Minority Report story
Set in the year 2054, a specialized police department, called PreCrime, apprehends criminals based on foreknowledge provided by psychics called "precogs". It is loosely based on the 1956 short story "The Minority Report" by Philip K. Dick.
23 total · 8 major · 15 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with the death of a child | major | John grappled with the loss of his young son Sean, who was abducted from a public swimming pool and presumably murdered. |
| facing organized pursuit | major | PreCrime Captain John Anderton became a fugitive from the law after the precogs determined that he would commit a murder. |
| free will | major | One revelation of the film is that people can change their future once they become aware of it. |
| historical determinism | major | One revelation of the film is that people can change their future once they become aware of it. |
| law enforcement | major | The film follows a police department, known as PreCrime, that stops murderers before they act. |
| murder | major | The film follows a police department, known as PreCrime, that stops murderers before they act. |
| pre-crime responsibility | major | We are made to ponder the ethics of putting people away for murders that they are predicted to commit by special people who receive ore or less reliable visions of the future. |
| precognition | major | A trio of "precogs" saw murders being committed before they happened. |
| advertising in society | minor | The ads in this society were personalized to a potentially disturbing degree. For example, a public advertisement addressed John by name and urged him to purchase something. |
| collectively intelligent beings | minor | We learned that the trio of "precogs" formed a hive mind. |