Alien Sci-Fi action mixed with Groundhog Day creates a surprising gem

Rating: 9/10 (31 May 2014)

It's always great to see movies pull off already used concepts and blend them together as a new fresh coat of paint. In this case, a superb Sci- Fi action movie combined with Groundhog Day's main gimmick. Many movies fail to deliver in both special effects and a well structured story. Edge of Tomorrow is one of those which delivers both superbly, and will surprise many viewers where it cleverly repeats the same day over without feeling tired, as well as keeping you hooked to see how the story slowly progresses through each repeating day. There's also quite a bit of humour in there too, which was kind of unexpected and gave me a few good laughs.
The plot is about an alien invasion on Earth and Major William Cage (Tom Cruise) forced to battle against the aliens, despite never being trained for combat at all. After dying in battle, he finds himself repeating the same day over and over (with nobody else seemingly remembering but him), but realises there may be a link to the time loop and defeating the aliens.
The battle scenes are very well done, reminiscent of Saving Private Ryan and Starship Troopers. The CGI is top quality, and the 12/PG-13 violence is used effectively without feeling toned down. The director did a great job of using London as it's main setting, but there are also other surprise locations throughout the movie. Tom Cruise continues to prove he can still pull off action movies without a problem, and his developing chemistry with Emily Blunt feels natural here. Overall, one of my favourite movies of 2014. It really surprised me how good it was.