Minority Report - Single Disc Edition [2002]

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Full of morally flawed characters, and shot in grainy desaturated colours, Steven Spielberg's Minority Report is futuristic film noir with a far-fetched B-movie plot that's so feverishly presented the audience never gets a chance to ponder its many improbabilities. Based on a short story by Philip K Dick, the film is set in the Orwellian near-future of 2054, where a trio of genetically modified "pre-cogs" warn of murders before they happen. In an SF twist on the classic Hitchcockian wrong-man scenario, Detective John Anderton (Tom Cruise) is the zealous precrime cop who is himself revealed as a future killer. Plot twists and red herrings drive the action forward, and complications abound, not least Anderton's crippling emotional state, his drug habit, his avuncular-yet-sinister boss (Max Von Sydow) and the ambitious FBI agent Witwer (Colin Farrell) snapping at his heels.

Though the film toys with the notion of free will in a deterministic universe, this is not so much a movie of grand ideas as forward-looking ones. Its depiction of a near-future filled with personalised advertising and intrusive security devices that relentlessly violate the right of anonymity is disturbingly believable. Ultimately, though, it's a chase movie and the innovative set-piece sequences reveal Spielberg's flair for staging action. As with A.I. before it, there's a nagging feeling that the all-too-neat resolution is a Spielbergian touch too far: the movie could satisfactorily have ended several minutes earlier. Although this is superior SF from one of Hollywood's greatest craftsmen, it would have been more in the spirit of Philip K Dick to leave a few tantalisingly untidy plot threads dangling. --Mark Walker

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Stargate SG1 Season 9 Volume 46.......2006-06-30

Again with a Stargate DVD this disc has a commentary for every episode, something unusual for a TV, but in a good way. The other special features offered on the disc are two featurettes, "Inside the Stargate Special Effects Department" and "SG1 Directors Series: Prototype featuring Peter DeLuise". The special effects featurettes starts by defining special effects and setting the record straight that they are physical effects not visual effects/CGI. I am always a fan of behind the scenes info and clips and this is a great extra for that. We get to see how the various effects, especially the explosions, were achieved onset. There's something entertaining about seeing actors running from a spacecraft when all we can see are the gun blasts hitting the ground.

The second extra is part of a series, this looking specifically at Prototype. It gets us properly behind the scenes as the director, the ever entertaining peter DeLuise talks us through the episode. This disc as is common with the Stargate DVDs is fully packed out and obviously a must if you are collecting the series.

brilliant mid season 2 parter.......2006-06-11

this is one of the best collection of episodes i have seen on a stargate dvd. eventhough there are only 3 episodes on this dvd, they are crackers. it shows the 2 parter mid-season cliff hanger and it also brings back one of the best vilans, Anubis. there is also a good british actor in it, which makes the character bold. this is a must have for your dvd collection, and you wont be dissapointed.

it contains all the best parts of the series. action, drama, the ori and amanda tapping. its one of the best dvds i have bought. its brilliant!!!

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