively (bien sûr sauvée sur le coup ; mais n'ayant plus donné de signe de vie depuis quelques années et donc portée disparue). Les images des deux autres précogs sont enregistrées. Mais celles d'Agatha, a priori la plus fiable du trio (elle a souvent les visions avant les autres), n'existent pas pour cette affaire : elles semblent avoir été effacées. En vérifiant, il constate que 12 autres cas de meurtres sont incomplets. Anderton prévient alors le richissime créateur de la cellule Lamar Burgess, en qui il a toute confiance. Celui-ci n'apparaît pas inquiet par ces absences. L'agent retourne donc à son travail.

Un nouveau meurtre va avoir lieu dans trente-six heures. La victime s'appelle Léo Crow. Mais en récupérant le nom du meurtrier, Anderton voit qu'il s'agit de lui-même. Sachant qu'il va être capturé, il s'enfuit. Anderton n'a jamais rencontré ce Léo Crow et croit à un faux monté par Witwer pour discréditer le système, il parvient alors à contacter discrètement Lamar Burgess. Celui-ci l'assure de sa confiance mais lui indique qu'il est absolument impossible de trafiquer les visions des précogs. Parvenu à semer ses anciens collègues lancés à sa poursuite, mais sceptique, John décide de se réfugier dans la maison d'Iris Hindeman, cofondatrice de Précrime avec Lamar Burgess, mais retirée de la vie publique. La vieille dame lui révèle qu'il peut bel et bien arriver qu'un précog ait une vision de l'avenir un peu différente de celle de ses camarades (ce qui correspond aux 13 cas mentionnés) mais que, par souci de crédibilité, le système exclut alors la vision discordante et l'efface ! Toutefois, une trace de cette vision demeure présente dans l'esprit d'Agatha, la plus forte des précogs. Elle confirme n'être pas certaine que les meurtres auraient bien eu lieu dans ces cas de « rapport minoritaire ». Mis au courant de ce secret jusqu'ici connu des seuls Burgess et Hindeman, Anderton se met à douter pour la première fois d'un système en qui il voue une confiance absolue depuis six ans. Il y voit aussi sa seule chance de prouver son innocence : dans la récupération d'un « rapport minoritaire » de la prédiction le concernant, rapport qui aurait été ignoré par le système.

En 2054, il est difficile de se déplacer incognito car toutes les personnes sont soumises à des scanners rétiniens (pour la personnalisation des messages publicitaires audios par exemple). Pour échapper à toute identification, Anderton va se faire transplanter de nouveaux yeux chez un chirurgien clandestin. Alors qu'il dort pour récupérer de l'opération le temps que ses greffes prennent, l'agent rêve d'un souvenir : on apprend alors que son fils a été enlevé. Il se réveille et découvre que des agents de Précrime sont en train de fouiller le bâtiment où il se trouve. En quête du fugitif, l'équipe sur place déploie de petites araignées robotiques intelligentes chargées de scanner les yeux de tous les êtres humains à leur portée. Ayant retrouvé Anderton, celles-ci cherchent à l'identifier mais, du fait de l'opération chirurgicale, ne le reconnaissent pas.

Anderton se rend à Précrime où il arrive à pénétrer, en plaçant devant les multiples scanners d'identification rétinienne ses anciens yeux qu'il a conservés. Parvenu au cœur du bâtiment, il sort Agatha de son bassin, déconnectant ainsi le réseau de précogs qui fait fonctionner Précrime. Il s'échappe en embarquant avec lui la précognitive, et va trouver un de ses amis hacker qui scanne la mémoire d'Agatha : Anderton accède ainsi à la vision du meurtre qu'il est censé commettre. Toutefois, la vision est identique à celle qui avait été sélectionnée par le système : il n'existe pas de « rapport minoritaire » pour son cas, et il sera bien amené à tuer Léo Crow.

Anderton est déterminé à ne pas commettre ce meurtre de ce pur inconnu. Mais, pour échapper à la police qui le traque, une série de péripéties va le contraindre à trouver refuge... dans l'appartement de Léo Crow. En fouillant ce dernier, Anderton y trouve quantité de photos d'enfants éparpillées et, parmi elles, certaines de son fils. L'idée qu'il n'y a pas de « rapport minoritaire » pour son crime s'affirme : il a toujours prémédité la mort du ravisseur de son fils si jamais il le découvrait, et Leo Crow s'avère être celui-ci. Il décide donc de le tuer.

Sommé par Agatha (qu'il a emmenée avec lui) de réfléchir, Anderton reconsidère son envie de meurtre et décide simplement d'arrêter Crow. Il lui annonce ses droits Miranda. C'est alors que Crow annonce que s'il n'est pas tué, sa famille n'aura rien. Anderton comprend que tout cela était donc une mise en scène. Crow parvient à accrocher le pistolet d'Anderton et se suicide par police interposée en appuyant sur la main de l'agent. Anderton et Agatha quittent alors l'appartement : au courant de la prédiction, les agents de Précrime, orphelin de leur chef, n'ont en effet pas réussi à localiser assez rapidement le lieu pour empêcher le meurtre.

