"You can choose. You can choose..."

So said the Pre-Cog, a sort of half-human, genetically engineered species capable of looking into the future. Thanks to the 3 of them, the city has been murder-free for 6 years, because each time a murder is about to be committed, the police catch them first. And it means they caught would-be murderers who have not yet committed the crime. So are they considered murderers? I'm watching Minority Report (Steven Spielberg), which has a great plot.

And one of the most intriguing issue is that it touches upon the paradoxical 'free will' versus 'predestination' issue. In John Anderton's 'murder', it seems that there is no contradiction between free will and predestination. Knowing full well what is going to happen as predicted by the Pre-Cog Agartha ('There is no minority report'), John retains his free will not to kill Leo, though the result is still the murder sequence as exactly predicted by the Pre-Cog. When she said, 'You can choose', John chose not to murder, but the 'murder' as seen in Agartha's vision still came true. It is as though predestination has forced the sequence of events to ultimately happen, though each individual believes he had the free will to change the course of the future.

Cheem? No worries, there are definitely some loopholes which I am not bothered to nitpick. I am just going to enjoy this great movie.

In the last part of the movie, though, free will is shown to triumph over predestination. John was supposed to die as predicted by the Pre-Cogs, yet when the familiar phrase 'You can choose' appears, the murderer chose to shoot himself instead of John, thus making the prediction invalid.

The most interesting part is when the Pre-Cog who had the power to see the future led John to escape through very clever means. I am very impressed. Truly a good sci-fi cum thriller film.