Edge of Tomorrow (Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton!)

Was pleasantly surprised by this. A very solid film with some brilliant CGI effects. Could be trimmed down about 20 minutes but is a very (surprisingly) good film.

Well worth a watch.

Oh Krudler.. I learnt my lesson from Oblivion, stay away from the trailers..

Off to see this in the afternoon. (Friday)

No interest in this film , haven't seen probably his last half dozen films and judging from the supermarkets ive been in they seem to end up in the bargain buckets pretty fast.
I think he needs to change it up.
I'd like to see Cruise in a smal Indy film or as part of a strong ensemble cast or in a Cohen brothers or O'Russel film or just something different than this same old formulating blockbuster where he's the star /come promotion salesman.
I"m not sure if it's the fact that he has no interest in doing this or if it's that certain kinds of directors just don't want him in their films cause he"s kinda one dimensional nowadays and lacks a bit of depth so they go for someone like a Christian Bale instead.
Can't help wondering would alot of these cliche roles not work just as well with Cage or Statham or whoever...Not talking box office , just general effectiveness.

My take -

You have to hand it to Tom Cruise. He has had his fair share of bad PR and has endured a great deal of ridicule and criticism over the past few years but he still manages to come up with the goods when it matters. He’s one of the most successful movie stars on the planet with a very impressive body of work. It would be very easy for him to rest on his laurels and just cruise (sorry) from one formulaic film to the next, collecting monster paycheques along the way. Instead, he seems to revel in making bold choices – working with different directors, finding and developing exciting scripts, pushing the envelope in terms of storytelling and effects and, most important of all, taking risks.

Edge of Tomorrow is no exception. It’s a cracking, intelligent, engaging and darkly comic action thriller.

It’s also one of the best sci-fi films of the last few years.

The set-up is straightforward enough – in the near future, an alien race (called Mimics) has invaded Earth and all-but defeated the world’s military units. Cruise plays Major William Cage, a military officer who specialises in media relations but has virtually no trigger time, who is unwittingly deployed into a massive combat mission against the aliens on the coast of France. Cage is killed within minutes, but finds himself caught in a time loop, living the same day from the same point over and over again. The catch is – Cage must die to restart each loop. And with each loop, he begins to train relentlessly to prepare himself to outwit the aliens, teaming up with Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (played by Emily Blunt) to try and defeat them once and for all.

The refreshing thing about Cruise’s character is that he’s not your stereotypical, gung-ho, fearless, indestructible hero. He’s a military officer with a very cushy number who is literally thrown in at the deep end and he must dig deep and use the abundance of extra time he has been given to try and save mankind.

Director Doug Liman (Swingers, The Bourne Identity) wastes very little time with exposition and rapidly plunges us right into the heart of a beach landing sequence to rival Saving Private Ryan. Thousands of troops land on the coast wearing impressive futuristic exoskeletons to help them fight the terrifying mimics. And we get to revisit this battlefield many times over, with Cruise and Blunt learning from their fatal mistakes and rectifying them in the next loop.

Liman does a great job of managing the many, many time loops, showing us just what we need to see with each reset, advancing the story and the mission a little bit further each time.

The design of the alien Mimics is very original and they are genuinely terrifying whenever they are on screen. The film, although never particularly gory, definitely pushes the boundaries for a 12A rating.

One of the most surprising things about the film is the liberal use of humour. It has several genuine laugh-out-loud moments, most of which revolve around Cruise meeting his end in a series of darkly comic ways. He seems to be having a lot of fun here and, despite being 52, is showing no signs of letting up in the physical action stakes.

The film boasts a strong supporting cast too. Brendan Gleeson is reliable as always as Cage’s commander. Emily Blunt does a terrific job as the battle-hardened, no-nonsense Angel of Verdun, nicknamed the “Full Metal Bitch.” And it’s great to see Bill Paxton (Aliens, The Terminator) on the big screen again, being utilised to his full potential. Between this and his recent stint on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. I hope this is the start of a career resurgence for Paxton.

Sure, there are shades of Groundhog Day, Elysium, Source Code, Saving Private Ryan and a host of many other time travel, science fiction and war films, but Edge of Tomorrow somehow still manages to come out the other end feeling wholly original. Doug Liman has already shown that he is very adept when it comes to action (Mr. and Mrs. Smith, The Bourne Identity) but with Edge of Tomorrow he has established himself as a very credible sci-fi director too. Based on this I wouldn’t mind seeing him take on one of the Star Wars spin-off films in the next couple of years.

