Edge of Tomorrow: Live Die Repeat [DVD] [2014]

This is a science fiction/war/action movie which is a reasonably faithful adaptation of the novel All You Need Is Kill albeit it with name changes. It's a complete and self contained film and not the start of any series of trilogy. The film starts with a quick expositional montage, showing the start of an alien invasion of Earth, and the fighting that followed. Then we meet Major William Cage [Tom Cruise]. On the eve of a major human offensive on alien occupied territory, he's been doing great PR work highlighting the efforts of soldiers who use hi-tech battlesuits, in particular tough lady warrior Rita Vrataski [Emily Blunt]. Cage isn't keen on the prospect of joining the fighting. But he finds himself forced into it. And promptly dies in his first battle. Only to reborn, right back at the moment when he found himself forced to fight. Stuck in a time loop, dying again and again, desperate to find out why, his only hope might lie with Rita. And the only hope for the future of the Planet Earth might lie with both of them.... Yes, it's groundhog day. With aliens. But beyond that one similarity, this film has more than enough individual touches to make it worth the five star rating. A very good performance from Tom Cruise. Who convincingly portrays a man who grows and changes as a result of all he experiences. A very good performance from Emily Blunt, convincing as a tough lady soldier. The acting plaudits don't stop there. Bill Paxton threatens to steal the show as a tough and sardonic Sergeant. The actors playing the rest of his squad don't get much screen time by comparison to the major players, but they do enough to make their characters fully rounded and make you want to see more of them. The directing is superb, with the early invasion sequences and the resulting battle being visually stunning. There's an excellent amount of very good humour. And the plot has enough twists and turns to keep moving things on to the next level when required, and to keep surprising the viewer as well. Plus it Has some excellent location work in London. This is an entertaining blockbuster. It's a hugely entertaining movie experience, and it's well worth five stars. The disc has the following language and subtitle options: Languages: English, Castilian Spanish, Hindu. Subtitles: English, Castilian Spanish, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish. It begins with no trailers at all, jumping straight to the main menu when loaded up. Extras: Just two featurettes. Weapons of the future: All about the armour and the weaponry of the movie. This runs for eight minutes. Creatures not of this world: All about the aliens and how they were brought to life. This runs for five minutes. The former is very good and worth a watch. Although epileptics beware a sequence of flashing images during it. The latter is quite good but a bit too short to make an impression.

Excellent movie.

Absolutely loved this film. Personally I tend to enjoy Tom Cruise films, as he has a habit of picking (to me anyway) some good stories, and always gives it 100%. As well as this movie did in the theatres, I think it was somewhat overlooked or underappreciated BECAUSE it was Tom Cruise as the lead. I think perhaps the younger generation don't see him as a superstar as he started so long ago now, or perhaps people are put off by the whole scientology thing. But this is a real shame, as I think it meant the word of mouth for this movie wasn't as good as it could have been. As for the movie itself, this is sci-fi and it has the usual plot that requires you to suspend disbelief for the duration, but it carries on at such a pace you don't have time to dwell on the intricacies of the themes involved to question their viability (nor do you want to). Cruise and Blunt put in great performances, as well as the supporting cast, the special effects are top notch, and the setting is different from most hollywood alien invasion films (London and France) deliberately evoking memories of D-Day and various World War 2 movies. The scene stealers for me were the aliens themselves. Utterly non humanoid in nature, and fittingly menacing and destructive. As for the actual Bluray itself, it is as expected, fantastic quality picture and sound. The 3d bluray is well worth the little extra cost in my opinion as the 3d is well rendered, and does add to the experience. The extras are not too numerous, and only take a few hours to get through (if that): The usual behind the scenes footage and "making of" guff. I found them really interesting personally as the director is an quirky character, and the filming methods were interesting. Overall, very happy to add this little gem to my collection. Another recent sci-fi feature that came to mind was Oblivion, another Tom Cruise vehicle, and also somewhat under-rated/overlooked.

I missed this at the cinema and ordered it from Amazon. Arrived within the delivery estimate fine. I noticed in the product description it says cage is a 'New Special Forces' recruit which I dont think is entirely true. Everyone in the film gets a suit and are all in some universal defence force. Don't see why they don't give every a dock off blade like Rita. Also did anyone notice there must've been like at Max like 2-3 women in the whole army or on screen. Rita Vrataski and the woman in the squad he joins. Weird also don't you think its weird that the whole human counterattack plan is broadcast on television the day before they go into battle? It's nice to see cruise a bit cowardly and inexperienced and after he goes through a time loops he does indeed become very slick and experienced. Also if you want any background on the aliens who they are? Where they come from? The film gives none. Just sets the scene. I plan to next get the book 'All you need is kill' which I'm sure with be more in-depth plus the plotline is different from the film. Still a great film if you don't nit-pick I still re-watch. Some good action sequences and funny scenes of cage trying to get out of it.

