Live Die Repeat/Edge of Tomorrow
7.5/10
Is this movie "Live, Die, Repeat" or "Edge of Tomorrow"? I have the answer to that. It's definitely, "Live, Die, Repeat", because the film keeps things really, really, really simple. But still a complete and satisfying Action Sci-fi.
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The title, and the DVD box reads, "Live, Die, Repeat", so if you don't know, or don't want to know, what that means, don't read any further. In concept, this is "Groundhog Day" meets "Matrix Reloaded". Just in concept, or setting... because this movie keeps things very simple. Groundhog Day explores a novels-worth of the concept of "repeating a day" until you understand, as an analogy, or setting, for the purpose of life. Live, Die, Repeat explores very little, and has very little to say. It's merely a setting for an action film.
Tom Cruise does an excellent job conveying as much as he can with his face and how he say things. He moves the film up a notch, because lesser actors would have not been able to cover the rather shallow character development of the script dialogue & action.
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The creatures reminded me too much of the 'squidies' from the Matrix. Considering the Matrix is so huge, the creatures weren't very creative, and didn't seem to be able convey much of anything about our antagonists beyond they keep their mouths open and roar.
The action and effects are good. I thought it was fairly funny, but could have been much funnier. The more character & plot development, the more emotion, humor and relevance is possible. Simple can be very good, especially when it's stark, personally I wouldn't ascribe that to Live, Die, Repeat. But I enjoyed it.
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Originally Posted by Geordie9
Not what i was expecting 8/10 |
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Originally Posted by MichaelMyers
Oh, wow!! A rare high mark from Geordie. Will rent.
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That's what I was thinking.
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Originally Posted by Geordie9
haha its worth it.
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I'll check it out too.