<p><em>Edge of Tomorrow (3D)<br />English (U/A) ¬¬<br />Cast: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt<br />Director: Doug Liman</em><br /><br />Nothing could be more terrifying for the human race than a mass alien invasion. Not knowing an enemy on both a biological and technical level can be supremely unsettling.<br /><br />The Edge of Tomorrow depicts an alien apocalypse, with the aliens having the added advantage of being able to manipulate time.<br /><br /> Tom Cruise plays Major Cage, a man with zero combat experience, who is forcefully thrown into a battle arena at a beach in London.<br /><br /> On the battlefield, Cage’s cluelessness makes him run around like a headless chicken.<br /><br />By a stroke of luck, or perhaps not, he manages to kill an “Alpha” alien right before dying.</p>.<p> However, almost immediately, he finds himself waking up in the past.<br /><br />Everytime he dies he wakes up, like a checkpoint in a video game. Stuck in a time loop, Cage has to die over and over again, getting better in battle with every “reset”.<br /><br />But when you share the ability to reset time with a more powerful enemy, is attempting to win futile? <br /><br />He encounters Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt), who seems to know what he’s going through from personal experience. <br /><br />Together, they try to find the loopholes and attempt to beat the “Omega”.<br /><br />The Omega is the master which controls all the Alphas and alien minions or “mimics”. <br /><br />The mimics are as plentiful as the grains of sand on the beach that Cage’s battalion is doomed to die on. <br /><br />But the Omega could be at any location in the world, making defeating it even more challenging.<br /><br />Even if one were to continually think of the impracticality of such an invasion, when Emily Blunt starts sharing the stage with Cruise, a viewer will tend to be engaged. <br /><br />Reminiscent of Beatrix Kiddo in Kill Bill, Rita Vrataski is a force to reckon with, and is more-than-intimidating to battle-novice Cage.<br /><br />The biggest testimony to this movie’s graphics is the unsightly appearance of the aliens, besides the stupendous warships and larger-than-life weapons.<br /><br />Director Doug Liman, whom we best know for the Bourne series, knows were to incorporate the surprises for those susceptible to knee-jerks. <br /><br />The 3D really brings out the flying debris in the battlefield.<br /><br /> But the premise of this movie is nothing exceptional. Even the “resets” can become monotonous with repeated dialogues and scene settings.<br /><br />If Halo is your favourite video game, or if aliens and bloodshed thrill you, watch this movie. </p>.<p>Edge of Tomorrow, however, is nothing to write home about.</p>
<p><em>Edge of Tomorrow (3D)<br />English (U/A) ¬¬<br />Cast: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt<br />Director: Doug Liman</em><br /><br />Nothing could be more terrifying for the human race than a mass alien invasion. Not knowing an enemy on both a biological and technical level can be supremely unsettling.<br /><br />The Edge of Tomorrow depicts an alien apocalypse, with the aliens having the added advantage of being able to manipulate time.<br /><br /> Tom Cruise plays Major Cage, a man with zero combat experience, who is forcefully thrown into a battle arena at a beach in London.<br /><br /> On the battlefield, Cage’s cluelessness makes him run around like a headless chicken.<br /><br />By a stroke of luck, or perhaps not, he manages to kill an “Alpha” alien right before dying.</p>.<p> However, almost immediately, he finds himself waking up in the past.<br /><br />Everytime he dies he wakes up, like a checkpoint in a video game. Stuck in a time loop, Cage has to die over and over again, getting better in battle with every “reset”.<br /><br />But when you share the ability to reset time with a more powerful enemy, is attempting to win futile? <br /><br />He encounters Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt), who seems to know what he’s going through from personal experience. <br /><br />Together, they try to find the loopholes and attempt to beat the “Omega”.<br /><br />The Omega is the master which controls all the Alphas and alien minions or “mimics”. <br /><br />The mimics are as plentiful as the grains of sand on the beach that Cage’s battalion is doomed to die on. <br /><br />But the Omega could be at any location in the world, making defeating it even more challenging.<br /><br />Even if one were to continually think of the impracticality of such an invasion, when Emily Blunt starts sharing the stage with Cruise, a viewer will tend to be engaged. <br /><br />Reminiscent of Beatrix Kiddo in Kill Bill, Rita Vrataski is a force to reckon with, and is more-than-intimidating to battle-novice Cage.<br /><br />The biggest testimony to this movie’s graphics is the unsightly appearance of the aliens, besides the stupendous warships and larger-than-life weapons.<br /><br />Director Doug Liman, whom we best know for the Bourne series, knows were to incorporate the surprises for those susceptible to knee-jerks. <br /><br />The 3D really brings out the flying debris in the battlefield.<br /><br /> But the premise of this movie is nothing exceptional. Even the “resets” can become monotonous with repeated dialogues and scene settings.<br /><br />If Halo is your favourite video game, or if aliens and bloodshed thrill you, watch this movie. </p>.<p>Edge of Tomorrow, however, is nothing to write home about.</p>
