I actually thought the clumsy romance between the two stars supported the story line. Cage developed his deep feelings for Rita over who knows how many repeated days and emotional events. Rita only knew him from the moment they met that first day. Yes, since she had gone through it before, she understood Cage's struggles. You could tell on certain days that she realized Cage had developed feelings for her but she purposely tried to discourage further development.
I agree exactly, I could also see Rita understanding how he’s developed those feelings and almost using that connection to push Cage the final step he needs to finish the fight even if she doesn’t herself really have those feelings. Wouldn’t be the first time a lady has used “love” to get a guy to do something dangerous lol.
Well, she also went through it herself. I always got the feeling that the guy she hints at that she had feelings for that died during the war was while she had the ability and that guy may not have felt the same way because it was always the same day for him.
Precisely, such a pity he did not understood that, but he only saw it one time and we many times. But yes Cage has been MANY years in this time loop, and he has seen about everything you could think of, he could even fight that guy without looking (eyes closed), and yes if you have been with a beautiful yes strong woman so long you get feelings for her, he tried to save her so many times already, til the moment he could not change her death anymore, she always dies were the helicopter is, and he hates it, becouse he loves her, and if he succeeds destroying the Omega, she would still be death (he thinks), no the romance he had for her was very good done, and does absolutely not feel tacked on.
@@AmigaWolf Also he loves her but although the Rita character doesn't love him, it's only been a day, she understands because of the past person she loves. So the romance balances out in that way. One sided romance does work particularly when the other person knows this person is sacrificing themselves over and over again just to try to save them.
This is one of my favorite action movies of all time. The humor mixed with great action sequences and clever use of time loops just makes it so entertaining.
Yeah, it's fun when you realize it's almost starts unfolding like someone playing a VIDEO GAME! lol I always said it's the BEST 'video game' movie that isn't technically associated with a game. ;)
One of the big differences in Cage from all of Cruise's main action characters is that cage is a coward. Tom Cruise usually comes as the guy who already knows how to fight. But not Cage. He runs from the battle and is extremely afraid. He didn't just get into contact with the Alpha's blood, Cage pretty much became the Alpha. He continues to try to run from this responsibility of "saving the world" through a big part of the movie; but his new grown love for Tota makes him stay. Basically, he becomes a man for her; to save her. It's beautiful. As for Rita, she starts as this cold-hearted woman, with an attitude of "I'm too good for any of you," but we start to understand where this coldness comes from. She's heartbroken. She had this amazing power of restarting the day, and she couldn't save her partner. Thousands of times, she sees him dying and can't do anything about it. She isn't a "badass" from "woman empowering", she's good at the fight because she's been in it for the equivalent of years. Through the movie, as Cage becomes strong, she becomes soft and allows herself to feel again. She becomes more feminine, and he becomes more masculine. It was truly an amazing movie!
Perfectly summed ! I guess Liman is a genius in finding this kind of roles for Cruise 'cause I always had a similar feeling from Barry Seals, though he wasn't exactly a coward but very much a cautious guy in the beginning. I can't wait for their new movie !!!
No offense, but he wasn't a coward. He was a man untrained, ill prepared and unused to battle being railroaded into a certain death by a power mad general. As for Rita she didnt start with an "I'm too good for all of you" attitude. She started with an "I've seen so much death, I can't stand to lose another friend," attitude. And I think your statement of "she becomes more feminine and he more masculine," is an oversimplification of the situation, and reeks of having an agenda against woke-ism (and before you say it - I am NOT woke, just addressing your comments). Why can't they just be two human beings who thru shared adversity and a mutual understanding and respect become closer and grow as people. Just my two-pence worth.
@delraydad7516 Absolutely no offense, don't worry. Cage is a coward. He's not just unprepared for battle, he actively runs from it. And he still parades around with his major authority get away from the battle. Rita has seen much death, but being hurt doesn't mean that someone gets immune to get arrogant, even if this arrogance comes from hurt and even fear from getting hurt again. As for your last comment, there is no oversimplification in my statement about they further becoming that which they were meant to be. No, there is no such thing as "just humans." There is man and woman. I wasn't even thinking about modern culture/politics, just reality. This idea of "just being human" is a make-up phrase to make each sex run away from their own responsibilities. I was made a woman for a reason. I have a purpose as a woman. And a man has a purpose as a man. He was built this away. Our sinful nature makes us run away from this because it comes with heavy responsibilities. And Rita and Cage were doing just that. I'm sorry, but if you claim to not be "woke," whatever that means on this ever changing culture, but fails to see the utmost importance of a woman embracing her femininity and a man embracing his masculinity, and just try to downgrade that to jus "two humans connecting", you are more caught up in this "woke" culture then you think. I hate this egalitarian worldview. I felt for it once, and it just gives us a reason to deny our virtuous and out vices. Thanks for commenting! This is fun! 🙂
Definitely my favorite Cruise movie. And the best scene of the movie for me is the first time when Cage tried to "escape" from his unit, by rolling under the humvee and getting driven over, with Bill Paxton's character saying "why did he do that". Cracks me up everytime.
@@FF-tp7qs by original, I mean not yet another sequel, soft reboot, or prequel to an established franchise. 80’s SciFi produced a ton of original content, and yes some was derivative of other stories, but studios were willing to fund original content and just see if it worked. The only thing we have close to that now is in the horror genre.
Yes, like they stuck (OK, mostly!) to the source material and didn't try to cram The Message in every aspect. Which, by the way, gave us one of the best badass strong female protagonists in recent cinema.
Kudos to Tom Cruise for adapting a japanese light novel ( all you need is kill ) on live action and not screwing it up, even if he changed major points of the story.
@@ShadowCthulhu Indeed. I read the book when it was translated into English back in 2009 and I was worried about the film....but when I saw the film I realized I had nothing to worry about. It isn't a faithful adaptation, but it's still a damned good one and it did get people interested in the original novel.
I'm with both of you guys, seen it "many many times" ! whenever I need to cheer up, its Cruise's last smile, that makes me smile as well :D Love this movie so much !!!
Much like Bill Paxton, who went from: "game over, man! Game over!" To: "Battle is the Great Redeemer. It is the fiery crucible in which true heroes are forged."
Phenomenal performance by Cruise. It’s one of my favorite sci-fi movies. District 9 is another and believe it or not, it has the best depiction of a positive father/son relationship in recent times. How sad is that.
This is easily one of the best movies ever for both Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt. It's basically Groundhog Day on steroids and is just fun to watch many times over. 👍💪
The romance part was fine as these two had a shared experience like no other. The ties that bind us and all that. If anyone could understand what each other went through it was those two.
The Misattribution of Arousal. Scientists believe that the effect of danger increasing attraction is closely tied to increased levels of adrenaline and dopamine in the brain. So, for example, when you go to a theme park and ride a rollercoaster with your date, chances are higher for your date to "fall in love" with you (mislabeling fear as romantic arousal, because of the dopamine rush) instead of, let's say, you both going to have dinner at a chill restaurant. I know, science destroys all the magic and pixie dust about it.
