Cleverly constructed and entertaining

Rating: 8/10 (17 August 2014)

This is one of those movies that has high-tech special effects, but combines it with a clever story and direction. It's another movie about humans fighting against a alien race, but the story is just so darn well thought out and clever when it comes to the scenarios. That it actually stands out among other movies of this type. When it comes to the story, it's actually based on a novel called "All You Need Is Kill". The story is like a mix of "Groundhog Day" and a alien invasion movie with mech like suits. For a storyline like this it needs quite a bit of creativity or it gets redundant fast. Fortunately, the creativity of the similar scenarios is what drives this movie. It mixes the right amount of humor and the serious tone of this movie which doesn't go off track. Tom Cruise is a good actor and he is especially good playing these characters that gets built from ground up. I personally think he is a better actor for these sci-fi movies than Will Smith. The action is entertaining and the direction and scenarios are captivating to the point that I would highly recommend this movie to any sci-fi movie fans. Sure there are few plot-holes, but they seem to have at least have tries to make a interesting and intelligent film. You will have a blast with this one.
8.8/10