Review: Edge of Tomorrow

Review: Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

Director: Doug Liman

Principal Cast Members: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt and Bill Paxton

Over the last few years Tom Cruise has released of string of films that I have found myself been surprised by how much I've enjoyed them, unfortunately that run comes to an end with Edge of Tomorrow. Now I'm not saying it's a bad film but rather completely unmemorable and average. Now I will say that from the looks of reviews and other ratings I appear to be in the minority but perhaps surprisingly the film did nothing for me. There's nothing particularly bad about the film, with a good ensemble cast all working well together but failing to quite spark. While it's nice to see Cruise attempt to do something different I couldn't quite shake the feeling we'd seen it before. The action sequences are exciting and thankfully the time resets are done in a way that they always manage to be a little bit different but can never truly get away from the repetitiveness that the script demands. Despite this the film goes by at quite a brisk pace but unfortunately no of the action set pieces can match the superb opening battle, leaving the ending to feel like a bit of an anti-climax. In fact I felt like if the third act of the film had been stronger we might of been on to a winner but instead came out feeling a little bit let down by Mr Cruise and company.