Edge of Tomorrow

Overall Rating: 9/10
One Word to Describe it: Repetitive (in a good way)

Edge of Tomorrow is a thrilling sci-fi blockbuster-yes, another one-starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt as soldiers William Cage and Rita Vrataski fighting an invading alien race known as the Mimics. Cruise brilliantly plays the cowardly US Major Cage desperate to avoid combat at all costs and as a result is sent to the front line to fight the Mimics at Normandy beach. He ends up killing a special Mimic that covers him in its blood and he dies. This brings the 'live, die, repeat' element into play and is brilliantly integrated into the movie as a tool to aid the protagonists in their quest to defeat the mimics. So much so, that when the cycle ceases near the end of the film it seems like the best part of Edge of Tomorrow has come and gone. However, Cage and Blunt's chemistry carries the film along nicely, both seeming at ease with each others presence. Overall, Edge of Tomorrow is joy to watch and well worth going to see this summer.


Paolo