Rearing Starship Troopers with Groundhog Day and introduce Aliens to the playpen. It blasts the doors off. WITH GUSTO!

Rating: Null/10 (7 March 2015)

From the offset of hearing about this film in trailers, posters and here in fact, in IMDb. It did look like something I thought would be seen, forgotten and in a bargain bin in HMV within the first year of its DVD release. Boy was I wrong.
The story is, Tom Cruise plays Major William Cage, As high ranking official in an army who are faced off with a seemingly unbeatable Alien race, intent on conquering Earth. Cage, who has never seen a single day of active combat is stripped of his rank for insubordination by his commanding officer and thrown into a barracks where he, and a ragtag platoon of soldiers (including an ever charismatic Bill Paxton) are thrust into what appears to be a suicide mission. Meeting the Alien army head on in combat. After being killed, Cage inexplicably awakens the morning of the battle with his memories and combat experience intact. Enlisting the aid of Emily Blunt, hardened Special Forces Soldier, Rita Vrataski. Cage begins a race against time quest to win this battle and bring victory for the Human Race.
The thing with Edge of Tomorrow, going in for me, was that it took me by surprise in a completely unexpected fashion. On the surface, Edge has the face of a Sci Fi action thriller that, I later found out was an Americanizd version of a manga entitled 'All You Need Is Kill'. The image of a sword wielding Emily Blunt on the poster is a reminder of the comic bookish stylisation that runs throughout. The mech style armour suits worn by the characters and the high tech weapondry holds a certain sense of Iron Mongers vs Plantlife in the organic looking Alien creatures.
In short, Edge of Tomorrow is a new cult favourite of mine and I'm sure is up there in may other lists too. Around half way though, the film introduces an almost supernatural feel with the biological implications of the Aliens DNA on Cruise's character, causing the day restarts. The ways that the script handles the template of the 'Groundhoggish' support is innovative and continues on throughout by upping the stakes. Just when you think the films plot strands have run their course, a new route to the end goal is discovered and is implemented and evolved. Much the same as Cage, who begins the film as a cowardly deserter and is forged by Rita with a hammer into a Warrior who carries the weight of humanity on his ever growing shoulders.
A true, new age sci fi epic. Not to be missed! -FP