Review of Edge of Tomorrow (2014) by Stefano L — 06 Feb 2015

Directed by Doug Liman (Swingers (1997), Go (1999), The Bourne Identity (2002) and Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)), and adapted from the Japanese Manga novel All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. This is a high concept action sci-fi thriller, which on the surface melds together the time loop scenarios of Groundhog Day (1993) and Source Code (2011)), but it manages to work very well.

An alien invasion has taken over most of mainland Europe, these are aliens known as Mimics, and they're heading for the UK. Major William Cage (Tom Cruise), a spokesman for the United Defense Forces is signed up to fight, something he doesn't want to do, but has to after he tried to blackmail General Brigham (Brendan Gleeson), he ends up stripped off his rank and thrown into fighting the Mimics on the beach at Normandy.

Cage is killed in battle, only to wake up the morning before it happened. He tries every way he can to get out of it, but he can't and the day repeats itself again and again, but he soon finds his answer into getting out of it in Sergeant Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt.

) It's a very good idea for a film, and the battle sequences on display are almost insane, and it manages to have some good fun along with way without (pardon the analogy) becoming repetitive. It's not like other action films, this is that rarest of beast, an action film that's also a clever and intelligent think piece.