Déjà Vu

Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg’sMinority Reportasked important questions about free will , and just four year later , a unlike sci - fi action - thriller starring Denzel Washington and Val Kilmer explored standardised ideas : Déjà Vu . Tom Cruise ’s Precrime Chief John Anderton and Denzel Washington ’s ATF Special Agent Douglas Carlin are both law enforcement agents who push engineering further than anyone else ever has to change the future . WhileMinority Report 2never happened , the thematic link between the two films makesDéjà Vua apparitional heir .

found onthe novellaThe Minority Reportby Philip K. Dick , Minority Reporttakes place in the near future , coiffe in 2054 , and using Precogs to predict a crime that is yet to be committed is a engineering so well - ground that it ’s about to be inflate commonwealth - wide . Déjà Vuis put in the present of 2006 , where a metaphysical discovery allows for the same ideasMinority Report ’s storyposits aboutdestiny and predetermination to be play out by look back in time rather than forward .

Déjà Vu’s Time Travel Story Flipped Minority Report’s Premise

Minority Reportis build up around the idea of quit something that has not yet happened . Through the Precogs , Precrime agents know who and when criminal offense are committed , but not where or why . Déjà Vuintroduces “ Snow White , ” a infinite - time bridge between the present and a very specific past tense , just four days and six hours previous . InDéjà Vu , Denzel ’s Carlin is recruited to help solve a bombing that has already come . Using Snow White , Carlin uses clues of when and how to solve who , essentially working off of the inverse information that the flushed balls provide the Precrime Unit .

Minority Reportlooks to the future to stop a crime that is believed to be inevitable from happening , butDéjà Vudoes the reverse …

InDéjà Vu , because Carlin approach Snow White ’s abilities from a fuzz ’s slant instead of a scientist ’s , he labor past the numerical probabilities to prove it is possible to not just maintain the yesteryear , but interact with it . Carlin first sends a note back and then eventually himself , changing the course of the future and preventing the bombing from bring home the bacon . Minority Reportlooks to the future to stop a crime that is believed to be inevitable from happening , butDéjà Vudoes the reversion : look at the yesteryear to make a dissimilar time to come .

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Minority Report vs. Déjà Vu: Which Time Travel Movie Was Better?

History Remembers This Major Collaboration In Minority Report

After many rumoredcollaborations between Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg , Minority Reportwas a extremely anticipated summer megahit between these two film titans . Even with a in high spirits budget for the geological era , Minority Reportwas a box office success , recuperating over three and a one-half time its budget . critic and audiences responded well toMinority Report , with the sci - fi film even winning an Oscar for Best Sound Editing . By comparability , Déjà Vuhad a decent box seat function total , make believe back more than double the budget , but overall had mixed reviews – despite being the third ofDenzel Washington ’s plastic film with manager Tony Scott .

Déjà Vu & Minority Report Comparisons

Minority Report

Deja Vu Denzel Washington Val Kilmer

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Box Office

$ 180 m

$ 358 m

Déjà Vu

Budget

$ 75 m

$ 102 m

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Rotten Tomatoes Rating

55 %

90 %

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Metacritic Score

58/100

80/100

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Minority ReportandDéjà Vupose similar question but approach the theme with dissimilar tonesand genres . Minority Reportis hard sci - fi with a cyberpunk esthetic and elements of horror as well , andMinority Report ’s iconic use of AIis shockingly forwards of its time . Déjà Vuis more of a crime thriller with a metre - travel hook . BothMinority ReportandDéjà Vuare first-class movies about fate , butMinority Reportis the time travel story film story remembers .

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