Film Good but predictable
Edge Of Tomorrow is a film starring Tom Cruise as William Cage and Emily Blunt as Rita Vrataski. It's based on a light novel called All You Need Is Kill. If you've seen Groundhog Day, you'll see it coming. But it has Save Scumming, powered exoskeletons, and an Alien Invasion by those... swirly-tentacle thingies called Mimics. Unlike Groundhog Day, there's an explanation of why Cruise's character had these time loops every time he dies. I can't say that without spoiling it, sorry.
I have to say, the acting from the lead actors are good, though the visuals are nothing to sneeze at. The Mimics are menacing because they're friggin' fast! The power armors are a nice touch, since it's based on the exoskeleton suits IRL, but not to that scale in the movie. The action scenes are impressive to look at, especially when Cage and Rita runs through the beach kicking ass and taking names.
It's nothing to write home about but enjoyable enough to watch. On a side note, the movie's released on June 6th, D-day. It's likely intentional because the big battle takes place on a beach at France.
Film Live. Die. Repeat. And Worth the Rewatch.
Based on the light novel All You Need Is Kill written by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, Edge Of Tomorrow is a sci-fi film that takes somewhat standard and generic concepts of the genre such as power suits, time travel, and alien invasions, and puts them together in a way that keeps it from getting too stale or boring. Ultimately, this film may become case of Screwed by the Network as an uninspired advertising campaign has ultimately hurt the film's performance, despite it being much more than its faults.
I can't say much about the actual story, since it would spoil much of the plot, but it is quite good, if a little uninspired. A initially against-type performance by Tom Cruise is actually one of his more enjoyable roles in recent memory, as is the drill sergeant character played by Bill Paxton, but the real star of this picture is Emily Blunt, who plays the hard ass career solider Rita Vrataski. Blunt shines in every scene she's in, whether it's a quiet and more emotional scene with Cruise, or in the thick and chaos of battle. Never at any point in the movie does she feel like a supporting character to Cruise, and the two compliment each other very well. The visuals are a little hokey at times, and some scenes stretch my suspension of disbelief, but there is nothing that is immersion-breaking. The soundtrack is somewhat forgettable, as are the alien "Mimics" that comprise the film's chief villains. Additionally, the finale of the film is somewhat tonally at odds with the rest of the film's grim and dark mood, but ultimately it is up to you to decide whether or not the film's ending works for you (at least for me, it did).
This film may get a bad rap because of misleading marketing and Tom Cruise's somewhat controversial reputation (chiefly in the United States), but it proved to be an ultimately much more enjoyable film than I expected. If you're looking a for a sci-fi film that's not a franchise flick with good action and coherent story that actually has more answers than questions at the end, this is the film for you.