Edge Of Tomorrow review

You've seen Tom Cruise in a lot of action movies. We've certainly seen him wielding a gun in more films than not and we're well used to him being the hero sporting the gleaming Hollywood smile in nearly all of his pictures. But what we definitely haven't seen him play is the coward, let alone the coward that is upstaged in the tough stakes by a woman. And that's pretty much the entire premise of Edge Of Tomorrow in a nutshell.

Based upon the Japanese manga novel, All You Need Is Kill, but with a few details changed of course, the film almost plays out in a game-like way with action sequences so involving, you feel exhausted just watching them!

Looper review: Joseph Gordon-Levitt IS Bruce Willis in this sci-fi thriller

Bruce Willis AND Joseph Gordon-Levitt as looper, Joe

In the year 2074, time travel WILL be invented but the government will immediately outlaw it. However, that doesn’t mean it’s gone. Taken over by the Mob, it becomes the most effective way of disposing of someone in the future. Loopers are essentially assassins, waiting for their targets to be zapped right in front of them, so they can simply shoot. However, the only way to keep the truth from coming out eventually, every looper must kill their future self, therefore eliminating the only tie-in with the murders. But a known time limit of life isn’t so appealing for all loopers, despite the consequences being far worse.