Sci-Fi Version of Groundhog Day

Rating: 8/10 (6 June 2014)

I saw "Edge of Tomorrow", starring Tom Cruise-The Mission:Impossible movies, with a fifth one coming out in 2015, Tropic Thunder; Emily Blunt-Looper, The Devil Wears Prada; Bill Paxton-Haywire, Apollo 13 and Brendan Gleeson-Safe House.
This is a sci-fi version of Groundhog Day. It is based on a Japanese manga novel called 'All You Need is Kill'. Besides the sci-fi video game elements, there is a good story, as well as some very funny scenes. The story takes place in the not too distant future, when the Earth has been attacked by Aliens. Tom plays a military public relations reporter that has never been in any actual combat. Emily plays the macho battlefield commander that has become famous for killing lots of the spidery-looking aliens in fierce hand-to-hand combat. They even have her face plastered all over posters promoting her victories. Tom, under protest, gets sent in to cover a big offensive attack-kind of like a D-Day type invasion- and gets killed within ten minutes of hitting the beach. Just after he is killed-and it is explained exactly how this happens-Tom wakes up the day before and relives the day. Every time he is killed, this happens again and he learns more from each time. Plus, there are lots of funny moments as he learns. Brendan plays the General in command of Earth's forces that are based in London and Bill plays Tom's squad commander. It's rated "PG-13" for violence and language and has a running time of 1 hour & 53 minutes. I really enjoyed it and would buy it on Blu-Ray.