I have an alternate opinion on the romance relationship in the show, I don't think it's tacked on, I think it's just a perspective of Cage getting essentially ultimate access to knowing the future, and even then not getting easy access to a relationship with Rita. From the very last scene, with cage and Rita, it's left as a nebulous finish, because it's officially where he can actually has a legitimate shot at a relationship with Rita, without the knowledge of the future. The juxtaposition is the entire deep relationship built with her the whole movie and the ending wiped clear of that and no guarantees. The whole movie was about the mission for Rita, and no attachments till the mission was over, and since the mission was over the ending was a wink and a nod with Cage knowing what he knows, but ultimately the ending is in limbo. Which felt satisfying to me.
A vastly underrated sci-fi action war film. It's like a cross between Saving Private Ryan, Starship Troopers, Full Metal Jacket and a bit of Groundhog Hog. Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt had fantastic chemistry while the late Bill Paxton was doing his best R Lee Ermey impression. Doug Liman's direction is flawless. 9 out of 10.
Bill Paxton came to the NYCC in 2013 while he was filming EOT (which was under the name of "All You Need Is Kill", so he still had the moustache. I was at his panel and he was just a great guy.
Edge of Tomorrow, aka Live Die Repeat, aka All You Need Is Kill, is INCREDIBLE. I saw it in the theater and loved it. I think seeing it now undercuts how awesome it was when it came out.
I loved this movie -- absolutely didn't expect to, got the DVD in a bargain bin at a local store, and was blown away. I felt like it really showed Cruise's range as an actor.
One of the best time travel action movies. Good actors, even the supporting cast, was good. Stakes were high, and the payoff/ climax was damn near perfect.
This movie rewards multiple watches. Really good and as a marketing guy, it suffered by bad marketing, a movie title that was in flux, and too close release to Oblivion
I much much much preferred this to Oblivion, it's one of my fave action sci-fi movies ever, being (fittingly) infinitely rewatchable. I genuinely think it's as near perfect a movie as you can get for this genre.
They can have a prequel, showing Rita gaining her power, using it, and ultimately losing it (as the original movie showed) since she was established as a great hero. In the end, she meets Cage causing the story to fall full circle as the original movie ended. Although, until Hollywood can regain its bearings, I'm afraid of anything they try to push out now because they can destroy a good potential story.
Agreed Dave. This is one of those underrated masterpieces, despite Tom Cruise himself, being the seemingly predictable lead. It surpasses all that though, and it works.
@@stantonvalberg9814 What I found interesting how the psychological toll broke him at somepoint with the Live Die Repeat cycle. He wasn't a coward anymore, but the futility of it all and her deaths ground him down. He wasn't just a simple 2D action hero. The character showed range and depth.
The hero’s journey that Tom Cruise’s character went on was quite gripping given the trial and error mentioned he had to implement. It felt like a real world example of a video game respawn after dying, so found that very interesting.
Had Rita not opened up to Cage over time, to being slightly more receptive of his emotional advances, the only real virtue she would have left by the end would be her unyielding sense of duty. The woman she turns out to be, on top of that, is just [Chef's Kiss]. We can thank the script, direction, and actors involved for that.
Edge of Tomorrow is great, and here's the thing about "the romance" - it isn't one in the traditional sense of two people falling in love. It is one person falling in love with another after spending a lifetime of lifetimes with them. Cage has developed a real, total love for Rita, with shared risk, sacrifice, and dedication in literal life or death situations. But Rita has not, and can not, because for her, every day is their first date. But cleverly, the movie lets us know that Rita *does* know, at times, that Cage has developed feelings for her - most notably, in the helicopter scene, where she tells him her middle name. Some looks, some glances, she understands he's been with her countless times and she has that feminine intuition and can sense when a man has more than just a passing concern with her. FYI, the scene where she kisses him. the kiss was not in the script, she ad-libbed it. Love, love, love this movie...
It's based on a Japanese manga/anime, and adapted for American audience. Probably the best anime adaption ever made. Netflix could learn from this movie.
eh... its one of those adaptations that is so radically different, it might as well not even be called the same thing.. in fact. they didn't even call it the same thing. Its very hard to call that a good adaptation. if the source was as beloved as the movie, people would not be happy about it. Imagine they pulled that with Demon slayer.
@@Cassandra112 I agree. They get away with all of the changes in the novel because few had read it. I only read it after I watched the move. In fact, I was actually surprised that the novel had an English adaptation.
It's not a good adaptation. It's a great movie, but to call it even adaptation of that manga is a huge stretch considering how much it was changed regarding plot, designes, and around half way it completely goes off rails and tells it's own story until the end. Don't get me wrong, I love both manga and movie, but I treat them as separate things.
I am ashamed I missed this in the theaters. Once it hit streaming I fell in love with this movie. From time to time I still wake up in the morning and hear "On your feet maggot!" 🤣😂
Such a great movie. Terrible marketing tanked the box office, but coming into cult classic status. Defiantly one of my go to movies when I’ve got some down time.
Nice one Dave in mentioning The X Files s6 episode 'Monday'. It was I thought one of the stand out episodes of s6 (which is overall underrated) and there is a terribly poignant story of a girl (Pam) stuck in a nightmare loop and for whom Mulder's intervention is the only way out. The more I saw that episode the more heartbreaking it became. All the more so because Carrie Hamilton who played Pam had a really tough time with drugs/alcohol before passing from cancer at a early age.
Upon seeing this fantastic movie, I had to also check out the audiobook version of the book by a Japanese author Edge of Tomorrow is based upon. They're both great experiences and the film stays true to the spirit of the book.
I always got the impression that it wasn't just getting it's blood on you, that is a bit weak, but more the fact you die with it in the exact same moment.
Agreed the human died with fresh mimic fluid on it that we called blood. I have no idea if it was really blood? Humans tend to anthropomorphise aliens.
I took it as both... that they both died at the same time and their blood merged (his into the Alpha's and the Alpha's into his), causing a connection; becoming one organism.
@@sandman_says_runrunner4701 The mimics are appendages of the mimic brain so it was all one organism. He basically became a mimics appendage, but one that had a brain.
I highly recommend the novel it's based on, by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. There are some things they used from the book but didn't explain in the movie, especially with regard to the time loop. Cage (who was Japanese in the book) would always jump back to 30 hours before he killed the special mimic that pulled him into the loop. His arc and origins are completely different in the novel; he's a trained soldier, not a media hype man. The ending is tragic compared to the western version, though I love both. I'll be doing a book vs movie video on it soon.
Next time you recommend a book include its name and don't include details about the ending. Why would you give a shout out to something, not name it and drop a light spoiler. Bellend.
Consider: the 'romance' you mention that seems sort of tossed in is actually rather nuanced. She, having been through living the day over and over, understands what he has been through. She can see the signs of his growing affection for her, from the fact he has intimate knowlege of her from previous interaction and especially from his distress at reaching a point where he cannot save her She recognizes this. So, the kiss at the end is at once a carpe diem moment - she IS going to die after all - but cemented in her knowlege of how he feels and her own - if not romantic love - true affection and respect - and perhaps regret for what might have been. It is a rather subtle development that they did not need to include, and it works wonderfully. One of the many elements that makes this - in my opinion - one of the great sci-fi action adventure movies of all time.
I went to see this in the theater. The more you think about it the more confusing it gets but it's a damn good film and quite hilarious. My only gripe is that there wasn't enough action.
I have this movie and watch it from time to time. I've probably seen it 7 or 8 times by now. That should illustrate how I feel about it. There are just some movies out there you don't get tired of if watched like that, and make excellent parts of a video collection.
