Smart Action Flick

Rating: 8/10 (28 November 2014)

My favorite film of the Summer of 2014.
EDGE OF TOMORROW is a smart, intelligent and original sci-fi thriller.
The plot is simple. The Earth has been invaded by aliens. Tom Cruise plays a cowardly PR flack who gets forced into battle. Once in battle, he is sprayed with alien blood and whenever he dies, goes back to a certain point in time. The fun is watching Cruise re-live day after day and begin to grow from coward to hero.
This is Tom Cruise's best movie in quite some time. He is terrific as the "zero to hero" core of this film. But it is not only him - Emily Blunt was just as good as another "hero" who had the same experience - for awhile. She helps Cruise through his many, many incarnations.
The supporting cast (Bill Paxton, Brendan Gleeson, etc) are filled with dependable actors who was a pleasure to see on the screen. The action is well done and the payoff is worth the trip.
Now that the film is on Blu-Ray, it's the type of movie that I am going to want to see again and again and again and again...
8 (out of 10) stars and you can take that to the Bank (of Marquis)