The Matrix Meets Groundhog Day

Rating: 9/10 (23 June 2014)

Maybe I'm too easy (that's not true) but I really liked this movie. This movie was surprisingly good. As much as I don't want to like Tom Cruise, he does great action movies. I don't even have a good reason for not wanting to like him; maybe it was the tom/kate thing or the scientology or something else. Regardless of all that I was impressed.
I expected Edge of Tomorrow to be a big budget movie high on action and low on substance... i.e. weak story. Weak, it was not. The action was there and there was plenty of it. Think The Matrix meets Groundhog Day. The special effects and the CGI was nice. You could almost say it was too much because there was a lot going on. And the story... it was awesome.
Mankind is fighting against an alien foe, ala sooooo many other movies. But this alien has the ability to reset time to some degree to avoid losses and to conquer its enemy: humans. Cruise's character, Cage, attains the same ability. The movie becomes a high stakes chess match between Cage, Rita (Emily Blunt) and the aliens.
I thought the story was superbly done. The movie offered many white knuckle and edge-of-your-seat moments. It was almost a thrill a minute. There was no wasted time; almost instantly you're thrust into the thick of things. The story in separate pieces may not be all that unique, but together it is very unique and very good.