Ground Hog Day Sci Military Action Thriller

Rating: 8/10 (11 January 2019)

10 March 2017. To describe this movie as a military action thriller as a version of the Ground Hog Day comedy is to underestimate the number of days this movie involves. In a way, it's also a coming of age movie, especially for Tom Cruise's character who must really suffer through the movie in a good movie way, almost to the point of humorous tedium. Mostly this is an action thriller as most military movie are along with the typical sci fi monster alien twist. After a slow build up, the pacing quickens and never let's go. The audience gets to observe the physical pain, the mental anguish of loss and sacrifice, even blind faith. Using the time twist, this movie takes its action in an exciting, different way even though it doesn't really break through as a totally different, brilliant creative innovation, it nevertheless brings forth the great use of existing movie formulas in an exciting, entertaining way.