Tom Cruise At His Best!

Rating: 8/10 (2 June 2014)

"Edge of Tomorrow" shows us a different Tom Cruise. In contrast with his past heroic characters, all valiant and unafraid, his character here Major William Cage is a big coward, trying to weasel his way out of an order to be in the front line of battle against the Mimics, an unstoppable alien race about to take over the whole world.
However, as Cage kills and gets killed by another sort of alien creature called the Alpha, he wakes up to relive this day of battle and die over and over again, only to live another day. However, with every return engagement, Cage would meet and work together with war heroine Rita Vrataski, gaining more and more combat skills and cunning, to seek out and destroy the main alien creature called the Omega.
Tom Cruise gets to flex his comedic charms which we do not see often enough. His playing a coward at first was so unlikely of him, it was fresh and funny. Of course, his action and fight sequences were naturally looked good for him, even though these scenes did come later on in the film. This was a very good performance from him, so natural and charming. Cruise has still got that movie star charisma and he certainly knows how to choose these projects which would ensure his career longevity in the A-list.
This is the first time I have seen Emily Blunt in an action film, and she surprised me. She is both sexy and formidable as Rita. She has a palpable chemistry with Cruise, which was entertaining. This girl can really stand her own with the best of them.
This film comes right at the heels of last year's excellent "Oblivion", also a futuristic sci-fi film starring Tom Cruise and a British leading lady. Both are entertaining in their own way, but the story and the treatment are from being the same. Where "Oblivion" is all white and sterile-looking with a very serious style of story-telling, "Edge of Tomorrow" is dirty, gritty and fun, with a sharp sense of humor.