Pendant ce temps, Witwer visite Lamar Burgess et l'entretient de ses doutes sur la fiabilité du système. Il lui montre les rapports concernant le meurtre d'Anne Lively, qui intriguait Anderton et sur lequel il a aussi enquêté : le « rapport minoritaire » d'Agatha et le rapport majoritaire des deux autres précogs. Il a remarqué des différences qui tendent à prouver que les deux visions ne datent pas du même moment : le meurtre étant commis près d'un lac, on peut remarquer que d'une version à l'autre, les ondulations de l'eau ne vont pas dans le même sens. À cet instant, Lamar Burgess tue Witwer, sans raisons apparentes. En l'absence d'Agatha, le Précrime n'a pas pu prédire ce meurtre. Lamar Burgess peut faire disparaître le corps sans être inquiété.

Anderton s'est réfugié avec Agatha dans la maison de son ex-femme Lara et il comprend pourquoi il est l'objet de manipulations : la femme Anne Lively dont il a vu le meurtre n'est autre que la mère d'Agatha. Celle-ci tentait de récupérer sa fille, utilisée comme précog ; on l'a donc assassinée pour le bien du programme. Le mécanisme choisi est particulièrement subtil : l’assassin a engagé un premier tueur pour commettre une tentative de meurtre par noyade. Bien sûr repéré par la vision des deux précogs, Précrime était intervenu pour sauver Anne Lively. Mais quelques minutes plus tard, un second tueur était parvenu sur les lieux du crime, et avait reproduit la scène avec le même mode opératoire : les deux premiers précogs ont prévu ce second meurtre, mais les opérateurs ne remarquent pas les minuscules différences (le sens des vagues par exemple) et ont logiquement pensé qu'il ne s'agissait que d'un écho, classé sans suite. Agatha (sentant le peu de motivation de ce premier tueur à noyer sa victime) avait elle fait un rapport minoritaire sur la vraie tentative. Mais ignorant jusqu'à l’existence de ces rapports minoritaires inaccessibles, les opérateurs classent là aussi cette vraie vision comme écho, sans suite. Le meurtre avait ainsi bien pu avoir lieu, en toute impunité.

La police intervient à ce moment et arrête Anderton. Elle récupère Agatha qui est immédiatement remise en service. Plus tard, Lara s'entretient avec Lamar Burgess au sujet du meurtre d'Anne Lively. Elle comprend que, désireux de ne pas compromettre Précrime en rendant Agatha à sa mère, c'est lui qui en a été l'instigateur, peut-être même le second meurtrier. Elle parvient à libérer son ex-mari. Anderton se rend à la rencontre de Lamar Burgess et le confronte à son crime. Fou de rage en pensant que ces aveux vont ruiner sa carrière, Lamar Burgess décide de tuer son ex-ami Anderton, vision détectée par les précogs remis en service. Juste avant que la police n’intervienne, Anderton, alors qu'il se trouve sous la menace du pistolet de Burgess, lui indique alors que sa carrière est d'ores et déjà ruinée : s'il le tue, les précogs ont raison, Précrime est fiable... mais Burgess finira sa vie enfermé. S'il renonce, le système s'est trompé et Précrime sera immédiatement arrêté. Perturbé par cette contradiction insoluble Burgess se suicide. Pour la première fois en six ans, les précogs se sont trompés.

Dans la séquence finale, Anderton explique que l'expérience Précrime est arrêtée et que tous les précriminels ont été libérés sans condition. Les précogs ont été mis au secret et vivent une vie normale. Anderton s'est réconcilié avec Lara qui est enceinte...

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Fabulous 'real' sci-fi action thriller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 17, 2016

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Minority Report is one of the best ‘real’ science fiction movies of all time; by ‘real sci-fi’ I mean a film that looks intelligently at the world of tomorrow and asks thought-provoking questions, rather than simply blowing up spaceships. This is hardly surprising since it’s based on a short story by the philosophical sci-fi novelist Philip K. Dick, whose works were the inspiration for the equally brilliant Blade Runner and the distinctly daft Total Recall, amongst others. The set-up here is that three ‘Pre-Cogs’ are able to see murders before they take place, allowing Pre-Crime officers to arrest killers before they can commit the crime. Tom Cruise is the poster boy Pre-Crime cop who has secretly become a drug addict following the abduction of his son, Max von Sydow is the boss of Pre-Crime who will do anything to expand the experiment across the whole of the US, and Colin Farrell is the hotshot Attorney General agent trying to find flaws in the Pre-Crime system. When the Pre-Cogs predict that Cruise himself is going to commit a murder he is forced to go on the run. As he tries to find proof that he is not a future murderer he encounters various weird and wonderful characters and ultimately discovers that Pre-Crime is not the infallible system he thought it was.

