Smart action film. Very enjoyable

Rating: 8/10 (3 July 2014)

Simple plot, great actors and well timed comic. Those are all you need for a summer blockbuster. Nowadays movie world suffers from inflation of robots (like Transformers) but Edge of tomorrow gives us hope that maybe good science/action films are not dying extinction. Tom Cruise is Cage who doesn't have any kind of military training but still he ends up to be in the front line of the final battle( which reminded me a little bit of Battle of Normandy). Of course the thing is not so easy and because something happened to Cage he will get to ability to start the same whole day new again and again and again... Only one who can help him to save the day is Rita, the hero of the Verdun strike. How many versions you could make one of your days if you could live one day again and again in your life? Hundreds, thousands, maybe millions. Edge of tomorrow shows us those options. Finally it's like game: you do it again and again until it will work out. You get frustrated, angry, hopeless, hopeful and finally empty. When you think it more it's a horrible ability. You never get rest, you can't end the cycle. Your only choice is try again and again. I liked very much of Tom Cruise's performance. It was funny to see how his character developed during the film and this is only my opinion but I think he has now much more charisma than when he was younger. He doesn't overact now also. I have never before seen Emily Blunt's acting but I read that this was her first action film and she was really good. She wasn't a cliché military woman: her performance was delicate and her and Cruise's chemistry was great. The were also surprisingly funny together. But why I only give this film 8/10? I really wanted to give 9, but it has little flaws. First of all Cage has to die several times. How he still doesn't have any mental problems is big question for me. I think anybody will be very traumatized if he sees himself and people who he cares for to die again and again. And the ending was little hasty and easy compared to planing how they could win... but it is great movie. You can watch it 2D or 3D. In both versions the visual design is great.