Examining and piecing together those fragmented views, cops such as John Anderton (TOM CRUISE) and his partner Gordon Fletcher (NEAL McDONOUGH) figure out who's going to kill whom as well as when and where the murder will take place. Racing against the clock, they then arrest the perpetrator before the event actually occurs, and then send them off to a prison containment facility overseen by Gideon (TIM BLAKE NELSON).
All of the system works and there's a plan to take it nationwide, but Danny Witwer (COLIN FARRELL) of the Justice Department has reservations about the legality and morality of the whole setup, especially when he learns that John is a drug addict whose wife, Lara (KATHRYN MORRIS), left him after their young son disappeared and was presumably killed years ago.
Things then become more complicated when John is seen in the next round of psychic visions as a pending murderer. Not recognizing the upcoming victim or why he might be inclined or forced to kill him, John goes on the run, eventually enlisting the aid of Lara, Agatha and an underground eye surgeon, Dr. Eddie (PETER STORMARE), all while trying to clear his name and figure out whether he's being set up or really will kill another person.
Violence consists of several people being shot to death, non-lethal fighting, and various quick images of real or psychic-based visions of past or future violence, including murder (including that inflicted by scissors and drowning, etc.). Some of those scenes and other material (including some effective jump scenes) may be unsettling and/or suspenseful to viewers, while the violence and other material have some bloody/gory results (including a bag containing some recently removed and bloody eyeballs).
Various characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes, while the protagonist is a drug addict of some sort (we see him inhaling an unknown drug), a few people drink or smoke, and some tense family material is present (a man being separated from his wife due to the disappearance and presumed death of his child, a man discovering his wife is having an affair, etc.).
Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home, you may want to look more closely at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content.
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(2002) (Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell) (PG-13)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Heavy
Heavy
Extreme
Heavy
Extreme
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Mild
Moderate
Extreme
None
Heavy
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Heavy
Minor
Moderate
Moderate
Extreme
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Reviewed June 17, 2002 / Posted June 21, 2002
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