Movie Classification: P13
Genre: Action / Science Fiction
Director: Doug Liman
Starring:
- Tom Cruise (Major William Cage)
- Emily Blunt (Rita Vrataski)
- Bill Paxton (Master Sergeant Farell)
- Brendan Gleeson (General Brigham)
- Kick Gurry (Griff)
- Dragomir Mrsic (Kuntz)
- Charlotte Riley (Nance)
- Jonas Armstrong (Skinner)
- Franz Drameh (Ford)
- Masayoshi Haneda (Takeda)
- Tony Way (Kimmel)
Running Time: 1 Hour 58 Minutes
Released Date: 29th May 2014
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Language: English
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Edge Of Tomorrow Synopsis
For 5 years, humanity has been at war with an alien species called Mimics. NATO militaries have federated to create the United Defense Forces (UDF), with defeats escalating as the war continues. As the Mimics tighten their grip on Europe, the introduction of armed mechanized exoskeletons called Jackets allows the UDF to achieve a decisive victory at Verdun. Major William Cage, a UDF spokesman and officer in the United States military, is summoned to London to meet with General Brigham, commander of the UDF. The UDF, inspired by the victory at Verdun, intends to launch Operation Downfall, a multi-front invasion of Mimic-controlled Europe which will relieve pressure on Russian and Chinese forces in Eastern Europe. Brigham orders Cage to cover combat on the beaches of Northwestern France, to which Cage objects, stating that he is not a soldier. When Cage tries to blackmail the General, he is arrested and stripped of rank. Cage is sent to base at Heathrow Airport, where he is to deploy from the following morning.
The next morning, Cage is dropped in with the first wave. To his horror, the Mimics have anticipated the attack, and annihilate the invasion force. Cage manages to kill an unusually large Mimic, but dies and is doused with its blood. Cage wakes up the previous morning at Heathrow, and is debriefed in the same manner. Cage discovers he is stuck in a time loop, and that every time he dies, he "resets" to the day prior to the invasion. Cage tries to convince soldiers at the base that the invasion will fail, to no avail. Cage loops several times, trying to save as many soldiers as he can. In one such loop, he saves the life of Rita Vrataski, the "Angel of Verdun" (or "Full Metal Bitch" behind her back), who, seeing Cage's ability to anticipate events of the battle, tells him to find her when he "wakes up." Both of them are then killed by an exploding drop ship.
At the base, Cage finds Rita, and tells her that they know each other from the following day's invasion. Rita confides in Cage that she too possessed the ability to "reset", which allowed her to singlehandedly kill hundreds of Mimics at Verdun, earning herself celebrity status. Rita tells Cage that the Mimics are controlled by a singular consciousness called the "Omega", which has the ability to reset time. Cage killed an Alpha Mimic and was doused in its blood, thereby gaining the ability to reset time. Rita gained that ability the same way, and lost it after receiving a blood transfusion. She also tells Cage that as the Mimics try to locate his consciousness, he will experience visions of the location of the Omega. Rita trains Cage in combat, and with each subsequent loop, Cage increases in proficiency. Rita and Cage team up during the invasion, and after dozens of loops, are finally able to make their way inland. Cage, in the meantime, has grown attached to Rita, and is finding it harder to see her being killed. The tension reaches a head when Cage tries to stop Rita from continuing, knowing that at their current location, Rita will be killed regardless. Rita ignores him and is mortally wounded trying to lift off in a helicopter. Cage comforts her as she dies, before he too is killed by the Mimics.
During his next loop, Cage, knowing that the Omega is in the Bavarian Alps, goes to kill the Omega himself. When he arrives at the dam from his visions, he is ambushed by an Alpha, who tries to steal his reset ability by killing him through exsanguination. Cage manages to die by drowning, preserving his ability. During his next loop, Cage tells Rita that the visions are just a hoax to corner him and steal his ability. Rita takes Cage to see Dr. Carter, a former government scientist and expert in Mimic biology. Carter explains to Cage that during his time working at Whitehall, he constructed a prototype transponder device, which can theoretically ascertain the location of the Omega if injected into an Alpha or someone with the "reset" ability. General Brigham supervised the construction of the device but declared it rubbish and had Carter dismissed. Rita and Cage infiltrate the Ministry of Defence, and threaten to kill Brigham unless he gives them the transponder. After several failed loops, Brigham relents and gives them the transponder.
Fleeing Whitehall with soldiers in hot pursuit, Rita stabs Cage with the transponder, and he concludes that the Omega is located under the Louvre. Cage removes the transponder, but Rita crashes into an armored soldier, knocking them both unconscious. Cage awakens hooked up to an IV, and realizes that the transfusion has taken away his power. Rita breaks Cage out, and they decide to try and kill the Omega that same night. To do so, Cage convinces soldiers from his unit to join them, already knowing the intimate details of their lives from his loops. The team flies to Paris, but are attacked by Mimics and forced into a crash-landing. Rita and Cage are the only ones to make it beneath the Louvre, where they find themselves being hunted by an Alpha. Rita gives Cage a grenade belt to kill the Omega, then kisses him, telling him "I only wish I could get to know you." Rita distracts the Alpha while Cage dives down to kill the Omega. The Alpha kills Rita, then dives down after Cage. The Alpha kills him, but not before he activates the grenade belt, which falls on the Omega, killing it, thereby crippling the Mimics.
As the Omega disintegrates, Cage's body absorbs its blood. Cage wakes up en route to his meeting with Brigham, and he attends a press conference where Brigham announces that the Mimics have seemingly given up and that the UDF is poised to liberate Europe. Cage, never having been stripped of rank, visits the Heathrow base, and goes to see Rita. Rita asks him what he wants, having never met him, to which Cage smiles.
Edge Of Tomorrow Movie Review
<Edge Of Tomorrow> brought the slogan "Live, Die, Repeat". The beginning of the story is Major William Cage summoned to London to meet with General Brigham for UDF's intention to launch Operation Downfall against the Mimics. Cage objects and tries to extort the General when he orders Cage to cover combat on the beaches of France and Cage is arrested and knocked out. He awaken in a operating base at Heathrow Airport, and assigned to J Squad by Master Sergeant Farell. Cage finds Vrataski and explains that they know each other from the future invasion. And they start to figure out how to destroy the alien's hive mind called the Omega. Cage convinces members from J Squad to help destroy the Omega. On their flight to Paris they are attacked by Mimics and crash-land. Surviving members of the squad sacrifice themselves to buy Vrataski and Cage time. Both make it beneath the Louvre, where they are hunted by an Alpha. Vrataski distracts the Mimics and is killed. Near the Omega, the Alpha mortally wounds Cage, but not before he primes and drops a grenade belt into the mouth of the Omega, destroying it and, as a result, all other Mimics. As the Omega disintegrates, Cage's body absorbs its blood and he wakes up en route to his initial meeting with Brigham the day before. He attends a press conference where Brigham announces that a power surge was detected in Paris after which all Mimic activity ceased. Brigham says that the Mimics have been defeated, and the Russian and Chinese armies are advancing into Europe without resistance. Cage, his original rank restored, visits Vrataski at the Heathrow base. She asks what he wants, and Cage laughs. As a conclusion, it's really good for someone have the ability to can reset the day, but we must analysis everything intelligently in order to win the war.
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