Review of Edge of Tomorrow (2014) by Rick R — 10 Feb 2015

Edge of Tomorrow (2014).

I always remember the tagline, Live, Die, Repeat easier than this title. It was always printed bigger on the posters. Although this sci-fi actioner didn't do as well at the box office, it can sure improve on DVD and cable viewing.

Major William Cage (Tom Cruise) is an armed forces PR man, but gets thrown into active combat duty by General Brigham (Brendan Gleeson). He is pretty much dropped into a beach-head frontal attack (basically a suicide mission) that is being demolished by an alien force that is taking over the planet. When he is killed off, he finds that he is repeating the events over and over again in a constant time loop. Think of the movie, Groundhog Day only with aliens. :-).

He soon meets up with a Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt) and finds that he had killed a certain type of alien that allows him to resets the day after each death. Knowing the future, he can use this to his advantage to try to learn from his mistakes, to train, and arrange to destroy the alpha aliens.

This is a good movie with a nice scence of humor and I highly recommend it.