As Edge of Tomorrow approached its theatrical release, audiences had valid reasons to be skeptical.
The Doug Liman-directed sci-fi epic bore a resemblance to Tom Cruise’s previous film, Oblivion, in which he went toe-to-toe with malevolent alien lifeforms.
It featured an arguably gimmicky time loop plot device that saw Cruise’s character living the same day repeatedly.
And per the summer blockbuster model, it was simply yet another big-budget spectacle full of aliens, action, and visual effects.
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