IMO the best "alien invasion" movie EVER MADE !!! LOVE IT SOOO MUCH !!! LOVED IT IN CINEMA AS WELL, WILL REMEMBER FOREVER !!! Cruise and Paxton are totally killing it together, they are THE BEST !!! Their reactions and emotions are so natural, Cruise's when the copter first opens under him with his "Oh my GOD !!!" and Paxton's face when Cruise says Paxton's monologue, that he obviously had prepared, like WTF ! :D There actually are some moments where Rita acts needlessly bossy but well well...her failure is simply just lack of patience to work out the result, that Cage eventually succeeded to do. Its one of the most under underrated alien movies of all time, along with its director Doug Liman - he's AWESOME !!! Barry Seal says ALL ! This movie actually had talks of a sequel from the beginning, unfortunately it underperformed, so I guess the studio is not hurrying it into production. Once when I was drunk and watched it, I had the best F idea of a sequel and it matched right after the ending, like a puzzle...unfortunately I didn't write it down, so next morning it was forgotten :D:D
At the time, this movie was Cruise returning to film after receiving criticism for antics on a talk show. Ellen or some other similar show for aging housewives. Reviews upon release focused on how it was the Tom Cruise movie for people upset at Tom Cruise because he dies so much.
In the novel, the time loop was entirely technological. It had nothing to do w "Alpha blood". She got close to the Omega & was tagged for reset by the device when the Omega triggered it. Success for humans is to destroy the loop machine to prevent the reset. He ALSO got close to an Omega & got tagged for reset by the loop machine. She taught him how to stop the looping by destroying the local battle's machine. The problem was in the final battle w the aliens, only 1 person can get reset because the final boss fight was 1v1.
I liked this movie. Emily Blunt is a fine actress. Check out the Norwegian movie "The Trip". It's one of those movies where the male and female leads both work together and compliment each other. Noomi Rapace is really good in it.
The movie missed the point of its origin, All You Need Is Kill, which is not that you can predict outcomes, but that you can become so good at what you do that an enemy can’t compare.
The " I love this movie " statement has blurted out of my mouth on so many Cruise installments, including this one. I had given up on cinema-going by the time this came out; tired of Hollywood-BS in so many of the big movies, so I saw this on DVD. Not only great action, but hilarious use of that 'ground hog day' effect; had me belly laughing.
My brother "strong armed" me into going to see it with him. We have similar tastes and I ended up really enjoying it. I am a Cruise fan and this movie made me into a Blunt fan for sure.
I agree with you that the logic behind the "Groundhog Day" 's logic is a bit fantastical, but the entertainment level and appeal of story and characters are such that the flimsy suspension of disbelief factor becomes forgivanble. Also, I would spend a word to mention the spectacular production design and VFX.
It's a fair review of "Edge of Tomorrow". Rita was in a similar situation as Cage. There is a mention she had limited combat training. Like Cage, she got to be a super soldier by learning, dying, learning some more, repeated ad nauseum. The romance angle is interesting in Cage has a long memory of her, yet her memory of him is at best a few hours. Maybe the movie didn't execute it as well as they could have, but it's an interesting concept. Two things interesting about the Groundhog Day effect are, there are many movies that use it in all many different genres. "Groundhog Day" is a romance comedy, "Edge of Tomorrow" is science fiction. The other aspect is, just about all of us do it. We start a job or another life changing experience. We learn as we go and fall into a routine. Repeat, repeat, repeat, every wakeup is a reset.
One of my favorite movies of all time! A very well made film with a great cast. Hopefully they don't make a sequel, it doesn't need one and will probably ruin this movie.
Funny thing is that Blunt being a bit Mary Sue kind of fits here, because of her time loops; but they do it without degrading or demeaning the male roles. The wokesters keep thinking that our calling a movie "woke" is because we just don't like strong females, but is really that we don't like destroying other (male) characters to make the female appear strong. This movie is a great example (and I keep seeing it almost every movie made before 2016) of having strong female characters AND strong male characters.
Thing is, she is a Mary Sue, but she plays the proper role of the Mary Sue. In narratives, a Mary Sue (or Gary Stu for men) is a character who is already powerful/skilled at the beginning, that has already undergone a journey and whose purpose is to be a sort of mentor or guide to the main character, who is currently undergoing the journey. Which is the case here: she's not the real main character, she had her journey, learned her lessons and now mentors the newcomer.
My second-best friend has been suggesting I watch this one for years. Finally, while we were on a mini-vacation in Gatlinburg, TN, we finally watched it. He was right.
It's a great movie. Obviously the first thing you're reminded of is Groundhog Day but I think the closer comparison is video gaming. Dying over and over and resetting with your new information about the task at hand and finally prevailing. I think one can overthink this type of movie and I believe you have.
Its been a while since I watched this but I thought the romance was supposed to be clunky because Cruise had spent repeated lives getting to know Blunt but she's only known him for X hours/days. Additionally, it is disturbing to her because she isn't sure how the previous versions of herself have opened up to him. I agree with the time travel explanation being weak, I think they could have simply stated how they experienced the reset and what happened just prior to it. Not everything has to be explained and we shouldn't expect characters to understand every aspect (especially when aliens are involved) even if it is something they are experiencing. Let the audience wonder about the mechanics just as the characters are. The key is that unexplained doesn't turn into "anything goes", stick to your time travel rules. Sometimes unresolved mystery adds to an experience, it's why people watch magic tricks. Another example, I've always been fascinated by the DB Cooper skyjacking from the early 1970s. I would love to know who he was and what happened after he jumped, but there's part of me that doesn't want it to be solved because the mystery and intrigue are gone forever.
You forgot the excellent SG-1 Episode "Window of Opportunity". Great comedic moments, interesting take on the motivations for the time loop, revealing character moments, and a few excellent scenes from RDA.
I barely heard anything about this when it came out, even though 2014 was still a time when a Tom Cruise movie would automatically get a decent-to-large marketing budget. I watched it a few months ago when it popped free on one of the streaming services. It's pretty damn good!!! And original (which we get so rarely nowadays).
As a gamer I always likened the way cruise repeats the beach assault over and over again to dying and restarting a level in a video game until you finally perfect it and get to the boss. ABSOLUTELY LOVE this movie!
Maybe it wasn’t clearly explained but i understood the resetting of the day as not Cage hijacking the Omegas rewind himself willfully. Since he had the alpha blood in him the omega thought a proper mimic alpha died when it was in fact cage. And so the omega reset the day reflexively. I think the omega was starting to catch on to him by act 3
6:23 By the way, the reset does work by going back to when you woke up. Thats why when he regains the power right at the end, he now jumps back to when he woke up on the helicopter ride at the beginning of the movie.
One of the best manga adaptations. Save for some artistic liberties to make more suitable to western audience (do not confuse with "modern audiences") it is true to the essence of the original (though it takes the tragic ending off). It sticks to the story, doesn't cram The Message at every opportunity and gave us one of the best badass strong female protagonists in recent cinema.
Some may know, the movie is based on a Japanese novel titled "All you need is Kill" (translated). A friend just sent me a copy of it and I look forward to finally reading it.
The audience needs to keep in mind that we see the movie mostly from his perspective. For everyone else, like “Groundhog Day”, it is only ONE day. It is almost impossible to fall very much in love in less than 24 hours - sometimes only a couple of hours. There is only so much you can do with the other people given how much memory they have.
