Edge
Of Tomorrow 5/10
I
wasn't dying to see Edge Of Tomorrow. The title is silly, the trailer
didn't tickle my pickle, and, my god, Tom Cruise has released some
stinkers lately. But I decided to give this a try because I am dying
to see some good movies. This one wasn't as bad as I thought it was
gonna be but I wouldn't start telling people to go see it. Its in the
future at some point and Cruise plays Major William Cage who...wait.
William Cage? Really. Let me look at the names he has used in his
last few films. Jack Harper, Jack Reacher, Stacee Jaxx, and Ethan
Hunt. Come on now.
Cage
(sigh) gets forced into fighting against a bunch of aliens that are
attacking Europe. Its so silly. They send this guy who is a flight
risk and has absolutely no combat experience to help spearhead the
last ditched effort against these Mimics (never explained why these
aliens are called this because they don't mimic a damned thing). He
manages to land on the battlefield and dies. But not really. He wakes
up right after he was caught and taken to boot camp.
This
happens over and over and over...and over and over...and over...and
over again. I was like “Okay! I get it! He is stuck in a loop!”
During one of his many times dying he comes across this chick that is
known by everyone as being badass. Its like she knows what the enemy
is doing before they do. Turns out after getting particular alien
blood in you at the moment of death you get the ability to go back to
a certain point and do things over and over...and over again. The
chick Sergeant Rita Vrataski played by Emily Blunt trains him to
fight. This gets old fast because I am watching the same stuff play
out way too many times. I was waiting for the movie to end and, oh,
there's 50 minutes left!
This
movie was way longer than it needed to be. The repetitive nature of
the movie didn't help. The aliens didn't look cool. They looked like
something out of a video game. Each one that was killed had to be
shot hundreds of times...or hit with a blunt object. The goal of
reaching the “Omega” thing was just silly. Not really sure why
Cruise did this movie. The cast and actors were fine but this is one
of those movies that kinda didn't need to be made.
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