This afternoon the DrsC and family friend Ed saw the Tom Cruise film Edge of Tomorrow. My review begins with the three of us agreeing it was an "entertaining" film. As Ed said, "It kept my attention."
Imagine a cross between the films Starship Troopers and Groundhog Day. That gives you a reasonable handle on the plot of Edge of Tomorrow.
Cruise is no longer the post-adolescent he played in Top Gun. He can't hide that he's an adult. Female lead Emily Blunt believably plays a tough trooper they call "the Angel of Verdun." Brendan Gleeson plays a general, you saw him as Mad Eye Moody in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
The powered battle armor worn by the troopers truly does resemble what Heinlein described in Starship Troopers, the novel, although it's more advanced technologically. The film's pace is frenetic, the CG is good, and the future tech is at least superficially believable. E of T is not a great film, but it is a good film, a pleasant way to spend an afternoon or evening.
