Edge of Tomorrow
Release Date: 5th June 2014 - Australia
Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures (presents)
Village Roadshow Pictures (in association with)
RatPac-Dune Entertainment (in association with)
Viz Productions (in association with)
Distribution
Roadshow Films
Genre: Sci-Fi
Rating: M
Runtime: 113 minutes
Box Office Gross: $377,044,245 (Worldwide)
Plot Summary
When a powerful alien race
attacks Earth, the military
doesn't stand a chance
against the marauders.
Maj. William Cage gets
mission, and within
moments, he gets killed, only
to be brought back again in
a time loop where he has to
relive the same battle and
his death many times. With
skills improve, which brings
him and a comrade closer
to defeating the aliens.
Cast
Tom Cruise - Cage
Emily Blunt - Rita
Brendan Gleeson - General Brigham
Bill Paxton - Master Sergeant Farell
Jonas Armstrong - Skinner
Tony Way - Kimmel
Kick Gurry - Griff
Franz Drameh - Ford
Dragomir Music - Kuntz
Masayoshi Haneda - Takeda
Noah Taylor - Dr. Carter
Lara Pulver - Karen Lord
Madeleine Mantock - Julie
Terence Waynard - Cruel Sergeant
Beth Goddard - Secretary - Iris
Beth Goddard - Secretary - Iris
David Kaye - UDF Commercial (Voice)
Executive Producer/Director - Doug Liman
Based on the Novel "All You Need Is Kill" - Hiroshi Sakurazaka
Screenplay - Christopher McQuarrie and Jez & John-Henry Butterworth
Script Supervisor - Lisa Vick
Executive Producers - David
Bartis, Bruce Berman,
Hidemi Fukuhara, Joby Harold
Producers - Jason Hoffs, Gregory Jacobs, Tom Lassally and Erwin Stoff
Producer/Unit Production Manager - Jeffrey Silver
Co-Producer/Unit Production Manager - Tim Lewis
Co-Producer/First Assistant Director - Kim H. Winther
Production Designer - Oliver Scholl
Concept Artists - Harald Belker,
Concept Artists - Harald Belker,
Tim Browning, Steve Burg,
Stephen Forrest-Smith, James Hegedus,
Will Htay, Jeff Julian, Tani Kunitake,
Magda Kusowska, Michele Moen,
Ed Natividad, Jamie Rama,
Matthew Savage and Henrik Tamm
Illustrators - David Allcock
and Martin Asbury
Supervising Art Director - Neil Lamont
Art Directors - Alastair Bullock,
Art Directors - Alastair Bullock,
Mark Harris, Christian Huband,
Jason Knox-Johnston, Andrew Palmer,
Hayley Easton Street, Stephen Swain
and Gary Tomkins
Assistant Art Directors - Jordana Finkel,
Robert Hochstoeger, Ashley Lamont,
Will Coubrough and Jeffrey D. Simon
Set Decorators - Elli Griff and
Gene Vazquez (Uncredited)
Gene Vazquez (Uncredited)
Head ExoSuit Builder - Pierre Bohanna
Costume Designer - Kate Hawley
Costume Supervisor - Dan Grace
Supervising Armourer - Simon Atherton
Armourers - Roy Stratford and Tim Wildgoose
Director of Photography - Dion Beebe
Director of Photography: Second Unit -
Fraser Taggart
"A" Camera/Steadicam Operator - Peter Robertson
"A" Camera Operator: Second Unit - Peter Field
Supervising Location Manager - Sue Quinn
First Assistant Directors - Chris Carreras
and Max Keene
Second Unit Director/Stunt Coordinator - Simon Crane
Stunt Coordinator - Wade Eastwood
Special Visual Consultant - Guillermo del Toro
Special Effects Supervisor - Dominic Tuohy
Special Effects Coordinator - Jess Lewington
Special Effects Coordinator - Jess Lewington
Visual Effects Supervisors - Nick Davis
and Rohit Prakash Gujar (Uncredited)
Visual Effects Supervisor: SPI - Daniel Kramer
Visual Effects Supervisor: Framestore - Jonathan Fawkner
Visual Effects Supervisor: Cinesite - Simon Stanley-Clamp
Additional Visual Effects Supervisor: Framestore -
Christian Kaestner
Visual Effects Producers - Alex Bicknell
and Emma Norton
Senior Visual Effects Producer: SPI - Eric Scott
Visual Effects Producers: Framestore -
Chloë Grysole and Danielle Legovich
Digital Effects Supervisor: SPI - Kee-Suk 'Ken' Hahn
Art Director and Lead Concept: Framestore -
Kevin Jenkins
Animation Supervisor: SPI - Steve Nichols
Animation Supervisor: Cinesite - Eamonn Butler
Animation Supervisor: SPI - Steve Nichols
Animation Supervisor: Cinesite - Eamonn Butler
CG Supervisors: Framestore - Alexis Wajsbrot
and Neil Weatherley
Editors - James Herbert and Laura Jennings
Supervising Sound Editor - Dominic Gibbs
Sound Designer - Jimmy Boyle
Additional Audio - Mark P. Stoeckinger
and Ann Scibelli
Production Sound Mixer - Stuart Wilson
Re-Recording Mixers - Chris Burdon
and Mark Taylor
Foley Mixer - Glen Gathard
Foley Artists - Jason Swanscott
and Peter Burgis
Music - Christophe Beck
Music Supervisor - Julianne Jordan
Review
Director Doug Liman has turned his attention to helm EDGE OF TOMORROW, an ideal sci-fi action blockbuster based on a Japanese manga. It's interesting how the director has attempted to make another science-fiction breakthrough, unlike his failed effort, Jumper. The film is well-written with an intriguing concept and full of non-stop action, but it is fascinating to look at its style of repetitiveness, which feels like Groundhog Day all over again. Although the time loop structure of EDGE OF TOMORROW is hard to understand, that was all part of its premise and style. The producers managed to get actor Tom Cruise in the lead role and his screenwriting collaborator Chris McQuarrie to write the feature-length film adaptation.
The actor Cruise deserves to be in the movie as he seems confident and is better at handling another terrific performance in his career. Emily Blunt is a fantastic leading actress who has done so much with her role and shares some incredible chemistry with the aforementioned male actor. The cinematography is impressive, and the alien race Mimics are strangely perfect in their visual design.
EDGE OF TOMORROW is terrific and stylish, but it was a great movie overall. I did enjoy it, and at some time, I will have to compare it to the other films that came before that I have and have not experienced.
Star rating: (8/10) Very Good Movie
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