I saw this in the Theater the first time. I rather enjoyed it. I watch it whenever I catch it on TV. I think the romance worked perfectly for the story. He developed his feelings over time and she only knows him after he introduced himself. She can understand his struggles (even the developing feelings for someone who may not even know who you are). She occasionally sees it and does what she can to discourages it. It makes perfect sense that it would be rough and awkward. The reason Tom wakes up at that moment, yeah I agree it isn't clear. But it was easy enough to let it go. A bit of mystery was fine with me.
I read the source "All You Need is Kill" Japanese novel. The movie is good, but as an adaptation, it changes a lot of things. But it gets away with it 'cause in the West, few have read it, even though it has an official English adaptation.
You could also say that Edge of Tomorrow is also basically a very good adaptation of a japanese Light Novel/Manga. Edge of Tomorrow is an adaptation of the Light Novel "All you need is kill", the story is basically the same, they just basically just changed very few things, specially with Tom Cruise's character, who in the original is Japanese, here is changed to American, but the overall story is basically the same, except perhaps the ending part and how exactly to stop the loop. To some anime and japanese media fans, this is considered one of the best adaptations of japanese media into western hollywood media...and trust me, so far, only around 3 or 4 movies are considered between good and decent adaptations of anime or manga or light novel.
Please god 🙏🏻 don’t let there be a sequel 🙏🏻 Like Extraction, Avatar and so many other movies that has to be so severely retrofitted to make the sequel make sense… It’s a great movie and the aliens are dead… the end!
You forgot the Stargate episode Window of Oportunity, where the Ancients developed a machine thag causes time loops, but limited to a few planets in the network, they even mention how the Tok'ra were concerned about Earth.
I recently listened to Doug Liman, the director of this film, talk about his recent film Chaos Walking on the Blu-ray commentary track. He was talking about how "you can't do sex in movies these days", and the film has an entire scene devoted to deal with that "issue" just to be able to move forward. This is almost word for word what is being said on the track. You get the feeling that the few good, old school talents working in Hollywood these days are wearing shackles, and they actually want to portray the natural order of the world, but are unable to. The male-female duo working as equals in Edge of Tomorrow is what makes it work for me, and I think this is a director we need to pay more attention to. Here's hoping that Villeneuve's Dune 2 lives up to its poster (a man and a woman standing side by side as equals) and does what this film did so well.
This is actually based on an anime/manga. I absolutely adored this film and the original inspiration (All you need is kill), this is really the American version and with the separate name its own thing, which I recommend you do see the second too. There are changes and both are deserving of love.
This movie is a family favorite. We watched it one weekend when my sister and I were both visiting home and we loved it. The joke is when someone asks if we want to watch it “Sure, I love watching Tom Cruise die over and over again.” The truck death is our favorite.
Love the movie. I just never understand why Cage was put to the front line. With him getting killed would not accomplish why he was there in the first place.
Such a good movie! Thanks for these "random" reviews Dave - I am going to rewatch this tonight. Last review you did of Oblivion was also spot on! Keep up the good work.
I really enjoy this movie, not sure how many tiles I've watched it, probably as many as Tom relived the day lol. FYI regarding the connection between Cage and the omega, its actually the Blue Mimic's death that trigers the omega to reset the day and that "power" is passed onto Cage.
Funny enough Edge of Tomorrow is a live action version of the manga All You Need is Kill. Aside from a few differences it respects the source material.
Great point about if this were made today with the Mary Sue aspect coming overbearingly all throughout this film. One of the best original sci-fi movies in the last couple decades.
I saw this in theater and I've watched it about 10 times since. I just watched it again 2 days ago and then I saw this review just by coincidence. I've been bothered, for years, that the sequel never happened. We've received other good stuff from Tom and Emily since EOT and I appreciate those movies too, but boy, I sure still want EOT-2.
7:50 the romance was a mental thing!!! Not spelled out to you in black and white 🤦♂️. Think of being with someone for YEARS straight watching them die, building a bond only capable by war... NOW THINK THAT SHE'S SUFFERED THAT SAME TRAGEDY WITH SOMEONE SHE COULDN'T SAVE!!!!!! Best UNFORCED love story I've seen in my life being a 100% Disabled Combat Infantry Veteran... 👍
I liked this movie way more than Oblivion, which I liked as well, but Oblivion has huge plot holes that I can’t ignore. I liked this movie’s story and the characters…I liked it so much I bought it.
I actually thought the clumsy romance between the two stars supported the story line. Cage developed his deep feelings for Rita over who knows how many repeated days and emotional events. Rita only knew him from the moment they met that first day. Yes, since she had gone through it before, she understood Cage's struggles. You could tell on certain days that she realized Cage had developed feelings for her but she purposely tried to discourage further development.
I agree exactly, I could also see Rita understanding how he’s developed those feelings and almost using that connection to push Cage the final step he needs to finish the fight even if she doesn’t herself really have those feelings. Wouldn’t be the first time a lady has used “love” to get a guy to do something dangerous lol.
Well, she also went through it herself.
I always got the feeling that the guy she hints at that she had feelings for that died during the war was while she had the ability and that guy may not have felt the same way because it was always the same day for him.
@@James_Bee In the original anime, this is based on a manga/anime, yes the Rita character was in love with the guy who ended up dying.
Precisely, such a pity he did not understood that, but he only saw it one time and we many times.
But yes Cage has been MANY years in this time loop, and he has seen about everything you could think of, he could even fight that guy without looking (eyes closed), and yes if you have been with a beautiful yes strong woman so long you get feelings for her, he tried to save her so many times already, til the moment he could not change her death anymore, she always dies were the helicopter is, and he hates it, becouse he loves her, and if he succeeds destroying the Omega, she would still be death (he thinks), no the romance he had for her was very good done, and does absolutely not feel tacked on.
@@AmigaWolf Also he loves her but although the Rita character doesn't love him, it's only been a day, she understands because of the past person she loves. So the romance balances out in that way. One sided romance does work particularly when the other person knows this person is sacrificing themselves over and over again just to try to save them.
This is one of my favorite action movies of all time. The humor mixed with great action sequences and clever use of time loops just makes it so entertaining.
Yeah, it's fun when you realize it's almost starts unfolding like someone playing a VIDEO GAME! lol I always said it's the BEST 'video game' movie that isn't technically associated with a game. ;)
Definitely one of my favorite modern (non-80-90's) action flicks.
One of the big differences in Cage from all of Cruise's main action characters is that cage is a coward. Tom Cruise usually comes as the guy who already knows how to fight. But not Cage. He runs from the battle and is extremely afraid. He didn't just get into contact with the Alpha's blood, Cage pretty much became the Alpha. He continues to try to run from this responsibility of "saving the world" through a big part of the movie; but his new grown love for Tota makes him stay. Basically, he becomes a man for her; to save her. It's beautiful.
As for Rita, she starts as this cold-hearted woman, with an attitude of "I'm too good for any of you," but we start to understand where this coldness comes from. She's heartbroken. She had this amazing power of restarting the day, and she couldn't save her partner. Thousands of times, she sees him dying and can't do anything about it. She isn't a "badass" from "woman empowering", she's good at the fight because she's been in it for the equivalent of years. Through the movie, as Cage becomes strong, she becomes soft and allows herself to feel again.
