You probably missed this high combat version of Groundhog’s Day, but now you can buy it for under ten bucks.
Plot: a self-important ass-mass (not surprisingly, Tom Cruise) ends up on the brutal front lines of a war with alien invaders, and accidentally acquires the ability to move back in time in a very limited, hugely frustrating way. It’s just a couple of days, always to the same beginning time and place, and every time he dies — which is often! — it starts again. Kind of Ground Hog’s Day meets Independence Day. And in the process of using his ability to beat the creepies, he teams up with a kick-ass super solder played (HUGELY surprisingly, Emily Blunt) and plays the same few days in his time-loop over and over, ’til he gets it right.
Why didn’t it do better at the box office? Cosmic mystery. Maybe Tom Cruise’s long line of lousy movies hurt it; maybe the marketing campaign that rarely mentioned the movie and laid heavily into the slogan of “Live, Die, Repeat” (what?); maybe just lousy timing. Whatever: if you’re looking for a big, bad blockuster to finish up your New Year’s vacation, crank up the Jiffy Pop and watch this baby. Bet you won’t regret it.
For sale or Instant Viewing here for only $9.99. Grab it! Love it! LIVE it!
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You probably missed this high combat version of Groundhog’s Day, but now you can buy it for under ten bucks.