Movie Review: Edge of Tomorrow
Title: Edge of Tomorrow
Year: 2014
Runtime: 113 mins
Genre: Action, Sci-fi
Cast: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, and Bill Paxton
Director: Doug Liman
Tagline: Live, Die, Repeat
An alien race has hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, unbeatable by any military unit in the world. Major William Cage (Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously dropped into what amounts to a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, Cage now finds himself inexplicably thrown into a time loop-forcing him to live out the same brutal combat over and over, fighting and dying again…and again. But with each battle, Cage becomes able to engage the adversaries with increasing skill, alongside Special Forces warrior Rita Vrataski (Blunt). And, as Cage and Vrataski take the fight to the aliens, each repeated encounter gets them one step closer to defeating the enemy.
Surprisingly refreshing
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Movie Review: Crime Wave
Title: Crime Wave
Year: 1954
Runtime: 73 mins
Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Cast: Gene Nelson, Sterling Hayden, and Phyllis Kirk
Director: André De Toth
Three San Quentin escapees (Penny, Hastings and Morgan) kill a cop in a gas-station holdup. Wounded, Morgan flees through black-shadowed streets to the handiest refuge: with former cellmate Steve Lacey, who’s paroled, with a new life and lovely wife, and can’t afford to be caught associating with old cronies. But homicide detective Sims wants to use Steve to help him catch Penny and Hastings, who in turn extort his help in a bank job. Is there no way out for Steve?
Quintessential Film Noir
Movie Review: The Expendables 3
Title: The Expendables 3
Year: 2014
Runtime: 126 minutes
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, and Jet Li
Director: Patrick Hughes
Tagline: Get fired up August 15
Plot: Barney (Stallone), Christmas (Statham) and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks (Gibson), who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney.
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