Tom Cruise is the head of a pre-crime unit. Thanks to the amazing abilities of three genetically manipulated individuals who can foresee future crime (in particular murder) Washington has become a place free of killing. Thousands of people have been incarcerated by the state before they have had the opportunity to commit their crime, but when Cruise's character finds himself accused of a future murder he sets out on a race against time to discover how, and indeed if, he has been set up. Minority Report is an adaptation of a Philip K Dick novel, a man whom Orwell would no doubt have deemed a kindred spirit, and as a fast paced action thriller it works very well though it, perhaps wisely, does its utmost to side step the dark heart of Dick's work.