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Minority Report

2002145 minutesPG-13
7.5
Arcplot Score
⭐ Excellent
Unverified
7.6IMDb
🍅 89%Rotten Tomatoes
Ⓜ️ 80/100Metacritic
🎬 7.3TMDb
📊 6.2Popularity
🏆Nominated for 1 Oscar. 20 wins & 91 nominations total
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
In the year 2054 A.D. crime is virtually eliminated from Washington D.C. thanks to an elite law enforcing squad "Precrime". They use three gifted humans (called "Pre-Cogs") with special powers to see into the future and predict crimes beforehand. John Anderton heads Precrime and believes the system's flawlessness steadfastly. However one day the Pre-Cogs predict that Anderton will commit a murder himself in the next 36 hours. Worse, Anderton doesn't even know the victim. He decides to get to the mystery's core by finding out the 'minority report' which means the prediction of the female Pre-Cog Agatha that "might" tell a different story and prove Anderton innocent.

Box Office

Budget:$102.0M
Revenue:$358.4M
Profit:$256.4M

Arcplot Score Breakdown

Beat Timing Precision7/10
Emotional Arc Impact5.5/10
Thematic Consistency10/10
Overall Score7.5/10

Beat Sheet

15 plot points

Minority Report Arcplot
1
Opening Image
1 min
2
Theme Stated
15 min
3
Set-Up
22 min
4
Catalyst
32 min
5
Debate
42 min
6
Break Into Two
52 min
7
B Story
62 min
8
Fun and Games
78 min
9
Midpoint
88 min
10
Bad Guys Close In
105 min
11
All Is Lost
115 min
12
Dark Night of the Soul
122 min
13
Break Into Three
128 min
14
Finale
137 min
15
Final Image
144 min

Emotional Arc

+100-10

Plot Points

#1

Opening Image

1 min

Washington DC 2054. PreCrime Division. Three precogs predict murders before they happen. John Anderton leads team. Stops crime before it occurs. No murder in six years. Perfect system. Anderton drug addict, haunted by past.

#2

Theme Stated

15 min

Agatha precog: "Can you see?" Theme of free will vs. predestination, guilt and redemption, and whether future is fixed or changeable. Choice matters even when knowing outcome.

#3

Set-Up

22 min

Anderton lost son Sean six years ago, kidnapped at pool. Marriage destroyed. Lives for PreCrime. Justice Department auditor Witwer investigating. National expansion imminent. Anderton haunted, broken, brilliant. Drug addiction controls him.

#4

Catalyst

32 min

Precogs predict Anderton will murder man named Leo Crow in 36 hours. Never met him. Makes no sense. Set up? Anderton now fugitive from own system. Everything he built hunting him. Must run.

#5

Debate

42 min

Should Anderton run or turn himself in? Believes in system. But knows he is innocent - has not killed anyone yet. Can future be changed? If precogs always right, is he destined to murder? Free will exists?

#6

Break Into Two

52 min

Anderton kidnaps precog Agatha. Escapes PreCrime. Eye replacement black market. Entering underworld. Former cop now criminal. Must prove innocence while hunted. System he created turned against him. No going back.

#7

B Story

62 min

Anderton and Agatha relationship. She sees everything, knows his pain. "Can you see?" Sean abduction memories. She guides him. Human connection despite her being imprisoned tool. She wants freedom, he wants truth. Help each other.

#8

Fun and Games

78 min

Chase through city. Spider robots. Apartment search. Agatha pulling Anderton through visions. Former wife encounter. Prison visit to creator of PreCrime. Promise: future noir, spectacular chases, uncovering conspiracy while hunted.

#9

Midpoint

88 min

Iris Hineman reveals minority reports - sometimes precogs disagree. Agatha sees differently. System not infallible! False victory: proof of innocence possible! But must still find Leo Crow. Stakes raised: conspiracy deeper than thought. Someone framing him.

#10

Bad Guys Close In

105 min

Find Leo Crow in apartment. Photos of Sean everywhere. Man who took his son? Rage. Crow confesses, says kill me, family gets money. Set up perfectly. Anderton has gun. Precogs were right - about to kill him. Predetermined?

#11

All Is Lost

115 min

Anderton about to shoot. Realizes frame job. Chooses not to kill - proving precogs wrong! But Crow jumps out window anyway. Dead. Still murderer. Captured by PreCrime. Imprisoned in halo. Lost freedom forever. Failed completely.

#12

Dark Night of the Soul

122 min

Halo prison. Consciousness imprisoned. Dreams of son. Witwer reviewing case. Agatha back in tank. Anderton mind in nightmare loop. System won. No escape. Choice meaningless. Past and future both traps. Hopeless.

#13

Break Into Three

128 min

Lara ex-wife releases Anderton. Witwer suspects conspiracy. Director Burgess is murderer - killed woman who wanted to stop PreCrime. Agatha mother. Synthesis: uncovered truth. Must expose corruption. Free will matters - chose not to kill.

#14

Finale

137 min

Confront Burgess. Reveal murder. Create paradox: if Burgess kills Anderton, proves system works but he goes to jail. If does not kill, system fails. Burgess commits suicide. PreCrime abolished. Precogs freed. Truth wins.

#15

Final Image

144 min

Precogs living peacefully in cabin. Free at last. Anderton and Lara reunited, expecting baby. New beginning. Redemption earned. System dismantled. Free will triumphs. Hope restored. Moving forward from past tragedy.