Edge Of Tomorrow - The Review.

Edge of Tomorrow gives one, 1000 reasons to love Tom Cruise all over again. Smart and carefully done. Edge of Tomorrow is a 2014 science fiction film starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt. It is based on the Japanese light novel All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka (Wikipedia). 

The story revolves round, humanity's battle against an alien invasion. The alien conquest had devastated much of Europe. Buoyed by their first victory at Verdun, the human decide to mount a major assault in northern France. Unknown to them, the aliens have seen them coming. And it was a slaughter. 

Tom Cruise plays Major William Cage, a spokesman for the war effort. In the beginning of the film,he meets the General of the UDF(United Defense Forces), who sends him to the front lines to documentary the anticipated victory. But the Cage refuses and tries to blackmail the General, who then arrests Cage and strips off him of his rank. 

Cage wakes up at Heathrow, demoted. He is in the first wave of attack. On the beech, Cage kills an usually large blue "Mimic", but  is covered in its blood which erodes his body and kills him. He re-awakes again in the same spot at Heathrow Airport. After a few more repetitions, he discovers he is in time-loop. In one of the iterations, he saves "The Angel of Verdun", Rita Vrataski,who tells him to meet her when he wakes up.

When he meets her and discovers that she also had the ability to reset time but lost it after a blood transfusion. They both formulate a plan to find and destroy the Omega- according to the mimic biology, the central nervous system of aliens.

Skillful editing ensured that the repeative time looping did not feel boring. Tom Cruise's performances was brilliant. It is so good to finally see him succeed in another sci-fi flick after the not-so-good Oblivion.Emily Blunt did extremely well in her role. Such storyline really stretches the levels of acting because different iterations in time demands different reactions. 

The movie definitely feels like the sci-fi version of Groundhog Day. And it is worth the watch. 

rating 9/10