She becomes more feminine, and he becomes more masculine.
It was truly an amazing movie!
Perfectly summed ! I guess Liman is a genius in finding this kind of roles for Cruise 'cause I always had a similar feeling from Barry Seals, though he wasn't exactly a coward but very much a cautious guy in the beginning. I can't wait for their new movie !!!
Rita is just Ok.
Well said
No offense, but he wasn't a coward.
He was a man untrained, ill prepared and unused to battle being railroaded into a certain death by a power mad general.
As for Rita she didnt start with an "I'm too good for all of you" attitude. She started with an "I've seen so much death, I can't stand to lose another friend," attitude.
And I think your statement of "she becomes more feminine and he more masculine," is an oversimplification of the situation, and reeks of having an agenda against woke-ism (and before you say it - I am NOT woke, just addressing your comments). Why can't they just be two human beings who thru shared adversity and a mutual understanding and respect become closer and grow as people.
Just my two-pence worth.
@delraydad7516 Absolutely no offense, don't worry. Cage is a coward. He's not just unprepared for battle, he actively runs from it. And he still parades around with his major authority get away from the battle. Rita has seen much death, but being hurt doesn't mean that someone gets immune to get arrogant, even if this arrogance comes from hurt and even fear from getting hurt again.
As for your last comment, there is no oversimplification in my statement about they further becoming that which they were meant to be. No, there is no such thing as "just humans." There is man and woman. I wasn't even thinking about modern culture/politics, just reality. This idea of "just being human" is a make-up phrase to make each sex run away from their own responsibilities. I was made a woman for a reason. I have a purpose as a woman. And a man has a purpose as a man. He was built this away. Our sinful nature makes us run away from this because it comes with heavy responsibilities. And Rita and Cage were doing just that.
I'm sorry, but if you claim to not be "woke," whatever that means on this ever changing culture, but fails to see the utmost importance of a woman embracing her femininity and a man embracing his masculinity, and just try to downgrade that to jus "two humans connecting", you are more caught up in this "woke" culture then you think.
I hate this egalitarian worldview. I felt for it once, and it just gives us a reason to deny our virtuous and out vices.
Thanks for commenting! This is fun! 🙂
Chris Stuckmann once declared this film as one of those movies that define sci-fi like Aliens or Terminator. Frankly, I agree with him.
Well, Stuckman is right occasionally.
But, so is a broken clock.
@@JonJangerson No, he's just a coward.
@@James_Bee 😅👍
Tell that to Zod's snapped neck.
Definitely my favorite Cruise movie. And the best scene of the movie for me is the first time when Cage tried to "escape" from his unit, by rolling under the humvee and getting driven over, with Bill Paxton's character saying "why did he do that". Cracks me up everytime.
Such a fantastic movie. Almost like an 80’s SciFi movie in its originality and lack of modern messaging / lecturing.
If by originality, you mean they based it off a Japanese sci fi novel and just made the protagonist Tom Cruise instead of a Japanese person
Yes your right, it had the same great feeling and and acting and so as what most 80s action movies were.
@@FF-tp7qs by original, I mean not yet another sequel, soft reboot, or prequel to an established franchise. 80’s SciFi produced a ton of original content, and yes some was derivative of other stories, but studios were willing to fund original content and just see if it worked. The only thing we have close to that now is in the horror genre.
Yes, like they stuck (OK, mostly!) to the source material and didn't try to cram The Message in every aspect.
Which, by the way, gave us one of the best badass strong female protagonists in recent cinema.
I know someone who really likes this film because Tom Cruise dies a lot.
Edge of Tomorrow is a real gem of a movie. It's a pity that more people didn't give it a chance when it was in theaters.
I missed it in theaters myself, saw it shortly after though.
I think there were some other big movies like Transformers or X Men that it had to compete with. It’s marketing and release timing killed it.
An absolutely great film by today's standards.
Catch on tv,…….what is this 1997?
Children of men, this movie, the moon are my favorite sci-fi flicks that went under the radar
Kudos to Tom Cruise for adapting a japanese light novel ( all you need is kill ) on live action and not screwing it up, even if he changed major points of the story.
Indeed, I got the original shortly after seeing the movie. Both are very well done. You can tell this is more of an Inspired by more than anything.
@@ShadowCthulhu Indeed. I read the book when it was translated into English back in 2009 and I was worried about the film....but when I saw the film I realized I had nothing to worry about. It isn't a faithful adaptation, but it's still a damned good one and it did get people interested in the original novel.
“It’s not bad…it’s decent”. Dude, this film is amazing.
This film is pretty much perfect. Don't know how many times I've watched it, but it never fails to engross me.
Hah, same here!😁 It's one of _those_ movies that I never get tired of watching. _World War Z_ is another one.
I'm with both of you guys, seen it "many many times" ! whenever I need to cheer up, its Cruise's last smile, that makes me smile as well :D Love this movie so much !!!
If a Disney writer watches this movie and wonders what was happening to "Cage"... It's called a "character arc". 🤣
Much like Bill Paxton, who went from: "game over, man! Game over!"
To: "Battle is the Great Redeemer. It is the fiery crucible in which true heroes are forged."
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LOL!
Unfortunately, the Disney writer watching this movie is probably wondering what Cage will look like as a fat black lesbian girl boss.
100% correct. @rosamundraven please read this poster, basic but 100% accurate assessment of Cage.
Phenomenal performance by Cruise. It’s one of my favorite sci-fi movies.
District 9 is another and believe it or not, it has the best depiction of a positive father/son relationship in recent times. How sad is that.
This is easily one of the best movies ever for both Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt. It's basically Groundhog Day on steroids and is just fun to watch many times over. 👍💪
The romance part was fine as these two had a shared experience like no other. The ties that bind us and all that. If anyone could understand what each other went through it was those two.
The Misattribution of Arousal. Scientists believe that the effect of danger increasing attraction is closely tied to increased levels of adrenaline and dopamine in the brain. So, for example, when you go to a theme park and ride a rollercoaster with your date, chances are higher for your date to "fall in love" with you (mislabeling fear as romantic arousal, because of the dopamine rush) instead of, let's say, you both going to have dinner at a chill restaurant. I know, science destroys all the magic and pixie dust about it.
Pass.
I don't think I've ever rewatched a movie as much as this. Absolutely love it.
I have an alternate opinion on the romance relationship in the show, I don't think it's tacked on, I think it's just a perspective of Cage getting essentially ultimate access to knowing the future, and even then not getting easy access to a relationship with Rita. From the very last scene, with cage and Rita, it's left as a nebulous finish, because it's officially where he can actually has a legitimate shot at a relationship with Rita, without the knowledge of the future. The juxtaposition is the entire deep relationship built with her the whole movie and the ending wiped clear of that and no guarantees. The whole movie was about the mission for Rita, and no attachments till the mission was over, and since the mission was over the ending was a wink and a nod with Cage knowing what he knows, but ultimately the ending is in limbo. Which felt satisfying to me.
A vastly underrated sci-fi action war film. It's like a cross between Saving Private Ryan, Starship Troopers, Full Metal Jacket and a bit of Groundhog Hog. Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt had fantastic chemistry while the late Bill Paxton was doing his best R Lee Ermey impression. Doug Liman's direction is flawless. 9 out of 10.
Same.
