A
scared-of-the-war soldier (No, that wasn’t a typo error) is forcibly thrown
(literally) on a battle field where he has to play tag with aliens and bullets
and you can guess the rest. Along the way he meets a girl whom everyone fondly
calls “Full-metal-B**ch” (That wasn’t a typo either). Together they are put in
a time loop where they play the same day again and again and again until the
director decides to call it a day (No extra points if the movie “Groundhog day”
comes to your mind).
Based
on novel “All you need is kill”, there is nothing much for the story department
and to some extent the screenplay department can relax a bit for the same
reason. But flavouring it in the Hollywood crucible with some star-powered
cast, this movie has essentially become one of the best sci-fi in the recent
times.
Before
you decide to vote against me, let me make my stand clear. I go into a sci-fi
movie not expecting an Oscar performance or a classy screenplay. On the
contrary I expect entertainment with some good-to-recall moments that will make
my money worthwhile. Did the movie tick all the boxes, YES.
Tom
Cruise, as we all know, is Hollywood’s go-to-guy when it comes to saving the
world. Be it the Russians (in MI-4) or killer drones (in Oblivion) or the “mimics”
(in this movie”) he has seen them all and killed them all. When the Academy
decides to offer an award on the “most kill category”, we know who the
front-runner is.
Ok,
enough deviations. Edge Of Tomorrow (EOT) is nothing short of an adrenaline drive
which doesn’t take itself very seriously (which is a good thing) with its own
light-hearted moments (For ex. The hero must die each time to reset the day and
guess who does it most of the time). Though this dries up a bit towards the
end, the story fills in the vacuum with touch-ups from the CG department.
Some
of you might be confused towards the end as to how the story shaped itself. But
then it’s the writer freedom to decide how his story must end. So, that’s
forgiven.
Edge
of Tomorrow: Will leave you on the edge of your seats.
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