A LOT of fun

Rating: 9/10 (28 March 2015)

I'm going to keep this short: if you like Tom Cruise, action thrillers, sci fi, strong heroines, and/or borderline gimmicky time loop stuff, see this movie. Tom Cruise proves that even though he's kind of old, he still has enough charm and looks to carry a film. Emily Blunt, however, is the real revelation here. We saw Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, we know Cruise still has it, but no one could have guessed that the woman who became famous for roles in movies like The Devil Wears Prada could possibly shoot aliens and look bad-ass. But shoot them she does. And bad-ass she looks. The story is interesting, and there is more wit than most of modern "comedies." Yes, the premise does kind of sound like that of Groundhog Day, and some plot mechanics of that film (the same load of dialogue over and over again, main character is no longer a despicable human being at the end), but it does it all well, and in an action-thriller way. If you want an incredibly fun night, rent this movie.