Old wine in new bottle, but nicely packed and good in taste

Rating: 7/10 (21 October 2014)

Take Aliens, Groundhog day, Saving Private Ryan, Starship Troopers, Independence Day and Source Code. Add them in a jar, put a healthy seasoning of CGI and give it a nice good shake; there, you will have Edge of Tomorrow frothing out all over.
Now, if you are thinking this is an indictment of EoT, its actually not, because, well... a well made shake actually taste good. And ditto for this movie. Yes, it has no originality; yes the acting is average; yes, there is little character development; yes, there is no back-story, and yes, at times it is somewhat illogical, but then this is a movie that begs not to be taken seriously. What it has, and has in plenty is a well paced story and very well orchestrated action sequence that actually help to move forward the story.
One admirable thing about this movie's action is that it stays focused around the main plot. Although the story is about global destruction, but the directors have stayed away from showing now extremely cliché scenes of mass scale devastation and crazy fireballs. The action here is solid, very intense and thrilling. And although once again, in true Hollywood style, only a handful of protagonists finally defeat an alien super being that couldn't be touched by entire armies, the movie does end satisfactorily.
All in all, this a good piece of entertainment to finish a couple of burgers and fries along with :)