Live die Repeat until it becomes comical

Rating: 4/10 (26 December 2014)

I loved the concept behind this film; it can so easily be expanded upon almost in a "Matrix" kind of way. I remember a lot of the conversations I had about that film when it was first released and I guess when more people get to see "The Edge of Tomorrow" those conversations may start up once again. The only problem with these kinds of film is the "reality nuts" and sci-fi geeks" it brings out of hiding who don't get enough explained to make it work. What I mean by that is it is really hard to turn imagination into reality and there always will be some pivotal points missed or simply forgotten as a consequence. I fall into the later of the two nut bags. For me there were just so many holes left unexplained. I don't believe the director had that intention though unlike Nolan who can pull it off so well. So in saying that the film still has its moments of greatness making it worthy enough to give a decent rating. The plot is one that has been done before but not on such a grand scale. Set in a futuristic world the Earth is at War. Major William Cage played by Tom Cruise (Mission Impossible, Vanilla Sky) is a military journalist never seen a day of combat in his life. After refusing to be front and center and report from the impending battle against an alien race known as "Mimics", Cage is arrested and knocked out, when he wakes he finds himself in cuffs, his rank has been revoked and now finds himself labeled as a deserter. Cage finds out that now instead of being a reporter on the mission he will now be a soldier, a suicide mission as it becomes apparent. Major Cage dies within 5 minutes of landing after seeing a Special Forces officer Sergeant Rita Vrataski played by Emily Blunt (The Devil wears Prada, Looper) first die. Next thing he wakes up one day earlier and finds the day suddenly repeating Cage seems to be caught in some kind of time loop every time he dies the day starts over There is a lot to give away to the plot if I go any further into the story so I'll leave it there. This is one of those films that we could discuss for years and never come to a solution; I'm sure everyone who sees it will come to their own conclusion which makes it well worth seeing in my opinion. As I stated earlier though I'm a sci-fi geek that needs things to at least work even in made up lands. There is so much that doesn't make sense when thought about, but then there is enough goodness to forgive those mistakes as well. Cruise is actually pretty good in his role not that it's too much of a stretch from other characters he has played before. Blunt does just as well in her kick ass bitch role as well. The majority of this film was shot on green screen which isn't a problem it just means judging its artistic creativeness with cinematography is almost pointless. The CGI of the Mimics I loved though I thought they were great. Not really one for the kids but to be honest I don't believe they would understand its storyline anyway.