Minority Report

Minority Report at Lyric Hammersmith

Why see Minority Report?

seeing the future

Philip K. Dick's classic dystopian science fiction story Minority Report gets its thrilling stage adaptation by David Haig (My Boy Jack) and Director Max Webster (Life of Pi)! In the year 2050, Dame Julia Anderton's groundbreaking Pre-Crime initiative can predict the future and apprehend individuals before they've committed a crime. However, as Julia soon finds herself the subject of an accusation of Pre-Murder, will she be able to extricate herself from the very system she created?

First written in 1956 and adapted in 2002 into a hugely successful Steven Spielberg-directed movie starring Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell and Samantha Morton, this extraordinary new stage adaptation will employ cutting-edge technology to craft a science fiction world that will have you questioning how technological advances may shape our sense of justice.

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2 reviews, average rating: (2.5 Stars)

Joe

Ambitious and fun

All the reviews of this play b4 it came to London were good or excellent. Suddenly it comes to the big smoke and everyone wants to rip it to shreds, sometimes in the same publications that were lauding it's success prior to the Lyric run. Myself and 15 friends and family watched it on May 4th and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. It is by no means the best play ever. Ambition gets the better of itself at times and exposition and action clash along the way. However, it was ambitious, it was exciting, some of the exposition was there to really make you think and only 1 of our party didn't enjoy it, he doesn't like the theatre as a medium anyway, so nothing would have worked on him. If you want a slick sci-fi flick, go to the movies or stay at home. If you want an ambitious and fun night out, you could do a lot worse than seeing this play. BTW - I am a Londoner who likes good theatre at a fair price, certainly more than wasting a fortune in the west end watching some slick banal musical! ... Read more
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