Live Die Repeat: Cruise / Blunt / Edge of Tomorrow

IMHO it's a great movie, sci-fi, real plot, repetitive thinking, guy gets the girl chick flic, many qualities to like.

While not Tom Cruise's best sci fi action film (Oblivion is better), Live Die Repeat is a fun romp. Cruise is very good at cocky, as he has proven repeatedly since Top Gun. Here, as in The Mummy, he is no hero but a self-serving jerk. Condemned to die alongside his fellow soldiers when humanity launches its last offensive on the beaches of France against alien invaders, Cruise discovers that he cannot die. This is where one of my favorite actresses comes in, Emily Blunt, who plays the "Angel of Verdun," Sergeant Rita Vrataski. Turns out she had one Cruise has, and then lost it. That is, she was unable to die too. It's all part of some weird alien physics that puts Cruise into the future's driver seat. He can now determine events, and so the aliens especially want him dead. The problem for Cruise (and humanity) is that if he doesn't die, if he gets a blood transfusion, he loses his powers. This leads to a hilarious training session where Blunt tries to whip Cruise into shape and he keeps getting hurt. I won't give it away but watching the movie is well worth it just to see these scenes. The action sequences are well done. Brendan Gleeson is good as the allied commander-in-chief and Bill Paxton turns in a great performance as a drill-instructor-type NCO. It's a fun movie, full of action and also full of laughs. The ending requires some explanation and unfortunately, no reviewer can provide that. In fact, they're making a sequel that will explain it all. And I'm looking forward to it. I said Oblivion was better but Oblivion is one of those films that demands 5 stars plus. I still have to give Live Die Repeat 5 stars for Cruise and Blunt alone.

I'm a sci-fi buff, and I consider this the best sci-fi movie in the last five years - at least. It is tight, explores complex and interesting concepts, uses CGI creatively to advance the story, and never, ever drags. Some backstory - I read Starship Troopers about forty years ago, and since then I've read Armor (John Steakley), Forever War (Joe Haldeman), Old Man's War (John Scalzi) and other related "super soldier" books. I also read the book on which this movie is based, called "All You Need is Kill". Plus, I've played Halo for ten years and read many of the books in that universe. From that experience, I know that super-soldier stories are going to have some overlap and inspiration from earlier ones (well, perhaps except Starship Troopers, which basically founded the genre). So it does not bother me to see echoes of other works in this movie. I'm also not bothered by the clear inspiration of video games, in which players try and try again, with respawn after death, until a difficult task is achieved. All of these inspirations are nicely tied into one integrated storyline, and none of them are belabored. The story has a crisp intro to set up the alien invasion, and then a clever means to insert the main character into the counter-invasion. That part was not in the original book, and was a well done dramatic intro for the main character. In fact, this is one of the few movies I've ever seen that is better than the book. The mechanism used to cause the time loop is different, and better, for example. One of the measures by which I judge a really good movie is whether I want to see it again. Only about one out of ten movies pass that test. I've seen this one three times so far, and I'll likely watch it a few more times. I think Hollywood critics are just determined to see Tom Cruise movies fail, and that's a shame in this case. If you're tired of superhero movies but still want something with lots of action, and you like sci-fi at all, I suggest you give this one a try.

Really cool movie. Interesting concept of Time Travel and Ground Hogs day type scenario with an alien war scenario in our life time.

Great dvd no problem with it got it new as a christmas gift for someone.

Live Die Repeat: Edge of Tomorrow Blu Ray This is a really great Tom Cruise / Emily Blunt action sci-fi movie that was entertaining for the whole family. Worth adding to the collection. I bought the manga too, which I didn't enjoy as much. I think the movie is better in this case. There is a novel as well, but I didn't buy it. A sequel is in the works and I hope it is as good as this movie.

Quick delivery came through the letterbox brand new plays with no issues brought it as a present.

Muy buena película llego excelente

Se que el gusto se rompe en generos, pero en mi personal caso, esta pelicula me gusto mucho. Fue una buena compra.

Packaging is in excellent condition. DVD is gently used no scratches. As advertised.