It's not searing comic book primaries that grab the attention here, though, but astonishing delineation and fine details.
#EDGE OF TOMORROW REVIEW FULL#
Picture: Warner's release offers 2D and 3D presentations on separate discs, and both serve up home cinema eye-candy, working as a reminder of what the Full HD Blu-ray format can achieve. Oh, and the visuals effects are, put simply, out of this world. While not a comedy, it's peppered with laugh-out loud moments while not a romance, Cruise and Blunt's developing relationship has a tender core and while not an out-an-out action fest, the pivotal set-pieces are as invigorating as the competition.
#EDGE OF TOMORROW REVIEW MOVIE#
Under the expert guidance of director Doug Liman ( Bourne Identity, Mr & Mrs Smith), Edge of Tomorrow plays out like a cross between Groundhog Day and Starship Troopers, with a dose of Saving Private Ryan-style World War II movie chutzpah. Trapped in a time loop and facing perpetual grisly deaths, Cage's only solution is to befriend Emily Blunt's super-solider Rita – and she realises his temporal turmoil could hold the key to defeating the extra-terrestrial squatters once and for all. Unsurprisingly, in the ensuing fire-fight the hapless, ill-prepared Cage dies – only to wake up, again surrounded by grunts preparing to cross the English Channel and air-drop into battle. He wakes up surrounded by grunts, preparing to cross the English Channel and air-drop into battle. Smug military PR man William Cage (Cruise) refuses to go to the front line (the beaches of France) in Earth's battle with its 'Mimic' alien invaders, so is arrested as a deserter and knocked unconscious. Maybe home media can be its saviour.Īdapted from a 2004 Japanese novella, the premise here is mind-meltingly brilliant.
Whatever the reason, Edge of Tomorrow's lacklustre theatrical run is a shame, as the producers of this consistently smart, absorbing and well-executed flick deserve greater reward. Perhaps the name was to blame – a notion offered credence by the fact that the movie's tag-line, 'Live, Die, Repeat' is now given main prominence on the BD sleeve. Perhaps audiences were underwhelmed by the prospect of yet another Tom Cruise sci-fi vehicle, after Minority Report, War of the Worlds and Oblivion. Cage dies next.This accomplished sci-fi flick will surely find an appreciative audience on Blu-rayįor some reason, Edge of Tomorrow didn't exactly set box office tills ringing. Yet there he is on a beach in France, ducking CGI creatures that look truly terrifying and staring in horror as Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt), a military goddess, is massacred. Cage, buried in combat armor and handed weapons no one has trained him to use, goes kicking and screaming into the alien fray, crying foul to his commanding officer (Bill Paxton). It’s a treat to watch the typically heroic Cruise lose his shit, sweating and panicking at the thought of getting up close and personal with an alien race called Mimics. Instead, the general sends the combat-unready Cage into battle.
Brigham (Brendan Gleeson, chewing hungrily on a tasty role), Cage is condescending as hell, offering to help the general with his image in a war that seems unwinnable. William Cage, a glorified PR guy in uniform. But Edge of Tomorrow will keep you on edge. A human-versus-aliens epic that keeps repeating the same scene over and over again as if the comic tilt of Groundhog Day had turned suddenly dangerous.
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