themes minority report plot science fiction neo noir film concerns number themes film plot centers trio called future images called crimes committed images processed specialized police department criminals based cast includes officer agent senior superior film combination thriller science fiction characterized movie story percent character percent complicated storytelling layers layers murder mystery plot film central theme question free examines free exist future set known advance concerns role government protecting time picture given america debates government expanding powers minority report presents future increasing electronic surveillance advertising role media future state electronic presence nearly potential legality prosecutor repeated theme broken family analysis aspect motivated parent divorce child free main theme classic philosophical debate free main questions film raises future set free alter future critic commented outset minority report promises deep subject matter possess free fate added question visions correct reviewer asked vision accurate way isn actually going kill set clever criminal wants way states knows future change film indicates knowledge future actually factor causes death describes main free film biggest possible act accusing murder begin chain events leads situation runs accused reason ends circumstances forced kill hunted man away accusation question committing criminal act prediction drives act self fulfilling prophecy vicious circle delicious little film scholar argues scenario free exists perpetrators control actions visions facts resulted choices central theme movie discussed film fourth scene discusses system division staff believes main arrests individuals broken laws responds later arrives discussion acknowledges raises prevent event accepted fact happen people regularly use picks wooden ball rolls catches lands ground asked caught ball says going fall replies didn tells fact prevented happening doesn change fact going happen feels example faulty sense ball free merely acts according laws physics acknowledges individual freely chosen commit murder hold film scholar points unlike laws physics series scientifically laws merely visions psychic abilities fully explained science visions future incorrect people punished crimes commit contends attain knowledge calls future cites evidence examples scene mall dangerous events helping later scene tells wife happened child lived example knows freely choose presented specific facts provides second knows happened son based specific scenarios life freely chosen selections people life freely according unit removes individuals precise situations freely choose murderer philosophy professor says way future seen led believe influence argues knowledge future enables changes prevent occurrence means arrested potential killer film opening scene destined fate action undertake change individuals minority reports chance change according minority report possible alternative fate change future having access visions compares humans situation robot robot controls set number programmed actions fate falls actions lacks free sense choose action outside programming exist considers decaying chance survival hour actions undertake change odds fate pure chance believes person needs set options knowledge options ability choose free political legal said arrest criminals chance commit crimes movie real world background america saying giving freedom government protect future world minority report robotic human public advertising arrived american theaters country debating governmental intrusion personal matters necessary ensure safety citizens said system possible believes exist control undoubtedly abuse powers questions film hands trained skills political intrigue science fiction scholar asserts political context seen metaphor racial view liberation end form slavery feels isolation ensures visions merely facts removes having justify ignorance results visions prevents knowing effectiveness program feels officers qualified evaluate december edition academic journal scholar moved past point asserting fully understand visions process images interpreted makes individual understand use apparatus machinery effective precise according cooper system effectively makes capture certain crime system targets cruise instead fleeing remains vicinity belief system logic correct apparatus considered according cooper cruise knows cleared life immediately return normal respect cooper feels far security state film argues government playing god seeing eye prevent murder film presents legal system office images minds coherent order display set judges judges appear video feeds analyze images according cooper view images listen string pro ratification accused present allowed defense convicted aware trial program marketed similar basic fashion tag line works cooper says typical american courtroom drama audience treated jury system instead hero proven innocent audience seeks instead guilt transferred system proving existence minority report renders justice system doubt related merely gathering images ability interpreted ability correct perfect circumstances system guilt exist media conceived idea future world capitalism government surveillance think tank summit told right privacy diminishing soon thrown right window according film critic minority report demonstrates future unconscious thoroughly movie appeared theaters common source reviewers complaints film product placement found film scholar says purpose advertisements runs encouraging buy certain products extension place society advertising partly invasion privacy argues cooper cold cooper discusses feels minority report emphasizes future importance control imagery according images captured visions film power control processing says film warns viewers control images carefully overseen prevent abuse power film presents governance problem image arrangement film presents future world government use advanced media technology monitor cooper says arises film way escape media industry future time defending need image manipulating institutions feels raises issue concern leveled image makers says film virtue lies provoking question notes film ending concludes looking peaceful exterior rain visible reading isolated farm families apparently free electronic surveillance self perception writing academic journal scholar analyzing movie discusses self perception individual develops based views outside notes child function mirror begin develop understanding perception self contained learn partly mirror contrasts anderson discovers vision future self beginning film shows little concern feels pity responds better don think human shortly shown tears home high hard drug mourning loss son enters similar period self examination visions mother death informed merely echoes faulty image memory begins interpret images commit murder begins sort according hall begins searching possible versions representation available represents murderer hall says images convinced properly understood murderer convinced murderer literally obsessed seeking resolve images reality previously peace hall says accept image sees visions unable reconcile hall says forced decide likely errors occurred system escapes building enters mall hall feels disturbed advertisements calling away presence remind lost place society begins false consciousness previous position fixed subject allowed said punished previous effectiveness program fact doesn spend time thinking moral consequences like sporting event suddenly sporting event makes soccer ball doubts future lead examine previous life better understand according hall runs role system son disappearance reconstruct past fact kills healed later recreated subject previously knowledge killer repaired self image person longer believes system hall says final dilemma desire running inability bring kill desire live drives suitable action suicide left truly events argues hall wife saw images murder cause broken family carry childhood old consciously try far childhood creates traces minority report suffered tragic personal loss lost child wife left reminds divorce parents try away avoid minority report continues tradition depicting broken families dick short story childless married man main motives self preservation preventing division trying save movie greater concern story son disappearance later transform science fiction film war worlds story single man divorced father concerned protecting children notes tragic parent child relationships picture john common element movie shots submerged water face shown close shot taken directly submerged milk nutrient bath photos mother submerged corpse shown emphasized photograph similar image face taken directly son shown pool flashback scene contest hold breath longest john underwater son taken later apartment shown lying immersed filled manner finds similar shots ann notes screenwriter frank introduced 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