Bill Paxton came to the NYCC in 2013 while he was filming EOT (which was under the name of "All You Need Is Kill", so he still had the moustache. I was at his panel and he was just a great guy.
Underrated gem. I love this movie.
Saw it in the cinema without knowing anything about it. It blew my mind.
I couldn't wait for it after the 1st trailer and wasn't disappointed at all ! AWESOME movie !
Edge of Tomorrow, aka Live Die Repeat, aka All You Need Is Kill, is INCREDIBLE. I saw it in the theater and loved it. I think seeing it now undercuts how awesome it was when it came out.
Fun fact, All You Need Is Kill is a manga comic that this movie is an adaptation of.
@@Dinoslay Bingo
I loved this movie -- absolutely didn't expect to, got the DVD in a bargain bin at a local store, and was blown away. I felt like it really showed Cruise's range as an actor.
One of the best time travel action movies. Good actors, even the supporting cast, was good. Stakes were high, and the payoff/ climax was damn near perfect.
This movie rewards multiple watches. Really good and as a marketing guy, it suffered by bad marketing, a movie title that was in flux, and too close release to Oblivion
I much much much preferred this to Oblivion, it's one of my fave action sci-fi movies ever, being (fittingly) infinitely rewatchable. I genuinely think it's as near perfect a movie as you can get for this genre.
They can have a prequel, showing Rita gaining her power, using it, and ultimately losing it (as the original movie showed) since she was established as a great hero. In the end, she meets Cage causing the story to fall full circle as the original movie ended.
Although, until Hollywood can regain its bearings, I'm afraid of anything they try to push out now because they can destroy a good potential story.
Indeed, I'd rather such obvious prequel potential was left well alone until all wokeness is gone from the industry. Could be a while.
@@mapesdhs597 The entire movie could take place during the Battle of Verdun.
This movie is 9 years old and still holds up as one of my all time favourites🔥🔥
You need to watch more, older, movies.
Agreed Dave. This is one of those underrated masterpieces, despite Tom Cruise himself, being the seemingly predictable lead. It surpasses all that though, and it works.
Thought Cruise was great playing against type, originally being a gutless coward, until he learns how to fight.
@@stantonvalberg9814 What I found interesting how the psychological toll broke him at somepoint with the Live Die Repeat cycle. He wasn't a coward anymore, but the futility of it all and her deaths ground him down. He wasn't just a simple 2D action hero. The character showed range and depth.
The hero’s journey that Tom Cruise’s character went on was quite gripping given the trial and error mentioned he had to implement. It felt like a real world example of a video game respawn after dying, so found that very interesting.
Had Rita not opened up to Cage over time, to being slightly more receptive of his emotional advances, the only real virtue she would have left by the end would be her unyielding sense of duty. The woman she turns out to be, on top of that, is just [Chef's Kiss]. We can thank the script, direction, and actors involved for that.
Edge of Tomorrow is great, and here's the thing about "the romance" - it isn't one in the traditional sense of two people falling in love. It is one person falling in love with another after spending a lifetime of lifetimes with them. Cage has developed a real, total love for Rita, with shared risk, sacrifice, and dedication in literal life or death situations. But Rita has not, and can not, because for her, every day is their first date. But cleverly, the movie lets us know that Rita *does* know, at times, that Cage has developed feelings for her - most notably, in the helicopter scene, where she tells him her middle name. Some looks, some glances, she understands he's been with her countless times and she has that feminine intuition and can sense when a man has more than just a passing concern with her.
FYI, the scene where she kisses him. the kiss was not in the script, she ad-libbed it. Love, love, love this movie...
love this movie, hope we get a sequel
It's based on a Japanese manga/anime, and adapted for American audience. Probably the best anime adaption ever made. Netflix could learn from this movie.
eh... its one of those adaptations that is so radically different, it might as well not even be called the same thing.. in fact. they didn't even call it the same thing. Its very hard to call that a good adaptation. if the source was as beloved as the movie, people would not be happy about it. Imagine they pulled that with Demon slayer.
@@Cassandra112even so I like both the movie and the manga I recently bought it ps the art work is by the same person who made death note
Actually, it is based off of a Japanese novel.
@@Cassandra112 I agree. They get away with all of the changes in the novel because few had read it. I only read it after I watched the move. In fact, I was actually surprised that the novel had an English adaptation.
It's not a good adaptation. It's a great movie, but to call it even adaptation of that manga is a huge stretch considering how much it was changed regarding plot, designes, and around half way it completely goes off rails and tells it's own story until the end. Don't get me wrong, I love both manga and movie, but I treat them as separate things.
I am ashamed I missed this in the theaters. Once it hit streaming I fell in love with this movie. From time to time I still wake up in the morning and hear "On your feet maggot!" 🤣😂
Such a great movie. Terrible marketing tanked the box office, but coming into cult classic status. Defiantly one of my go to movies when I’ve got some down time.
I didn't even know about the movie at the time, I'm annoyed I didn't get to see this at the cinema
I absolutely loved this one. Watched it many times. It was unique to say the least. Very good film!
Such a great film. Saw it in the cinema at the time...Really lends itself to the big screen. Emily Blunt is superb.
Thanks Dave. This, and Oblivion are two of my favorites. Both of them gave me a new respect for Cruise.
Could you imagine how well this film would do if released now? A strong female character that is well written and acted?
Nice one Dave in mentioning The X Files s6 episode 'Monday'. It was I thought one of the stand out episodes of s6 (which is overall underrated) and there is a terribly poignant story of a girl (Pam) stuck in a nightmare loop and for whom Mulder's intervention is the only way out. The more I saw that episode the more heartbreaking it became. All the more so because Carrie Hamilton who played Pam had a really tough time with drugs/alcohol before passing from cancer at a early age.
Edge Of Tomorrow, Oblivion and Minority Report are all terrific sci fi fare. One should note that Edge Of Tomorrow was written by McQ.
Terrific movie. Such a clever and inventive screenplay
Upon seeing this fantastic movie, I had to also check out the audiobook version of the book by a Japanese author Edge of Tomorrow is based upon. They're both great experiences and the film stays true to the spirit of the book.
Edge of Tomorrow is a great film. I really hope they make a good sequel.
The precipice of yesterday.
It's terrible sequel material, but then so was Top Gun, so...
Yeah maybe it is better just as a once off.
Do a prequel first with Rita's POV then a sequel with their children's POV.
@6:11 I think you didn't understand the ending if you don't understand why Cage gets reset at Heathrow at that moment.
I always got the impression that it wasn't just getting it's blood on you, that is a bit weak, but more the fact you die with it in the exact same moment.
Agreed the human died with fresh mimic fluid on it that we called blood. I have no idea if it was really blood? Humans tend to anthropomorphise aliens.
I took it as both... that they both died at the same time and their blood merged (his into the Alpha's and the Alpha's into his), causing a connection; becoming one organism.
@@sandman_says_runrunner4701 The mimics are appendages of the mimic brain so it was all one organism. He basically became a mimics appendage, but one that had a brain.
I like how the Drinker's method of saying "the message" is catching on 😂
"Sgt. Farrell! You're American!"
"No, sir! I am from Kentucky!"
😄
I highly recommend the novel it's based on, by Hiroshi Sakurazaka. There are some things they used from the book but didn't explain in the movie, especially with regard to the time loop. Cage (who was Japanese in the book) would always jump back to 30 hours before he killed the special mimic that pulled him into the loop.
