Though he presses the Emily Blunt character for information about her backstory, he never gives us one of his own. While Tom Cruise tries his best to give a convincing performance, Cage really doesn't have a character at all. Edge of Tomorrow's cast is flat at best and forgettable at worst. By the end of the film, we got to know everyone in Punxsutawney pretty well. Groundhog Day only works insofar as Phil and the rest of the cast are interesting characters. But Edge of Tomorrow forgets the quintessential element that made Groundhog Day work: character. One would think taking the plot and pacing from a great film like Groundhog Day would work to Edge of Tomorrow's advantage.
#EDGE OF TOMORROW REVIEW SERIES#
Then an arc of story begins with a series of days shown in rapid succession. The third day is when he starts to take advantage of the situation. The first rewound day is a simple repetition with Cage trying to make sense of it all. The pacing of this sequence is taken, beat for beat, from Groundhog Day. Its execution, however, is less than perfect. The Mimics are successful in war due to their capacity to turn back time and learn from the mistakes of the previous day Cage must then use the aliens' own power against them. Furthermore, the gimmick also makes a meaningful contribution to the plot. The time loop element does lead to various possibilities for storytelling not found in the generic sci-fi action flick. Together, the two must battle against the Mimic hive mind, a powerful being that is able to turn back time in order to gain an advantage in intergalactic conflict.Įdge of Tomorrow's only strength is its gimmick. He is helped along the way by Emily Blunt, who plays a soldier who has had the same phenomenon happen to her. What follows is a Groundhog Day-esque series of deaths, in which Cage repeats the day over and over again in order to defeat the Mimic forces. But, as soon as this happens, he wakes up to the previous day, as if nothing has ever happened. He kills one Mimic that's much larger than the others, only to be killed seconds later. Cage, being a coward, tries to run from battle, but he gets caught up in the fighting anyways. The Mimics have taken over most of Europe, so Cage, despite his trepidations, is sent into combat to fight them. Why are they called Mimics? I still have no idea they clearly do not model themselves on their opponents, so they clearly don't live up to their name. Major William Cage (Tom Cruise) is a PR officer for global defense forces, currently embroiled in a war against a bizarre race of aliens called the Mimics.
While not as bad as I expected it to be, Edge of Tomorrow is a bad film. Paper-thin characters and monster design are just a few elements bogging down this clunky, cliché mess of a film. Despite its admittedly fun story design, Edge of Tomorrow cannot surpass its limitations as an alien invasion sci-fi story. Edge of Tomorrow is a film that is clearly trying to subvert the big blockbuster special effects extravaganza model with some semi-clever plot elements, but I say it's a film that is trying and failing. Starring: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton Writer(s): Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth
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