EDGE OF TOMORROW (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Tom Cruise (Mission: Impossible), Emily Blunt (The Devil Wears Prada), Bill Paxton (Aliens), Kick Gurry (Speed Racer), Dragomir Mrsic (Easy Money), Charlotte Riley (Wuthering Heights), Jonas Armstrong (Robin Hood), Franz Drameh (Now Is Good), Lara Pulver (Sherlock), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Secrets and Lies), Jeremy Piven (Entourage), Tony Way (Game of Thrones)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity), director, Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects), Jez Butterworth (Birthday Girl) and John-Henry Butterworth (Fair Game), writers; Jason Hoffs (The Terminal), Gregory Jacobs (Magic Mike), Tom Lassally (The To-Do List), Jeffrey Silver (300) and Erwin Stoff (Constantine), producers; Christophe Beck (The Hangover), composer; Dion Beebe (Chicago), cinematographer; James Herbert (RocknRolla), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

During a giant battle with a brutal alien force, inexperienced soldier Bill Cage (Cruise) is killed within minutes but instantly finds he is reliving the events of the same day over and over. Teaming up with Special Forces soldier Rita Vrataski (Blunt), who is aware of the strange time loop, Cage becomes better skilled and possibly the only person who can stop the invading force…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Tom Cruise headlines the strange combination of Starship Troopers and Groundhog Day, but makes it through with some heavy action and witty writing.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 30TH MAY 2014

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