Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

I've already given a short intro for "Edge of Tomorrow" in the preview I did two entries ago. So let's dig directly in the story. Somewhere in an apocalyptic future, where an alien race is about to conquer Earth, major Cage (Tom Cruise) serves bravely his mother planet as a proud member of .. the public relations department of the army. Activity that gets a sudden change (in a sort of unrealistic fashion .. although you could try to explain it later), in a sunny day, when the joined armies commanding general personally sends our major to the front line. Where he eventually gets deployed by force, qualified as deserter, and with his rank stripped and reduced to private = "ready" for face-to-face combat. Of course, being a total noob in using the equipped weaponry, major Cage dies at a short time after setting his foot on the battlefield. Not alone though, but taking with him also a particular specimen of the alien fauna. Thing that, without saying more ( check out the movie :) ) allows him to open again his eyes, at the beginning of the first day in his short and unfortunate soldier career ...

As compared in the preview entry, we have indeed a sort of "Groundhog Day" = neverending repeat, but just as starting point. Further ... why, how it got there, how it can get out of there + other minor aspects = saving the planet & getting the girl :) are part of one of the nicest SciFi stories I've seen in the last years. Again, mentioning that I have a soft spot for time travel ;) It's not about the complexity or philosophic depths here (= as in "Looper" for instance), but the story is very well structured and quite entertaining for the almost two hours the movie has. I'd actually say, unlike other times, in this case it was so .. I don't know, lighthearted let's say, such that I didn't even try to find loopholes in the time reset theory. I just enjoyed it as it was.

I can't make any particular appreciation on the technical side of the movie, but the script helps a lot. Besides the main genre = SciFi & action, we also have some comic relief added, or (light spoiler) as an IMDb comment was saying, something like "if you hate Tom Cruise, that's the movie you should see" with a reference on how many ways the main character can die. As a final point, we also have a pretty smoothly integrated romance, which sort of runs along with the main action thread ( although quite discreetly :) ), and which I liked a lot (stuff that rarely happens). I don't know if it was about Emily Blunt, or how the story went, but well :) ... Overall, the movie was a very nice surprise, and I can warmly recommend it ;)

Rating: 4 out of 5