介绍:
One of the stupid things I did after getting a PC was to download the video games, which I failed to beat as a child. The video game simulator software comes with build-in save and load functions, which were not available on the earlier, more primitive, gaming consoles. With the help of the save and load buttons, I was able to complete the tasks previously too demanding on my skills and patience.
The film, "Edge of Tomorrow", starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, is based on a similar idea. Tom Cruise is a soldier who has never seen one day of action, but he is sent to the front as humanity launches the final assault on alien enemies occupying Western Europe. He is immediately killed within minutes of enemy contact, but before he perishes, he accidentally obtains the ability to reset time upon his death. With that power, he puts on numerous fatal attempts to save mankind from total annihilation, until one day he comes across a difficult choice.
Fifty-two-year-old Cruise shows no sign of aging in this action-packed thriller. His agility and dedication greatly improves the appearance of the film's typical armored suits, which would have seemed quite stupid on real people. In some way, he reminds me of Andy Lau, who is about the same age and also worked very hard in the 2013 Hong Kong action film "Firestorm."
Like Andy, Tom Cruise's character is shot and blown up many times, but the fictional nature of "Edge of Tomorrow" makes his ordeals seem more comical than thrilling. The first half of the film is all about how Cruise gets acquainted to his newly acquired ability by dying and reliving the same day again and again. Here, the director Doug Liman exhibits excellent editing skills to avoid killing the laughter with too much repetition.
The second half is centered on romance, which is something a Hollywood film cannot afford to miss, and it kicks in just in time when the audience are about to get tired of the repeated battle scenes.
"Edge of Tomorrow" premiered on June 6th, the 70th anniversary of D-Day, when the Allied forces landed on Normandy to invade German-occupied Western Europe during World War 2. The films includes many reference to the two World Wars, perhaps to remind us there is no saving and loading in real life and no history is made without blood and toil.
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