Edge of Tomorrow: Live Die Repeat [Blu-ray] [2014] [Region Free]

This is a science fiction/war/action movie which is a reasonably faithful adaptation of the novel All You Need Is Kill albeit it with name changes.It's a complete and self contained film and not the start of any series of trilogy.The film starts with a quick expositional montage, showing the start of an alien invasion of Earth, and the fighting that followed.Then we meet Major William Cage [Tom Cruise]. On the eve of a major human offensive on alien occupied territory, he's been doing great PR work highlighting the efforts of soldiers who use hi-tech battlesuits, in particular tough lady warrior Rita Vrataski [Emily Blunt].Cage isn't keen on the prospect of joining the fighting. But he finds himself forced into it. And promptly dies in his first battle.Only to reborn, right back at the moment when he found himself forced to fight.Stuck in a time loop, dying again and again, desperate to find out why, his only hope might lie with Rita. And the only hope for the future of the Planet Earth might lie with both of them....Yes, it's groundhog day. With aliens. But beyond that one similarity, this film has more than enough individual touches to make it worth the five star rating.A very good performance from Tom Cruise. Who convincingly portrays a man who grows and changes as a result of all he experiences.A very good performance from Emily Blunt, convincing as a tough lady soldier.The acting plaudits don't stop there. Bill Paxton threatens to steal the show as a tough and sardonic Sergeant. The actors playing the rest of his squad don't get much screen time by comparison to the major players, but they do enough to make their characters fully rounded and make you want to see more of them.The directing is superb, with the early invasion sequences and the resulting battle being visually stunning.There's an excellent amount of very good humour.And the plot has enough twists and turns to keep moving things on to the next level when required, and to keep surprising the viewer as well.Plus it Has some excellent location work in London.This is an entertaining blockbuster. It's a hugely entertaining movie experience, and it's well worth five stars.The disc has the following language and subtitle options:Languages: English, Castilian Spanish, Hindu.Subtitles: English, Castilian Spanish, Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish.It begins with no trailers at all, jumping straight to the main menu when loaded up.Extras:Just two featurettes.Weapons of the future: All about the armour and the weaponry of the movie. This runs for eight minutes.Creatures not of this world: All about the aliens and how they were brought to life. This runs for five minutes.The former is very good and worth a watch. Although epileptics beware a sequence of flashing images during it.The latter is quite good but a bit too short to make an impression.

Absolutely loved this film. Personally I tend to enjoy Tom Cruise films, as he has a habit of picking (to me anyway) some good stories, and always gives it 100%.As well as this movie did in the theatres, I think it was somewhat overlooked or underappreciated BECAUSE it was Tom Cruise as the lead. I think perhaps the younger generation don't see him as a superstar as he started so long ago now, or perhaps people are put off by the whole scientology thing. But this is a real shame, as I think it meant the word of mouth for this movie wasn't as good as it could have been.As for the movie itself, this is sci-fi and it has the usual plot that requires you to suspend disbelief for the duration, but it carries on at such a pace you don't have time to dwell on the intricacies of the themes involved to question their viability (nor do you want to). Cruise and Blunt put in great performances, as well as the supporting cast, the special effects are top notch, and the setting is different from most hollywood alien invasion films (London and France) deliberately evoking memories of D-Day and various World War 2 movies. The scene stealers for me were the aliens themselves. Utterly non humanoid in nature, and fittingly menacing and destructive.As for the actual Bluray itself, it is as expected, fantastic quality picture and sound. The 3d bluray is well worth the little extra cost in my opinion as the 3d is well rendered, and does add to the experience. The extras are not too numerous, and only take a few hours to get through (if that): The usual behind the scenes footage and "making of" guff. I found them really interesting personally as the director is an quirky character, and the filming methods were interesting.Overall, very happy to add this little gem to my collection. Another recent sci-fi feature that came to mind was Oblivion, another Tom Cruise vehicle, and also somewhat under-rated/overlooked.