His arc and origins are completely different in the novel; he's a trained soldier, not a media hype man. The ending is tragic compared to the western version, though I love both. I'll be doing a book vs movie video on it soon.
Next time you recommend a book include its name and don't include details about the ending. Why would you give a shout out to something, not name it and drop a light spoiler. Bellend.
Consider: the 'romance' you mention that seems sort of tossed in is actually rather nuanced. She, having been through living the day over and over, understands what he has been through. She can see the signs of his growing affection for her, from the fact he has intimate knowlege of her from previous interaction and especially from his distress at reaching a point where he cannot save her She recognizes this. So, the kiss at the end is at once a carpe diem moment - she IS going to die after all - but cemented in her knowlege of how he feels and her own - if not romantic love - true affection and respect - and perhaps regret for what might have been. It is a rather subtle development that they did not need to include, and it works wonderfully. One of the many elements that makes this - in my opinion - one of the great sci-fi action adventure movies of all time.
I went to see this in the theater. The more you think about it the more confusing it gets but it's a damn good film and quite hilarious. My only gripe is that there wasn't enough action.
One of my favorite movies 🙂Saw it in the theater, somehow I end up watching it once per year it seems 😁
I have this movie and watch it from time to time. I've probably seen it 7 or 8 times by now. That should illustrate how I feel about it. There are just some movies out there you don't get tired of if watched like that, and make excellent parts of a video collection.
Great TC film. Great story, great visuals, well paced, and NO FRIGGING MESSAGE PUSHING...
IMO the best "alien invasion" movie EVER MADE !!! LOVE IT SOOO MUCH !!! LOVED IT IN CINEMA AS WELL, WILL REMEMBER FOREVER !!!
Cruise and Paxton are totally killing it together, they are THE BEST !!! Their reactions and emotions are so natural, Cruise's when the copter first opens under him with his "Oh my GOD !!!" and Paxton's face when Cruise says Paxton's monologue, that he obviously had prepared, like WTF ! :D
There actually are some moments where Rita acts needlessly bossy but well well...her failure is simply just lack of patience to work out the result, that Cage eventually succeeded to do.
Its one of the most under underrated alien movies of all time, along with its director Doug Liman - he's AWESOME !!! Barry Seal says ALL ! This movie actually had talks of a sequel from the beginning, unfortunately it underperformed, so I guess the studio is not hurrying it into production.
Once when I was drunk and watched it, I had the best F idea of a sequel and it matched right after the ending, like a puzzle...unfortunately I didn't write it down, so next morning it was forgotten :D:D
At the time, this movie was Cruise returning to film after receiving criticism for antics on a talk show. Ellen or some other similar show for aging housewives. Reviews upon release focused on how it was the Tom Cruise movie for people upset at Tom Cruise because he dies so much.
Saw it in theatres and went out in the lobby, bought another tub of popcorn and x-large Mr. Pibb and watched it again. Hell of a lot of fun!
In the novel, the time loop was entirely technological. It had nothing to do w "Alpha blood". She got close to the Omega & was tagged for reset by the device when the Omega triggered it. Success for humans is to destroy the loop machine to prevent the reset. He ALSO got close to an Omega & got tagged for reset by the loop machine. She taught him how to stop the looping by destroying the local battle's machine. The problem was in the final battle w the aliens, only 1 person can get reset because the final boss fight was 1v1.
One of the earliest proto-Ground Hog Day bits was Monty Python's Deja Vue sketch.
I liked this movie. Emily Blunt is a fine actress.
Check out the Norwegian movie "The Trip". It's one of those movies where the male and female leads both work together and compliment each other. Noomi Rapace is really good in it.
The movie missed the point of its origin, All You Need Is Kill, which is not that you can predict outcomes, but that you can become so good at what you do that an enemy can’t compare.
I love the movie, the novel and the manga to all of this. The manga is called "All You Need is Kill". The entire story is about pure badassery.
The " I love this movie " statement has blurted out of my mouth on so many Cruise installments, including this one. I had given up on cinema-going by the time this came out; tired of Hollywood-BS in so many of the big movies, so I saw this on DVD. Not only great action, but hilarious use of that 'ground hog day' effect; had me belly laughing.
My brother "strong armed" me into going to see it with him. We have similar tastes and I ended up really enjoying it. I am a Cruise fan and this movie made me into a Blunt fan for sure.
I agree with you that the logic behind the "Groundhog Day" 's logic is a bit fantastical, but the entertainment level and appeal of story and characters are such that the flimsy suspension of disbelief factor becomes forgivanble.
Also, I would spend a word to mention the spectacular production design and VFX.
It's a fair review of "Edge of Tomorrow". Rita was in a similar situation as Cage. There is a mention she had limited combat training. Like Cage, she got to be a super soldier by learning, dying, learning some more, repeated ad nauseum. The romance angle is interesting in Cage has a long memory of her, yet her memory of him is at best a few hours. Maybe the movie didn't execute it as well as they could have, but it's an interesting concept. Two things interesting about the Groundhog Day effect are, there are many movies that use it in all many different genres. "Groundhog Day" is a romance comedy, "Edge of Tomorrow" is science fiction. The other aspect is, just about all of us do it. We start a job or another life changing experience. We learn as we go and fall into a routine. Repeat, repeat, repeat, every wakeup is a reset.
Keep up the great videos, Dave!!
thank you :)
One of my favorite movies of all time! A very well made film with a great cast. Hopefully they don't make a sequel, it doesn't need one and will probably ruin this movie.
Agreed. Quit while you’re ahead, I say, and let this story rest without sequel.
Funny thing is that Blunt being a bit Mary Sue kind of fits here, because of her time loops; but they do it without degrading or demeaning the male roles. The wokesters keep thinking that our calling a movie "woke" is because we just don't like strong females, but is really that we don't like destroying other (male) characters to make the female appear strong. This movie is a great example (and I keep seeing it almost every movie made before 2016) of having strong female characters AND strong male characters.
Thing is, she is a Mary Sue, but she plays the proper role of the Mary Sue. In narratives, a Mary Sue (or Gary Stu for men) is a character who is already powerful/skilled at the beginning, that has already undergone a journey and whose purpose is to be a sort of mentor or guide to the main character, who is currently undergoing the journey.
Which is the case here: she's not the real main character, she had her journey, learned her lessons and now mentors the newcomer.
My second-best friend has been suggesting I watch this one for years. Finally, while we were on a mini-vacation in Gatlinburg, TN, we finally watched it. He was right.
It's a great movie. Obviously the first thing you're reminded of is Groundhog Day but I think the closer comparison is video gaming. Dying over and over and resetting with your new information about the task at hand and finally prevailing. I think one can overthink this type of movie and I believe you have.
Great analogy
Its been a while since I watched this but I thought the romance was supposed to be clunky because Cruise had spent repeated lives getting to know Blunt but she's only known him for X hours/days. Additionally, it is disturbing to her because she isn't sure how the previous versions of herself have opened up to him.
