Edge of Tomorrow
A military officer is brought into an alien war against an
extraterrestrial enemy who can reset the day and know the future. When
this officer is enabled with the same power, he teams up with a Special
Forces warrior to try and end the war.
Director:Doug Liman
Writers:Christopher McQuarrie (screenplay), Jez Butterworth (screenplay)
Stars:Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton
Storyline
An alien race has hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, unbeatable by
any military unit in the world. Major William Cage (Cruise) is an
officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously
dropped into what amounts to a suicide mission. Killed within minutes,
Cage now finds himself inexplicably thrown into a time loop-forcing him
to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying
again...and again. But with each battle, Cage becomes able to engage the
adversaries with increasing skill, alongside Special Forces warrior
Rita Vrataski (Blunt). And, as Cage and Vrataski take the fight to the
aliens, each repeated encounter gets them one step closer to defeating
the enemy!
User Reviews
Why do we go to the
movies? To be entertained, to laugh, to be amused, to be pulled into
situations that are far from ever happening to us. The only certainty in
today's film world that the film that you pick to watch in cinema is
Tom Cruise. If you go into cinema and see any of Cruise's films you can
be damn sure that that film won't disappoint you. Tom Cruise sure picks
great projects. Frankly, I have to say that I haven't seen a bad film
starring Tom Cruise.
Edge of Tomorrow is described by the
director himself as "Groundhog Day meets Starship Troopers". The former
mentioned is actually quite important since the trailers made this film
look pretty dark, which is not the case. This is fun action film with
lots of humor. Humor that perfectly fits this film. The time-loop allows
the Cruise's Colonel Cage to remember exactly the situation he repeats
over and over, which is many times very funny. At films with time-loop I
am alway worried that the film might get repetitive. Well you don't
have to when Doug Liman is at helm. The film has no time to get
repetitive when it is moving at such fast pace. An action scene follows
an actions and the scope is just mind blowing. This film packs in so
much in just two hours. Other films usually keep the best scenes for the
big finale. In Edge of Tomorrow all the action scenes are the best
scenes of the film.
Tom Cruise doesn't act as his usual self
here, he plays against type. He always tries to come up with something
new in his films. So in what role you haven't seen him yet? A wimpy
coward. He once again shows what a versatile actor he is. Emily Blunt,
as the kick ass Rita, has never been more likable in any of her films
than here. she handles the action and the drama perfectly. Bill Paxton
mostly just repeats his commands and lines about victory, but he is just
so great at that he ends up as one of the funniest characters in the
film
To me this comes as no surprise, that Edge of Tomorrow is
yet another sci-fi Tom Cruise film, which kick ass from start to finish.
What roller-coaster ride! This will be hard to top in the upcoming
summer season. There is nothing wrong with this film. It's got
everything. Even a helicopter crash!
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