Watch. Rewind. Repeat.

Rating: 9/10 (23 June 2014)

Edge of Tomorrow has been the movie I have been waiting for from this summer's list of releases. And boy, does it deliver!
This is one Cruise's finest performances yet. There is no cockiness, holier-than-thou, smart-ass attitude which his characters usually are. The design of the mimics is literally out of this world - a cross between the sentinels from 'The Matrix' and the aliens from 'Alien' and quite terrifying. This is director Doug Liman's best work since 'The Bourne Identity' with his tight direction from the beach landing (nod to Saving Private Ryan?), the alien attacks, keeping the time loop events interesting and keeping romance largely out of the narration.
The time-loop, or day repeating itself didn't wear itself it out as new events were depicted. The humor between these loops was in good taste and connected the watcher to the events in the movie.
I would have preferred a more action oriented ending (like 'The Avengers') instead of the slightly tame one in the movie. For that reason alone, I have shaved the rating of 1 point from 10. Otherwise this movie strikes cinematic gold.
This is the action movie that audience have been complaining that they don't get to see. And it's quite unfortunate that when a movie like this is made, the viewer-ship and fan-fare is abysmal. Especially in the USA where the audience I guess has been dumbed down thanks to the Marvel and Disney movies of the past decade.
I guess that this movie will be 'The Shawshank Redemption' of Sci-Fi Action. Excellent critical rating, but poor box-office.