I agree with the time travel explanation being weak, I think they could have simply stated how they experienced the reset and what happened just prior to it. Not everything has to be explained and we shouldn't expect characters to understand every aspect (especially when aliens are involved) even if it is something they are experiencing. Let the audience wonder about the mechanics just as the characters are. The key is that unexplained doesn't turn into "anything goes", stick to your time travel rules. Sometimes unresolved mystery adds to an experience, it's why people watch magic tricks. Another example, I've always been fascinated by the DB Cooper skyjacking from the early 1970s. I would love to know who he was and what happened after he jumped, but there's part of me that doesn't want it to be solved because the mystery and intrigue are gone forever.
You forgot the excellent SG-1 Episode "Window of Opportunity". Great comedic moments, interesting take on the motivations for the time loop, revealing character moments, and a few excellent scenes from RDA.
This was way better than Oblivion.
I agree. I liked this one better.
I barely heard anything about this when it came out, even though 2014 was still a time when a Tom Cruise movie would automatically get a decent-to-large marketing budget.
I watched it a few months ago when it popped free on one of the streaming services.
It's pretty damn good!!! And original (which we get so rarely nowadays).
When people say making a good manga adaptation is impossible, I always point to this movie.
As a gamer I always likened the way cruise repeats the beach assault over and over again to dying and restarting a level in a video game until you finally perfect it and get to the boss. ABSOLUTELY LOVE this movie!
Good analogy.
Maybe it wasn’t clearly explained but i understood the resetting of the day as not Cage hijacking the Omegas rewind himself willfully. Since he had the alpha blood in him the omega thought a proper mimic alpha died when it was in fact cage. And so the omega reset the day reflexively. I think the omega was starting to catch on to him by act 3
6:23 By the way, the reset does work by going back to when you woke up. Thats why when he regains the power right at the end, he now jumps back to when he woke up on the helicopter ride at the beginning of the movie.
One of the best manga adaptations. Save for some artistic liberties to make more suitable to western audience (do not confuse with "modern audiences") it is true to the essence of the original (though it takes the tragic ending off). It sticks to the story, doesn't cram The Message at every opportunity and gave us one of the best badass strong female protagonists in recent cinema.
I've heard that it was adapted from the Light novel though. I've not read it but I have physical manga version. It's good.
@@UniverseGd I don't know about a novel. I read the Manga way before I saw the movie. It's one of my personal favorites.
Some may know, the movie is based on a Japanese novel titled "All you need is Kill" (translated). A friend just sent me a copy of it and I look forward to finally reading it.
The audience needs to keep in mind that we see the movie mostly from his perspective. For everyone else, like “Groundhog Day”, it is only ONE day. It is almost impossible to fall very much in love in less than 24 hours - sometimes only a couple of hours. There is only so much you can do with the other people given how much memory they have.
This movie is great and this movie got the accurate and perfect strong female character without exploring Rita backstory 10/10 movie
I saw this in the Theater the first time. I rather enjoyed it. I watch it whenever I catch it on TV.
I think the romance worked perfectly for the story. He developed his feelings over time and she only knows him after he introduced himself. She can understand his struggles (even the developing feelings for someone who may not even know who you are). She occasionally sees it and does what she can to discourages it. It makes perfect sense that it would be rough and awkward.
The reason Tom wakes up at that moment, yeah I agree it isn't clear. But it was easy enough to let it go. A bit of mystery was fine with me.
I read the source "All You Need is Kill" Japanese novel. The movie is good, but as an adaptation, it changes a lot of things. But it gets away with it 'cause in the West, few have read it, even though it has an official English adaptation.
You could also say that Edge of Tomorrow is also basically a very good adaptation of a japanese Light Novel/Manga. Edge of Tomorrow is an adaptation of the Light Novel "All you need is kill", the story is basically the same, they just basically just changed very few things, specially with Tom Cruise's character, who in the original is Japanese, here is changed to American, but the overall story is basically the same, except perhaps the ending part and how exactly to stop the loop. To some anime and japanese media fans, this is considered one of the best adaptations of japanese media into western hollywood media...and trust me, so far, only around 3 or 4 movies are considered between good and decent adaptations of anime or manga or light novel.
Please god 🙏🏻 don’t let there be a sequel 🙏🏻
Like Extraction, Avatar and so many other movies that has to be so severely retrofitted to make the sequel make sense…
It’s a great movie and the aliens are dead… the end!
A prequel works well, given the "Battle at Verdun" is referred to throughout the movie, and where Rita gets her nick name.
You forgot the Stargate episode Window of Oportunity, where the Ancients developed a machine thag causes time loops, but limited to a few planets in the network, they even mention how the Tok'ra were concerned about Earth.
I recently listened to Doug Liman, the director of this film, talk about his recent film Chaos Walking on the Blu-ray commentary track. He was talking about how "you can't do sex in movies these days", and the film has an entire scene devoted to deal with that "issue" just to be able to move forward. This is almost word for word what is being said on the track.
You get the feeling that the few good, old school talents working in Hollywood these days are wearing shackles, and they actually want to portray the natural order of the world, but are unable to. The male-female duo working as equals in Edge of Tomorrow is what makes it work for me, and I think this is a director we need to pay more attention to. Here's hoping that Villeneuve's Dune 2 lives up to its poster (a man and a woman standing side by side as equals) and does what this film did so well.
This is actually based on an anime/manga. I absolutely adored this film and the original inspiration (All you need is kill), this is really the American version and with the separate name its own thing, which I recommend you do see the second too. There are changes and both are deserving of love.
This movie is a family favorite. We watched it one weekend when my sister and I were both visiting home and we loved it. The joke is when someone asks if we want to watch it “Sure, I love watching Tom Cruise die over and over again.” The truck death is our favorite.
Part 2 in development. Lord knows what direction it will take.
Love the movie. I just never understand why Cage was put to the front line. With him getting killed would not accomplish why he was there in the first place.
This movie and oblivion are two movies I can never get tired of watching. Awesome!!! Thanks for reviewing.
A Starship Troopers/Groundhog Day/Aliens lovechild
Such a good movie! Thanks for these "random" reviews Dave - I am going to rewatch this tonight. Last review you did of Oblivion was also spot on! Keep up the good work.
I really enjoy this movie, not sure how many tiles I've watched it, probably as many as Tom relived the day lol. FYI regarding the connection between Cage and the omega, its actually the Blue Mimic's death that trigers the omega to reset the day and that "power" is passed onto Cage.
Funny enough Edge of Tomorrow is a live action version of the manga All You Need is Kill. Aside from a few differences it respects the source material.
Great point about if this were made today with the Mary Sue aspect coming overbearingly all throughout this film. One of the best original sci-fi movies in the last couple decades.
I saw this in theater and I've watched it about 10 times since. I just watched it again 2 days ago and then I saw this review just by coincidence. I've been bothered, for years, that the sequel never happened. We've received other good stuff from Tom and Emily since EOT and I appreciate those movies too, but boy, I sure still want EOT-2.
7:50 the romance was a mental thing!!! Not spelled out to you in black and white 🤦♂️.
Think of being with someone for YEARS straight watching them die, building a bond only capable by war... NOW THINK THAT SHE'S SUFFERED THAT SAME TRAGEDY WITH SOMEONE SHE COULDN'T SAVE!!!!!! Best UNFORCED love story I've seen in my life being a 100% Disabled Combat Infantry Veteran... 👍
I liked this movie way more than Oblivion, which I liked as well, but Oblivion has huge plot holes that I can’t ignore. I liked this movie’s story and the characters…I liked it so much I bought it.