Edge of tomorrow plot2/11/2024 ![]() ![]() ![]() Cage is the sort of slick asshole that made - and then kept - Cruise a star. One of its generals, a big, humorless Irishman played by Brendan Gleeson, informs Major William Cage (Cruise) that he’ll be suiting up and going to war. And the planet’s nations have banded together as a combat complex called the United Defense Force. Humanity teeters on ye olde brink of annihilation. Metallic-amphibious aliens, dubbed Mimics, have invaded Earth. The excuse for the flesh sizzling is apocalyptic world war. 1, Cruise’s face melts through his skull. But the movie knows you’re out there too: For death no. Each time Cruise jolts awake you get a jolt, too - unless you’re a hater, in which case all you get to do for almost two hours is suck your teeth. The movie, which Doug Liman directed, takes perverse pleasure in knocking him off, then reviving him. In Edge of Tomorrow, he keeps dying, over and over, jarringly, hilariously, triumphantly. This time Cruise has sprinted the extra block to ensure that even his haters go home happy. We’re talking a total and utter desperation to please. We’re talking about something greater than egotism. He makes the Robert Downey Juniors and Matthew McConaugheys of the world look like Walter Cronkite. No one is a bigger Tom Cruise junkie than Tom Cruise. The thrill of a movie like Edge of Tomorrow is in watching a star appear fully high on himself. In the meantime, thank god for digital reproduction, right? And don’t think for a second that some start-up isn’t hunkered down in Mountain View working on a solution for that one. Trust me, if Cruise could knock on your door and do his job at your kitchen table, he would. The screen itself is an occupational necessity. His grin is 72×54 feet and practically chattering on your lap. But you don’t even need IMAX for Tom Cruise. There’s King Kong and Godzilla and Marvel, too - I guess. I mean, there are stars taller than he is. Who’s 3-D IMAXier than Tom Cruise? You can rattle off names, but you’re wasting your time because there’s one answer: nobody.
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