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), 2
more credits.Stars:Tom Cruise, Emily
Blunt, Bill Paxton | See
full cast and crew.
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!
Written by Warner
Bros. Pictures.
Edge of Tomorrow Reviews
"You see this isn't the first time that we've
had this conversation. "
3 June 2014 | by Jan Kalina (Czech Republic)
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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!