Edge of Tomorrow: sci-fi's version of Groundhog's Day is surprisingly entertaining

Talking about actors that truly bug me on screen, Tom Cruise is on the top of that list!  I have not enjoyed a Tom Cruise film since Top Gun and Risky Business.  His real-life arrogance oozes all over every character he plays on screen.  And as an action star, he has the goofiest run, and the most awkward physicality in fight scenes.  There is no power or sense of danger, I just can't help but laugh when watching him act the tough guy...not believable!

With that said, this is by far the best Tom Cruise movie in a very long time!     #EdgeofTomorrow  

Based on the novel, All you need is kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, Edge of Tomorrow is a fun, exciting, and engaging ride.  All though the plot is recycled, pun intended, the film keeps the story line and each reincarnation fresh with intrigue, humor, and exciting action.

Edge of Tomorrow is smartly written with a fantastic pace, to the point that makes Tom Cruise look good on screen.  It's one wild ride that engaged my interest and kept it the entire journey.

Emily Blunt takes off the Prada and dawns chiseled muscles dirt and grit with a metallic war hardened personality intimating in her battle armor while sword slicing through Mimics left and right.

The look of the film is gritty and full of the violence of war.  The body armor the soldiers wear are very cool and gives every soldier, even Tom Cruise, a "bad ass" look.  However, in a practical sense, they do seem cumbersome and clunky but that may be based on the users experience.                                                                                                

The Mimics are well designed with a mix of machinery and animalistic organic.  They do, however, remind me greatly of the Sentinels from the Matrix movies in the way they move and their overall squid like influence.

  

Edge of Tomorrow Mimic

Matrix Sentinel

Overall, a great enjoyable ride with even a charming and budding love interest, perhaps not as charming as the romantic comedy version of Groundhogs Day, but an imaginative and thrilling experience. If Tom Cruise looks good, you know they are doing something right.


In the end, I'm placing this as number 2.  Although a great fun summer movie.  X-Men:  Days of Future Past is just really hard to top right now.

1.  X-Men:  Days of Future Past
2.  Edge of Tomorrow

3.  Maleficent

4.  The Amazing Spider-Man 2

5.  Godzilla