A great deal like a video game

Rating: 7/10 (30 January 2015)

While you maybe can't quite call this one original, it WAS different. It is clearly evocative of "Groundhog Day' and "Star Trek" among others. It is also a great deal like a video game, where you get killed and have to start at the first level again over and over. The movie was very skilled in setting that tone, and then letting it go, just being understood, before that got boring. And, interestingly, it went the other way, too, where it became clear that Cage had been further into it than we have. There is plenty to mock about Tom Cruise, his diminutive stature, his loopy religion, etc., but he clearly has that "it" factor that makes him a movie star, and he is always easy to watch on-screen. I was quite impressed with Emily Blunt with whom I am unfamiliar.
If you like the science-fiction genre, you'll have to check this out.