There’s nothing new in the central premise of this superb movie; science fiction has been messing about with time loops for decades. It’s been the stock-in-trade for some of the best Star Trek episodes, there have been some excellent recent films such as Memento & Source Code and Greg Bear’s splendid ‘Hull Zero Three’ gives the live, die, repeat theme an original twist. So, what makes this big budget 175 million dollar blockbuster stand out from the crowd? Lots of things, that’s what. Firstly, this is the first sci-fi film I can think of where Tom Cruise isn’t an indomitable action hero from the first scene; here he’s an Army PR man (looking alarmingly like Pierce Brosnan) doing all he can to wheedle out of his surprise assignment to the imminent conflict zone. This refreshing lightly comedic, self deprecating tone is a consistent presence throughout the film. Secondly, the treatment of the core concept; the countless iterations of the loop as Cruise and Blunt progress incrementally towards their goal are not presented in the ‘Oh no! Not again’ groundhog repetition format. The viewer is instead presented only with the changes to previous loops, keeping the dialogue and action fresh and, above all, engaging. This segues nicely to the next point. Doug Liman’s direction is superb; the pace and tension are deftly managed from beginning to heart-thumping finale, just what you’d expect from the man responsible for the first three (and best) Bourne films. Finally, no review of a modern sci-fi motion picture would be complete without a passing mention of the special effects. They are superb, from the battle suit design, through the Private Ryan’esque beachhead sequences to the incredible alien masses of tentacles. I’m not quite sure why the aliens are called Mimics though; they never seem to do any, but perhaps it’s a plot device to keep the audience guessing about the nature of the main protagonists. To summarise, this is an absolutely splendid movie and one we’ll definitely re-watch many times.

Spoilers ahead... Gorundhog Day meets Starship Troopers, but don't let that put you off. This is really good. It's time-loop story in which Cage (Tom Cruise) a public relations specialist with a nominal army rank of Major gets on the wrong side of someone with influence and ends up busted to the ranks without ever having gone through basic training. That's a bit of a problem because there's a war on - a war against implacable aliens. It's a problem for our hero because he's... well... not excatly hero material and certainly not gung-ho. He bumbles his way through the first few moments of a beach landing without knowing how to take the safety off his weapon, but the aliens are overwhelming. Predictably he ends up dead... and suddenly his day resets itself. In fact every time he ends up dead he goes back to the same point in the worst day of his life, learning as he goes. It's extremely well done, so you see enough of the repeats to get the differences and the forward steps, but not enough to get frustrated with it. Emily Blunt plays the female lead, tough super-soldier, Rita, who understands what's going on when no one else does. This is an inventive take on the Hiroshi Sakurazaka novel "All You Need Is Kill" with a certain amount of humour injected into a bleak situatiuon. The aliens are convincing. The battle scenes are delivered with sufficient verisimilitude to make them viscerally realistic. The special effects are good but they don't dominate the characterisation. (A bonus for me.) One of the better movies of 2014

Having passed me by at the cinema stage of release, I saw largely positive disc reviews for this film so decided to give it a go on Blu-ray; I was not disappointed ! My decision to purchase was swayed by the intriguing concept (Sci-Fi 'Groundhog Day'), the presence of Tom Cruise (who is always good value and rarely appears in a duff movie) but most significantly because the director is Doug Liman, someone who is responsible for past favourites of mine such as the entertaining 'Swingers', then more latterly, the superb/genre-defining 'The Bourne Identity'. As I watched this film 'late' and after many other reviews have been posted I'll keep this review short. I'm not that keen to divulge too much about the plot, but should point out that the Amazon synopsis is a bit too 'revealing' in parts BUT also massively inaccurate in other areas ! So, whilst not wishing to spoil things for new viewers, what I'd like to add about the plot/storyline is that a tongue is firmly in one cheek throughout, which adds a special ingredient so often absent from these kind of flicks., Serious the subject-matter might be (ie invasion, death etc) BUT I haven't seen Mr Cruise play a self-deprecating/'wimp' (coward really) kind of character before the one he plays here (to GREAT effect !) and rarely one which created so much humour (aside from a turn in 'Tropic Thunder', especially during the end credits !). If you watch without too much pre-knowledge there are also a couple of nice surprises/plot twists.... It is also refreshing to see Cruise play the minor 'lead' part, with the necessary 'tough guy' character actually being a woman - fantastic ! I was also pleasantly surprised to eventually spot what was to me an almost unrecognisable Bill Paxton, clearly having lots of fun - like everyone else !!! The story romps along and deals with the necessary 'repetitiveness' very well; the special-effects are also marvellous. Everything looks and sounds as good as you should expect of a modern release on Blu-ray. I've attached a photo of the back of the disc box sleeve that my purchase came with. So, all the ingredients for a potentially very entertaining 2hrs of viewing - AND THIS FILM DELIVERED THAT FOR ME !

A movie I did not see until 2025, it's Tom Cruise, never let down by his movies. Quite enjoyed it and will watch it multiple times. I'm happy I purchased it. Delivery was swift and package was in perfect condition