{"id":8452,"date":"2010-05-17T12:41:11","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T11:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=8452"},"modified":"2010-05-17T14:34:59","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T13:34:59","slug":"uk-dvd-blu-ray-releases-monday-17th-may-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2010\/05\/17\/uk-dvd-blu-ray-releases-monday-17th-may-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"UK DVD & Blu-ray Releases: Monday 17th May 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Minority Report<\/a><\/strong> (20th Century Fox Home Ent.): Steven Spielberg’s 2002 sci-fi thriller arrives on Blu-ray and has already garnered high praise for the quality of the transfer and extras. Adapted from Philip K Dick’s short story<\/a>,\u00a0it is set in Washington, 2054 where crime can be predicted by a specialised police unit using advanced technology and three psychics. When the head of the ‘Precrime’ unit (Tom Cruise) is shocked to see himself as a future murderer, he goes on the run and tries to figure out a murder he is going to commit.<\/p>\n

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Possibly Spielberg’s best film of the last decade, Minority Report featured a stellar supporting cast (Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Max Von Sydow) and a convincingly dystopian view of the future. Like Blade Runner<\/a> it combines a film noir narrative with a vision of a divided society where technology throws up recurring ethical\u00a0dilemmas. The production design and distinctive look of the film, especially the visual effects, have made it a favourite in tech circles as the touch screen technology appears to have had an influence on devices (iPhone<\/a>, iPad<\/a>) and operating systems (Windows 7<\/a>) since its release.<\/p>\n

The Blu-ray has already got raves for the quality of the transfer. Gary Tooze of DVD beaver has described it as<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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“impeccable – representing the film with pin-point authenticity. Achieving the intended appearance so succinctly I’d have to say this image quality is quite perfect – as perfect as I have seen in a while. It appears to look EXACTLY as the film was meant to. If you aren’t keen on the appearance blame the filmmakers not this pristine transfer”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There is actually a second Blu-ray disc featuring a lot of extras in HD as well as the features that were included in the standard 2002 DVD release.<\/p>\n

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The extras break down like this:<\/p>\n