![]() ![]() When Cage is unexpectedly drafted into a platoon readying to invade France, he blanches: He’s a coward, all too ready to use his disarming grin and ad-man charms to get out of any real danger. Army of the very near future, when Europe has been overrun with an alien force of huge, hissing, squid-like dervishes. William Cage, a media relations officer with the U.S. Synopsis is not our friend when it comes to summing up “Edge of Tomorrow,” whose title was mercifully changed from the dreadful “ All You Need Is Kill” (the name of the Japanese novel it’s based on). But thanks to the efforts of a superb creative team and Tom Cruise - here deploying his own persona with stunning self-awareness and humor - what might have been a throwaway genre exercise instead turns out to be a surprisingly satisfying day-after-day-after-day at the movies. ![]() A crafty, clever, stylish science-fiction action adventure, this time-travel loop-de-loop didn’t have to be this good. Then, something like “ Edge of Tomorrow” comes along, and it looks like there’s still hope. How depressing the routine has become, watching otherwise gifted stars squander their talents on the altar of the lowest common denominator. It’s so easy to be glib in dismissing summer blockbusters: They’ve gotten too big, too loud, too dependent on slick computer effects and too dismissive of fusty ideas like narrative and character arc.
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