A Brilliant Story brilliantly told

Rating: 10/10 (8 June 2014)

No capes. No rubber suits. No endless and pointless montages of citywide destruction. No teaser at the end for the inevitable sequel. Just a fantastic story, adapted into an excellent screenplay, wonderfully acted and well directed. The Edge of Tomorrow was, in my opinion, the best film of the year so far. Tom Cruise is pretty much the only Big Movie Star who is doing what big movie stars are supposed to do - finding great stories and using their charisma and talent and fan base to get those stories told. And he is great in this, likable, funny, physical and convincing. In short, everything a big movie star should be. I won't go into the story, as I feel it's best discovered as you go along - but I absolutely recommend that people should see this film, and support original and clever film making.