If you could repeatedly go back in to your past, possibilities
are that you could master yourself in dealing with the hitches & glitches
of life you are destined to face but will that alone be able to temper or alter
the upcoming written in bold? That’s a different subject matter altogether.
Daug Liman’s sci-fi alien-human war film EDGE OF TOMORROW settles its premise
on the very same. Living same day again and again till you learn how to get out
of this fascinating but suffocating time-loop. This is Tom Cruise’s own
GROUNDHOG DAY with an absolutely engaging plot, effective action and thoroughly
enjoyable humor as added bonus.
William Cage [Tom Cruise] – a ‘behind the desk’ officer in
US Army Media Relations who can hardly see a pool of blood with his eyes wide
open is thrown to fight in war against an alien race with prospects to bulldoze
humanity from earth. In the middle of early mental-establishment of the
situation, Cage gets killed and finds himself waking up where the day had just started.
Now, he has to go by the day all over again to find and save a war-hero Rita Vratasky
[played by Emily Blunt] who’s entirely aware and sympathetic about the entrapment
Cage is in. Now, together they have to spot the way out but not without retaking
the journey hundreds of times to mug up, master and overcome all the obstacles
around.
In a cleverly crafted plot when you see a non-performing
soldier by chance Cage taking over the situation as per his prior indulgence and
presence in the circumstances before, there is no chance you wouldn’t find it
gripping and winning. Also, the pre-combat practice sessions when Cage fails miserably
and Rita has to kill him over and over again to restart the day, how can you
not laugh over Cage’s helplessness? The action sequences are well designed and in
synced with 3D effects to maximize the effect but it’s the tighter screenplay
that doesn’t leave much to complain. Crisply edited sequences and the humor
that comes handy with how everything just ends up in the same ‘been there-done
that’ arena time and again are totally born-entertainment. There is also a breezy
layer of unsaid-unexplored love between the two but thankfully Daug doesn’t
dare himself to travel on that path long enough and sticks to the promise to
give you an unadulterated action entertainer in true sense.
Tom Cruise is known to bring the charm of a star along
with him but in comical scenes, you have to experience it yourself. Emily Blunt
is terrific and the kind of physical energy and strength she puts in her
character is amazing. Together they both flash the desire to see more of them
in a more romantic exposure.
All said
and done; though we have seen the allure of time-loop earlier in more than a couple
of movies before, the fact that Daug Liman gives us an authentic action film that
is best enjoyable in 3D overshadows the lack of novelty in the plot. It’s a
fantastic fun if action, science-fiction and creature movies don’t really mean
a put-off situation for you! [3.5/5]
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