A fantastic action film that came as a surprise.

Rating: 9/10 (16 March 2015)

Now I have heard allot of good things about this film and now that I have finally seen it I must saw that this is a fantastic action film. The premise of this film sees a US army spokesman forced onto the frontlines to fight a war against aliens, when he dies in battle he starts the day over again and with his team tries to stop the war. Now Tom cruise is a great action star especially in the mission impossible franchise but when I saw the trailer for this film I thought it would be similar to oblivion which I didn't like that much. But he was great in this film, it was a different role to his usual and it was refreshing to see. Emily blunt was great in this film and it truly highlighted why she is such a good actress. Her character was interesting and unique but also a great action star that was really enjoyable to watch. Her chemistry with cruise was great and was one of the best aspects of the film. Bill Paxton plays the drill sergeant and he was good even though you have seen him in this role before. I do wish though that there had been an interesting alien character for the team to go through if that had happened then this film could have got a full 10. The story was really interesting with the time loop really allowing the film to make interesting character development and great deaths over again. The script was surprisingly great as well with allot of comedy involved which isn't completely necessary but it was a great addition to the film. The style was also great with all the action being great and being worthy of a true summer action flick. Overall this is a fantastic action film worth seeing.