Minority Report

Who do you call when your precog gets clogged? Apparently Tom Cruise?s line was busy.

Minority Report is filled with brawling, shooting, and jet-packing through the futuristic world made popular by last summer?s film. This third-person action game delivers on its promise of re-creating the film, even without the voice and likeness of Mr. Cruise.

You should think about going into the plate glass business now because in the future everything is made from it. Minority Report?s hand-to-hand combat in the vicinity of all that plate glass adds up to plenty of work for the Xbox. The graphics engine handles it admirably and delivers a smooth frame rate?which is fortunate because throwing Precrime Officers through sheets of glass is one of the profound joys of Minority Report. The grapple and throw attacks are good fun, too, with undeniable echoes of Double Dragon. And you haven?t really lived until you?ve been bludgeoned by a Sick Stick or hurled a Puke Grenade into a crowd. Once again the Xbox is up to the challenge.

The Fun Factor suffers because of repetitive gameplay and unbalanced weapons and power-ups. Still, the more you love the movie, the more you?ll enjoy reliving it in the game.

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