Highly Entertaining

Rating: 8/10 (6 July 2014)

I must admit when I first saw the trailer for "Edge of Tomorrow" I was skeptical, but a co-worker informed me he enjoyed it, and I 2nd that opinion and then some. I think this is one of the top of movies of 2014. Director Doug Liman and the writers involved have struck a great balance of action, sci-fi and humor. Of course it's not completely original but it pulls and mixes the right amounts from past ideas to blend a great hybrid story and characters with witty and succinct dialog. I thought Tom Cruise was fairly good in Oblivion recently, but here he he's topped that performance and even manages some subtlety and nuance between earlier and later character development in the story. Blunt is well directed and fulfills her co-star role with quiet resolve and physicality. Excellent direction, I'll repeat. There are some great support roles too with Bill Paxon and Brendon Gleeson(spoilers) The alien concepts and execution may not be pinnacle or wholly original, but the inception and the way the story uses time causality concepts bolsters that weakness. A great entry for Sci-Fi and 2014 - highly recommended 8/10