Following on from a footage screening of Godzilla this morning, I was also shown around 15 minutes from Tom Cruise’s Edge Of Tomorrow. I didn’t think that the Godzilla footage could be topped, but holy crap, Edge Of Tomorrow is insane. I mean really INSANE. The majority of the footage revolved around the beach landing where the mech suit kitted out military take on some seriously bad ass aliens. Essentially the story follows Cruise’s character and when he gets killed he goes back in time to the day previous and like a video game, has another go at saving the world. Visually Edge Of Tomorrow is astonishing. The beach landing scene is incredibly intense with bodies, aliens and futuristic choppers falling out of the sky in alarming quantities. Think the D-Day landings in Saving Private Ryan and multiply them by 10. Its an incredibly rush. Action aside, Cruise is on top notch form here (is he ever anything but) and from what I saw there is a rather great performance from Emily Blunt, who is really bad ass. Theres plenty on offer here too with the whole going back in time idea being played out rather well, especially between Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt.
Edge Of Tomorrow opens here on May 30th (June 6th Stateside) and this is shaping up to be an intense, exhilarating and must watch movie. Book your tickets now! This will not disappoint. If it does, I’ll eat one of the mech suits in the movie….or a hat! Bring it on!!!
Big thanks to all at Warner Bros. for today. If only now they can invent time travel, I’d be a very happy bunny!
