A COWARD DIES A THOUSAND DEATHS

Rating: 8/10 (16 November 2018)

The opening of the film is quick and disjointed. What we gather is that an alien has crashed on earth in a meteor and is taking over the planet. A D-Day type affront is planned and General Brigham (Brendan Gleeson) is assigning desk jockey Major Cage (Tom Cruise) to lead the charge. At this point we find out Cage is a coward and gets demoted to a private, placed in the front lines.
Like a video game, when your character dies, you get to go back to your last save point, you play some more, level up, and try something else. Basically this is what Cruise does in his effort to save the planet in just one more movie. While he keeps going back in time, he comes across Rita (Emily Blunt) a been there done that type of fighter. Together they must find and kill the big brain bug, or something. Sort of like combining "Starship Troopers" with "Groundhog's Day."
If you like Tom Crusie, you get to see enough of him. If you like watching him die, again, then this is your film too.
Fun popcorn film.
Parental Guide: One cut off F-bomb. No sex, or nudity.