So for this third blog I decided to watch a movie called Minority Report, starring Tom Cruise, because let’s face it, anything starring Tom is going to be a little out there. The movie is a science-fiction thriller that was released in 2002 and directed by Steven Spielberg.

The movie is set quite far in the future, in 2045, against a backdrop of futuristic buildings lining the skyline mixed with those of the past. What is interesting is that the concept of the movie is the notion of “Pre-crime” , a term used in the movie, essentially meaning preventing a crime before it is committed. They use these “pre-cogs”, people in pods who are considered never to be wrong, to generate the names of potential violent offenders.  I do not want to spoil the entire plot of the movie, because I think this is a movie that everyone should take the time out and watch.

It is extremely interesting  to think about where society and technology are moving in the law enforcement field, in my opinion. If it were possible to prevent murders before they occur, this would create ripples in the crime world. Think of all the lives that could be saved. I believe society would function without a sense of fear or an increased sense of safety. These days especially where guns and other weapons are quite readily available to those who seek them, and society lives in fear of crime and violence.

This movie is definitely eye-opening and asks the question, what if there was no more murder? For this I wonder, would we be safer?  Or would there be some other technology developed to get around this?