The key issue
1. Does man have free will? Do the foreseen events happen? Is it really fair to arrest these "uncriminals"?
2. At the beginning of the film, the protagonist John firmly believes that the predictions of the prophets are as certain as the laws of physics
3. When the incident happened to him, he questioned the system he had served for six years
4. In the face of "killing the enemy", John's reason prevailed, breaking the prophet's prophecy, embodying the victory of human free will, and also declaring the collapse of the system (explaining the loopholes in the system from the perspective of criminals)
5. The director used the echo effect to kill people, but the loopholes in the system were used by people with intentions to avoid legal trial, which once again proved the unreliability of the prediction system
Plot overview
The story takes place in 2054. The Crime Prediction Center has been established for six years and is about to be upgraded to become a key point of the state agency. The FBI sends commissioners to inspect the situation of the crime center. During the inspection process, our protagonist, Captain John, was prompted by the "prophet" and saw a murder case called echo. After entering the archives, he found that the archives were a bit strange, and then discussed with the director of the crime center.
Unexpectedly, the next time the Prophet predicted that the murderer was himself, John immediately decided to run away. When facing the pursuit of his former subordinates, John kept repeating: Everyone runs. No matter how much he believed in the accuracy of the prediction system before, "as accurate as the laws of physics", but when the time came, he still didn't believe that he would kill.
So he went to the designer of the system, Dr. Heyman, who told him that there was a "minority report", so John decided to go to the prophetess to download his "minority report", only to find that there was no such thing Reports that his killing is certain to happen.
So, John took the "prophet" to the predicted killing location, trying to find out why he would kill this person he didn't know at all, but found that this person was the murderer of his own son, so he wanted to kill him. During the period, the "prophet" has been begging him not to kill, the incident has not been caused, he still has room for manoeuvre. So the male protagonist really controlled himself and wanted to arrest the murderer instead of directly shooting him. At this time, it was discovered that this person was not a murderer at all, but someone took advantage of the male protagonist's biggest knot (losing his son six years ago) to deliberately make him a murderer.
So, the sequence of events is:
- John finds a problem with the case, tells the Commissioner
- The director has a murderous intention and hires someone to play the murderer of his son
- Prophecy: John kills
- John ran away, went to the scene of the crime to find out, and found that this person was "exactly" the murderer he was looking for
- John arrests the murderer and breaks the prophet's prophecy
Regarding the third point, the prophet's prophecy led John to know the existence of the "murderer", which led to the occurrence of the case. In the end, whether there is a case before a prediction, or a prediction before a case occurs, the two are "chicken-egg-chicken" problems, which are common passive information in science fiction stories.
Then, the FBI agent who had been deliberately portrayed as a villain suddenly stood up, justified the protagonist's case, and then pointed out the key suspect in the "Prophet" echo case: someone used the echo effect to create a murder case and avoid the prediction system 's trial. After telling the truth, the detective was shot and killed by the chief and completed the role mission. Since the "prophet" was out at this time, the prediction system was shut down and the case could not be detected (the twin brothers were hacked so badly, it was useless Ah. It is suspected that these two are simply decorations. "One" prophet may be questioned by the people and the government, so it creates an illusion of "democracy". What minority report, it is just a "dictatorship of the female prophet" from beginning to end).
Here, the best part is over. Later, the male protagonist was arrested, the male protagonist's wife rescued the male protagonist (the director's slip of the tongue exposed the case is a bit deliberate), at the inauguration ceremony of the director's National Crime Center, the director's murder was broadcast, everything was made public, the director committed suicide, and the crime prediction center The door was closed, all the previous "criminals" were acquitted, and the "prophet" lived a happy country life.
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