Edge of Tomorrow, a Review

Edge of Tomorrow is a military sci-fi thriller-action movie which stars Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, directed by Doug Liman, famous for The Bourne Identity and Mr & Mrs. Smith, and in my mind the only person in hollywood that can make shaky-cam look like a masterpiece and a pioneer of it too. It is Based on a Japanese manga called All You Need is Kill ((オール・ユー・ニード・イズ・キル Ōru Yū Nīdo Izu Kiru) by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. **Before I start on reviewing my movie, I want to give away a small rant that I would like to express for many of you movie fans out there, especially sci-fi and military buffs. WHY ARE YOU NOT WATCHING THIS?!?!?! I watched this last sunday at Pondok Indah Mall 1 and I was one of the probably 20 people of 100 capacity theatre. Sitting at row D, I was the lowest seated person in the whole theatre. No one is taking this movie seriously, why? I may not know any causes of this but definitely the cause of this is Maleficent. I have not watch Maleficent but I believe that they outmarketed Edge of Tomorrow by a far margin. Well definitely, a movie marketed for children and a movie marketed for sci-fi/military fans, who can possibly compete with Maleficent? I believe it is mainly because of the movie's well-crafted trailer which leaves the audiences thinking and forces them to watch it in order to know what the movie is about. Now, this can be a double edged sword. For a movie enthusiast and a guy that likes complex movies as myself, it is a privilege to watch a movie like that. But unlike the general viewers, they seem to not enjoy movies like that, probably? Anyways, I am still shocked by the poor numbers of this movie's doing in the box office and f*****g Maleficent why are you ruining such masterpiece?** Edge of Tomorrow is a movie that centers around Tom Cruise, a US Army soldier who suddenly joins the United Defence Force to attack these aliens that invaded the earth called the mimics. In this war, the humans have made an exoskeletal armour that is developed to counter the mimics. In the middle of the war with the mimics, Tom Cruise came across a mimic that he kill and spilled a fluid that if comes in contact with a human, if he/she is dead, he has to relive that same day over-and-over again. Suddenly, he meets Emily Blunt that had that power in the past, and they have to come up with a plan to defeat these mimics at the same day over and over and over and over and over again. This movie is one of the best examples and probably one of the best of the time-travelling niche that is currently a buzz in hollywood (XMen Days of Future Past and MIB3, lookin at ya both!). They way the repeat scenes in different manners as Tom Cruise tries to repeat every single step until he is faced with a different path is well executed, mainly because Tom Cruise is an excellent actor. Undoubtedly, Tom Cruise is in his 50s and he DEFINITELY still have lots of juice on him (he still have MI5 on the way, oy vay). There are scenes in this movie where he fell from a drop and he still did all of his stunts! But, although more of the film is CGI and SFX, he still make his character look like a bad-ass Terran marine. Emily Blunt is also very great in this film, she really sold the Kerrigan-esque mascot of the UDF, she is definitely one of the best female bad-asses in hollywood history, up there with Ripley and the bride from Kill Bill. The movie's lore and story, to me, was not as complex as great sci-fi movies, but it still keeps audiences at the edges of their seats and stimulating them to think by every frame. There are some parts of the movies that are open for interpretation and there are probably fan theories about the movie as well. If a movie can make a sci-fi fan theorycraft at the first few minutes, then it is a great movie. The movie has good pacing, meaning that it doesn't feel too fast or feels too slow. I feel that the movie keeps me at the edge of my seats enough and it keeps me seated at the back of my seat enough to let me think about the movie. The movie feels like an interval run, you run with the movie for 3 minutes, and you take a rest for 1 minute, you run again for 30 seconds, rest for 10 seconds, and so on and so on with different ratio of interval. I have no problems of the movie's pacing and overall storyline, I see no flaws in the movie's chronology. Doug Liman did an amazing job for not using shaky-cam at all in this movie. This movie have great cinematography, wide shots of action scenes with no exaggeration of slow-motion, bad CGI, or shaky-cam. Shots were stable throughout the movie and had no issues and did not gave me any disturbance whatsoever. There is however, a flaw in the movie. The mimic is given little to no origin story. The mimics are definitely terrifying, but I feel that it doesn't have the proper lore to support its badassery. Overall, this movie is in my opinion an awesome sci-fi military movie. Not in par with Aliens, 2001, or Avatar though, but will be a masterpiece that can stand the test of time over and over throughout the years. I am going to give this movie Five of Five, a must watch for every sci-fi and military buffs and definitely should watch for general audiences. Grab your tickets fast because it won't last! Should I watch it? Yes. Did the writer enjoy it? Very much. Is it worth the money? Yes. When should I watch it? As soon as possible! Should I watch it with friends? Sure. Should I worry about blood? Kinda. Will I get bored? No. Can I watch this with my kids? Sure. Link to original article : http://wp.me/pA3Ie-5R