Edge of Tomorrow

No Spoilers

I should start by pointing out that I have a tremendous dislike of Tom Cruise. He's ok as an actor, but more often than not he's just a script reader. He looks and sounds like Tom Cruise pretending to be a ... (insert any type of character).

Why then would I bother with this, you may be asking. Seemed mildly interesting in the trailer and after a long week of work and work-related travel, I was up for a night out. Plus, the Alamo Drafthouse has great popcorn and a decent wine list. ;-)

I was pleasantly surprised. The story was interesting, the two leads were interesting, and Cruise came across as the character he was playing. It was nice to see him breaking away from his usual, oh-so-cool guy with all the answers. He plays someone wildly out of their element and as scared and confused as we would be.

Emily Blunt was the same. I enjoyed her character's switching back and forth of leading\supporting Cruise's character. It was an interesting dynamic that worked for me. By the second half of the film, I cared about what would happen to them, and was genuinely interested in seeing it.

With such a strong female and male duo as the focus, it could have easily devolved into cliche'. To the film's credit, they didn't go that route. To me it felt much more like what I would expect from two people brought together under such circumstances.

The film was 3D, which wasn't a distraction at all. In fact, it felt completely natural after a few minutes.

In closing; Hats off, Mr. Cruise. I went in very jaded and you proved me wrong. I give it 5 out of 5 pairs of handcuffs.