Edge Of Tomorrow is an immensely enjoyable sci-fi actioner. Retooling the novel's eighteen-year-old grunt to fit Tom Cruise's combat-averse PR-man Cage does work surprisingly well in context. Fans of mech, aliens, combat and timey-wimey-stuff will all be very satisfied indeed. The Starship Troopers meets Groundhog Day comparisons are apt, but Liman keeps the film fresh and dynamic from the word go, with a blistering pace and very kinetic action sequences. Cruise is excellent, Emily Blunt is a revelation and more than a match on-screen, and the great Bill Paxton plays deadpan humour to perfection. For genre fans, Edge Of Tomorrow is about as good as mainstream blockbuster cinema gets.
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