WOW! Talk about a movie that had poor advertising and promotions! This is a film that I will make you say "Wow, I didn't expect that!". When I first saw this trailers for this movie, it really didn't impress me. Seemed like another time travel sort of movie that really wasn't that moving. It kind of reminded me of the movie Source Code starring Jake Gyllenhaal. I hated the movie. Boy was I glad that I went to go see Edge of Tomorrow anyways. All of the critics were right in saying this was a great movie.
Tom Cruise plays an officer who has never seen combat before but is put into a war against his will. When he is dropped into this war and killed within minutes, he instantly realizes that he has been given the power to restart the day. He starts the day over again being killed over and over again. Talk about horrible Deja-vu! However the way that this happens is so funny and amazing at the same time! In one scene he tries to escape by rolling under a truck and is crushed by the wheel. I was dying laughing! Every-time he dies, he makes the loud yelp even if you don't see the death on camera. As he continues to die, he is able to interact with each solider that he comes across trying to convince them that he has been there before and trying to find out what is happening. Along comes the Special Forces Warrior played by Emily Blunt. The chemistry between her and Tom Cruise is fantastic! She helps him figure out what's happening because it happened to her. With her training, he is supposed to be able to save the world. If he gets injured in the training then she will kill him and forces him to restart the day. The scenes between him and her are great! She continues to kill him in hilarious ways and he is getting so fed up!
I never thought this movie was going to be as engaging and hilarious as this movie was! I found myself on the edge of my seat the whole time. It is a very fast pace movie but doesn't trip over itself at all. The special effects and score went along with the film beautifully. The movie has a very big video-game feel to it. It was Titanfall meets Halo meets Super Mario Bros. I felt myself playing along with the movie. It was like had infinite lives and keep trying to pass the level.
One of the great things about this movie also was the way they play out the sentimental parts. I find that most action movies now a days have to shove a love story between the main characters for the women to go see it. However this film does it in a more subtle way. You can tell that he has feelings for her but they never show it to it's fullest. There isn't a make-out scene at all. At the very end of the film, Tom Cruise's character saves the world as Emily Blunt's character commits suicide. Once he wakes up again for the last time, he finds her and she doesn't know who she is. With a tear in his eye, he just looks at her, smiles and shrugs his shoulder as to say "Thank God You're Alive." That was it. Cut to black! BEAUTIFUL AND BRILLIANT!!!
I highly recommend this film to everyone who enjoys action and comedies. It definitely was the best film I'm seen this summer in the theater so far! I loved X-Men DOFP and Captain America 2 but this one was better for me only because I didn't expect it and it had that extra video-gamer feel to it.
5 STARS!!!
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