Minority Report is brilliant in every regard from script to acting and from design to visual effects, all expertly marshalled by Steven Spielberg who skilfully combines the intricate, intelligent plot with dramatic action sequences. Cruise has never been better and the supporting cast is also superb, with Samantha Morton especially excellent as the Pre-Cog Agatha. There are also some really creepy sequences, such as the spyders and the eye surgeon. My only gripe is the way Cruise has to explain what has been going on rather than allowing the audience to work things out for themselves.

The film looks and sounds fantastic on Blu Ray, but I have some minor gripes about the bonus features. The good news is that all the material from the previous DVD release has been carried over, though bizarrely while you can pause these featurettes you cannot scan forwards or backwards, so if you miss something that someone has said you’ll have to start from the beginning! There are some very good new retrospective documentaries looking at the life of Philip K. Dick, the props, and the real world application of the movement-controlled computer interface. There is also some behind the scenes and previz footage from various key action sequences. One featurette I could have done without though is the Pre-Crime ‘mockumentary’.

Aside from not being to the control the old DVD extras this is an excellent collection of bonus material, but when you first click on ‘Extras’ the first option you see is an ‘interactive’ interview with Steven Spielberg. The interview runs for 34 minutes but along the way you have the option to watch various related interviews and photo montages and it took me a good couple of hours to get through everything. Then, to my dismay, I discovered that *everything* here is included in the other bonus material on the disc, apart from a few seconds of the Spielberg interview. In fact the vast majority of the disc’s bonus material can actually be watched via the rather cumbersome interactive pop-ups. I would suggest that you watch the Spielberg interview but don’t brother with the pop-ups, and then watch all the bonus material separately.

Minority Report is a brilliant film and aside from some niggles about the bonus features this is an excellent Blu Ray and absolute must-buy for any sci-fi movie fan.

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sci fi film of precogs is elaborate and fun

Reviewed in Canada on December 14, 2012

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Steven Spielberg is probably the best known film director in america and internationally recognized and its
amazing the breadth of his film work. From movies like E.T. which kids really loved to Schindler's List and many films in between there is a very wide range and this film is probably his most difficult as he admits in the bonus it has a film noir element like a john huston film, but though it is long, it never fails to keep you captivated. The source of the film a short story by philip k dick and it seems a strange source a short story, not much to go on, and I have read all his work including his short stories and as I rummaged through my house I couldnt find it. He was a pulp writer in California and had a sad life, many unhappy marriages, and unhappy life, poverty, writing for little money. He produced many straight novels(which are enjoyable) which went nowhere and turned to sci fi short stories, which barely made him a survival living, and then turned to novels and He won a hugo award in science fiction and became a very popular mainstream writer dieing all too young. Interesting novels of his later years were A Scanner Darkly(one of his best)..and his last THe TRansmigration of Timothy Archer..it was said he had a psychotic
episode later in his life...which he claims was religious and there was some controversey with his family..but who really knows? I mention these other works..since this john huston angle seemed to interest them about a pre cog(which features in many of his novels)..sounds like the film BladeRunner, about officials in the future stamping out
crime by having a knowldege of it, and the movie is about people who have death wishes and their bizarre minds and worlds as we are invollved in the worlds of the three characters. The movie is well put together and builds up to a crescendo and a good finish. It seems to be amovie that was put together and Spielberg came in at the last moment to direct though I can be wrong. It is a smart comment to make that it has within the scifi future a prosaic element, the everyday world of crime, the darkness of the human heart still their in future worlds, and Dick's stories are never really happy the opposite, as he envisions police state worlds in which capitalism exists in a future dominated by technology and often a flight to interplanetary worlds..where the politics of today are played out on other worlds. I recall years ago Spielberg put together a variety show, I think Amazing Stories(maybe I have the title wrong) it was one of his few forays in tv programming, reminiscent of the 50's/60's twilight zone/time
tunnel type shows, and for those who recall these shows as he must have, it was much anticipated but it never caught on with audiences, but it does show a type of interest in this type of tale..and his knowledge of old films and how to make new films, with the talents of the old reformulated into today's storyline and visual extravaganza, which is a signature of his films, make shim one of the best in hollywood. Tom CRuise is along and a scifi film like this one the film is really the star, which he knows when making it, but he's good as usual. He's been around a long time but he seems young still, and he's always interesting and alive and brings zest to any film, it's usually a better film when he's in it, I dont know a star who gets into his roles the way he does but not so much here due to the future settings which often overwhelm the acting..typical for this type of film. A very good film underrated a future oriented murder mystery with some comments on the future...and maybe the present..on a sour note do we really need to hear all the nonsense about scientology and this star..and glamorize elsewhere all types of social background on stars which is light and seems to be accepted as relevant and ok?, yet scientology, a person's religion which really isn't a concern to anyone, is under attack for 20 years, someone's religious beliefs and is an issue at a custody hearing..I kid you not...what bothers me is presses stamping such drivel on the front page..when the opposite should be true it should enhance his image at custody battles,,if it was his ex would they say anything?, so why throw this curve his way..he seems disturbed as he should be , and we all should be!!

