I had a great birthday this year and it was capped off by seeing Tom cruise and Emily Blunt in "Edge of Tomorrow". I have grown very weary of Superhero movies and Godzilla type movies that take the same super hero invention from Superman and pits him or her against the super villain while destroying cities and killing thousands along the way. Then along comes the Edge movie, a sci-fi story of an earth invasion by aliens and a huge battle by the earth's arm forces for survival. sound hollywood enough, right. Except the two main characters, Tom Cruise (an Army information officer who does PR and has never seen combat) and Emily Blunt (the face of the US Army at its best).
The military is planning an invasion of France in a very D-Day revival nod. Tom is forced into battle totally unprepared and meets Emily on the Battlefield. Sounds normal. The deal is that something (see the movie) happens and Tom's character gets killed and instantly he is back to the preceding day.
This "Ground Hog Day" element happens over and over and over making him smarter and more trained each time. it happens to both. This is filled with both humor and action as we grow with them. The violence is comic book type but the acting and the story is a treat.
I simply thought it was great and will see it again.
I give it ****stars out of five. It's why I go to the movies.
2014 movie# 20.
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