There are a couple of minor plot holes here and there. The grand finale doesn’t QUITE reach the dizzying heights of the incredible beach sequences that make up much of the film’s first half. And the ending will no doubt generate much discussion and light up internet message boards with theories and opinions. But isn’t that what great movies do?

Edge of Tomorrow is a whole lot of FUN, unlike a few recent po-faced blockbusters (I’m looking at YOU, Godzilla). See it with a large audience and enjoy.

Highly recommended.

CatFromHue wrote: »

Just back from it and enjoyed it alot.

I do wonder how it will fare in the US as it is Europe based but that's for another day.

Emily Blunt is very very lovely too

Agreed!

Cartel Mike wrote: »

I've already said I"ve no interest in watching these movies ffs can't you read?
Tell me how any of those films you mention cant accurately be loaded onto a 30 second trailer? Why should I watch them when I know exactly what their about after 3 seconds. What is he doing in these films that Jason bloody Statham cant?
Suggest one I should watch and why should watch it.


People like you annoy me. Please quote the orther half my post that you left in so expetedly left out and give some sort of opinion in it ffs


This is for the the poster who quoted me above.
(quote button didn't work sorry)

Sure why bother watching any film when you can get a 30 sec sum up on youtube, that's some pretty silly reasoning right there.

krudler wrote: »

Sure why bother watching any film when you can get a 30 sec sum up on youtube, that's some pretty silly reasoning right there.

Is it?

I haven't seen Death race or The Mechanic ( Jason Statham) and I can tell you exacfly what those films are about ....based on a 30 sec trailer . Can't you?

Mickeroo wrote: »

That's kind of the whole point of a trailer...

Thank you


It also tells you that it's a certain kind of film and that's it's Jason Statham being well... Jason Statham

krudler wrote: »

What's Jason Statham got to do with this? Cruise is a good actor, he just needs to take more chances or do smaller movies, his comedic stuff in Tropic Thunder was hilarious. He is the most famous movie star in the world and he's what 53 now almost? he's probably just getting the action stuff in while he can and do less physical stuff later on his career. I would like to see him reteam with someone like Michael Mann

Tom cruise is decent actor.There are hundreds of great actors and alot of better actors.He probably is the most famous actor on the planet cause he literally tirelessly travels the entire planet to promote his latest summer action 'blockbuster' , he's an old fashioned movie star who now plays old fashioned roles.
The formula now is tiresome , I can't even remember when the last time he was even nominated for anything , yet in mind actually win anything and Its not as if he 's ever actually made an Oscar winning performance compared to actors who have won an actual Oscar. You don't get Oscars for making money .
I"m glad you like his films cause I have to say I think i alot of his recent roles don't require much acting as dar as i can make out.

I think Its a safe bet bis next role will be simiar to this one.

Amalgam wrote: »

City centre cinema wanted €14 a ticket, I made my way out to the suburbs (IMC) and watched the last Friday show in a loosely packed cinema.

14 quid, really?
name and shame!

Just back from this, not a huge Cruise fan but loved every minute of it. Superb!

Got to say it was Tom Cruise best blockbuster in a while, although I taught Jack Reacher is underrated gem. Loved Emily Blunt, has she ever been as hot then in this, I think she's so under used so far in Hollywood but in this she rocked. Loved that Cruise character was a bit of ass at the start of the film, the whole reliving the moment over had some dark wicked funny moments. Bill Paxton and Brendan Gleeson cameo's are always welcome. I agree with The Black Oil that but nothing that took away from the film.

got to say Tom Cruise on his day is a excellent actor, he hasn't took risks in a while like he did in his earlier career. Rain Man (he's better then Dustin Hoffman) and Born on the 4th of July were top performances. Jerry Maguire and Magnolia were great performances too. He's great when he plays flawed characters.

Saw it yesterday and really enjoyed it though I'm still not entirely sure I understood the end correctly.

Great to see Bill Paxton again. I must watch Frailty again. It's an excellent horror/suspense film he directed, staring Matthew McConnaughy before his rom-com days. Hopefully it's on Netflix somewhere.

Box office wise it seems to have gotten off to a bad start. It took only $20m internationally over the weekend. Admittedly it was an off peak show at noon when I saw it, but there were only 2 of us in a 240 seat screen. It's on every bus stop in madrid and one of the top tv shows moved their entire studio to London last week for an hour long special with Cruise and Blunt.

With regards the ending...