A good science-fiction, action film, but there are many better

Rating: 6/10 (28 October 2017)

"Edge of Tomorrow", starring Tom Cruise (Cage) and Emily Blunt (Rita), is a mind-bending science-fiction, action film, which was, surprisingly, quite good. After reading the manga adaptation of "All You Need Is Kill" (which was renamed "Edge of Tomorrow"), I was interested to see what the film adaptation was like, with low hopes, due to how most manga adaptations turn out. Saying that, "Edge of Tomorrow" was high above my expectations, with a great performance from Tom Cruise.
Unfortunately, the film begins with some, frankly, cliché, stereotypical, dialogue, which is, thankfully, only used at the beginning but later returns. The film, from there, is great, with a 4/5 first half melding action and science-fiction beautifully. But, the film once more resorted to the use of high-paced action scenes, in the second half, with cuts left right and centre, completely disregarding its science-fiction origins for a small portion of this half; a mistake being the switch of location constantly occurring. The characters are unlikeable (excluding Cage), which is a downside, because they are either stereotypical soldiers speaking cliché dialogue, or an ex-alpha-alien killing woman constantly performing sensual push-ups due to the power Cage possesses. The film tries too hard to create a non-existent rapport with Luke and Rita, which seems stagnant, and should be mellifluous and free-flowing and this halts the progression of the actual story.