Heavy on Plot, Light on Heart

Rating: 7/10 (6 June 2014)

THE GOOD: Engaging and interesting plot. Great action scenes. Top notch visual effects. The movie delivers on intensity and excitement.
THE BAD: Almost no character development. Really, the main character is not even developed. We know he's an officer who gets shanghai'd into active duty on the front line. We also know he has the power to reset the day when he dies. We never learn anything else about him. Zero, zilch, nada. Equally undeveloped is his "relationship" with the secondary character played by Emily Blunt. There was some awesome potential for an excellent character there, but all we got was a companion he could run around with completing their missions. There was one brief farmhouse scene where they spent like two minutes trying to show that there was a relationship developing, but it wasn't enough.
By the end of the movie I haven't been made to care about these characters, only what happens in the story. That is a HUGE script writing mistake, IMHO. This movie could have been spectacular if it had deep, interesting characters but as it turns out, it was only an above average action flick.