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Doug Liman
May 28, 2014
Tom Cruise has had a consistently successful movie career dating back to his breakout role in “Risky Business”. But ever since he slipped on the socks, collard shirt, and sunglasses, aside from the “Mission: Impossible” series, he has seen no reason to be the hero in any of his films. Regardless, the world has grasped at strings, trying to find another reason to hate him rather than admitting he can act any role he pleases and nail it: this movie is firsthand proof.
Major William Cage is having a bad day. Having never been in combat, he finds himself thrown into the most important battle the world has ever known. But this war isn’t between nations, but rather aliens that have invaded earth. These aliens are called Mimics, and they are a perfect world dominating lifeform. The Mimics are controlled by an alpha Mimic that can peer through time and rupture it. It isn’t clear what exactly the Mimic’s ability is at the beginning of the film, but the revealing does involve a Major Cage.
This role was quite fitting for Tom Cruise. Much like Jerry Maguire, Major Cage will do anything to preserve comfort. But after going through hard and lethal experiences, he learns to be a good soldier. By the end of the film, he is almost unrecognizable from the man he started out to be. Fortunately even after all the ass-kicking he endures to get ready for the world’s D-Day, he still has some wise guy left in him, Cruise’s forte other than stunts. Cruise is accompanied by Emily Blunt who brilliantly plays the fearless super soldier, making Cruise look a bit wimpy. The only problem is the movie attempts to make an uncomfortable love relationship between the two, but rather than sharing their feelings, their bond is found only in trying to kill the same thing.
The CGI in “Edge of Tomorrow” is spectacular, in fact, it’s so great that it might prevent a sequel from happening. The sequel was finished at the time of the release, but Emily Blunt said in an interview that it would be too expensive to make. The culprit is imagery. It’s hard to say whether a sequel would be profitable in a movie that is so repetitive, but there is no doubt that one was intended. It’s about taking the leap of faith that Cruise is familiar with doing, seeing that “Top Gun: Maverick” came out 40 years after its original release, and that movie was a hit.
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