Mr. Blu

Minor Blu-Ray Report

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 11, 2010

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I never saw this film on first release and got to know it only now as a BD release. The first thing to say is that the sound quality is spectacular. Whether listening to the futuristic weapons and flying devices, the wild action sequences, or just about anything you remember from the film, there is a good chance that you will be very impressed by the power and clarity of this HD soundtrack. The localisation of surround effects and the power chanelled to your subwoofer for Low Frequency Effects are also truly stunning.

What you will think of the video quality depends on your attitude to grain. Like "Saving Private Ryan" this is a film where Spielberg cultivated a grainy, almost grimy look at times, and HD makes grain more apparent! Having said that, I thought the film looked fantastic and accepted the grain, the somewhat reduced colours and occasionally unsettling contrasts as part of Spielberg's dystopic vision. None of this prevents the film from demonstrating exceptional sharpness in close-ups and giving a real sense of depth and plasticity to the image in mid-range shots and close-ups. There is no lack of detail, and that is the good side of grain. Remove the grain with DNR and you lose detail.

The film itself is packed with great perfomers, particularly Max von Sydow and Colin Farrell. It is a long-ish film but does not outstay its welcome, spinning a fascinating story with a perfect tempo and a generous smattering of twists and turns. The ethical issues it touches on are most compelling, even if they are in the end somewhat ducked by the nature of the film's resolution. I hope it's not a spoiler - (stop reading now if you don't know the plot and don't want to know anything about it) - to say that if the system had indeed been perfect then the moral questions would have been much more interesting.

A great film to watch and rewatch, sounding great in HD and looking great too. If you hate grain, switch your player's processing on and reduce it according to taste. For purists there is nothing to worry about.

Highly recommended.

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Ditchovitch

le blu ray respectueux du film

Reviewed in France on April 29, 2010

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Inutile de revenir outre mesure sur la qualité du film en lui même. Ce grand film de SF méritait amplement son passage au format blu ray que ses admirateurs devaient attendre avec impatience.
D'emblée il convient de préciser que la version HD du blu ray a été validée par Spielberg lui-même et qu'elle est issue d'un tout nouveau master 4K. Autant dire que la critique n'est dès lors pas aisée. Rappelons nous de l'image que nous avions vue au cinéma où Minority Report, l'air de rien avait un cachet particulier : Une image assez granuleuse, un effet de halo sur de nombreuses scènes, une surexposition régulière (contre jour) rendant une image souvent veloutée et très stylée et enfin une colorimétrie désaturée. Et bien, tous ces choix artistiques ont été parfaitement respectés pour le passage au format HD du blu ray. Du coup bien sûr, le grain volontaire est bien présent et visible sur la quasi totalité des images de même que la nature originelle veloutée de l'image. Cette image là risque peut-être de ne pas plaire aux détracteurs du grain et les amateurs d'images clinquantes risquent de ne pas être convaincus par la patine de certaines images. C'est pourtant comme cela que le film doit être vu sous peine d'être complètement dénaturé. Toutefois, il faudra vous accomoder de multiples petits points blancs assez présents sur plusieurs passages et l'une ou l'autre petite pétouille étrangement encore visibles sur le transfert (effet de style ou pellicule mal nettoyée?). Pour le reste, il n'y a pas réellement de sujet à polémique, l'image est clairement HD avec une extrême précision, un excellent piqué et des contours parfaitement dessinés. Certains plans sont détaillés à la limite du relief et la profondeur de champ est le plus souvent enthousiasmante. La colorimétrie désaturée est merveilleusement retranscrite et les scènes sombres, nanties de noirs ultra denses et stables sont parfaitement gérées. Ce transfert HD est vraiment de haut niveau compte tenu du respect du matériaux d'origine, je ne vois donc pas de raison d'enlever une étoile à cette édition surtout compte tenu de ce qui suit.
Les encodages audio sont explosifs et précis en DTS pour la VF mais plus encore en DTS HDMA pour la VO.
Les somptueux suppléments valident complètement cette édition blu ray avec plus de 3 heures de bonus dont de nombreux en HD.
La galette est emballée dans un très beau coffret métallique dans lequel est également fourni le film sur disque DVD. Vous pourrez donc comparez les versions du film pour vous convaincre de l'excellent choix de l'avoir acheté en blu ray.

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