Edge of Tomorrow

Year:

2014

Duration:

113 min

Genres:

Action | Sci-Fi

IMDB rate:

8

Director:

Doug Liman

Awards:

10 wins & 15 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2014-06-06

Filming Locations: Leavesden Studios, Leavesden, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Earnings

Budget: $178,000,000

Opening Weekend: $28,760,246 (USA) (8 June 2014)

Gross: $99,992,247 (USA) (2 September 2014)

Cast

Actor

Character

Tom Cruise

Cage

Emily Blunt

Rita

Brendan Gleeson

General Brigham

Bill Paxton

Master Sergeant Farell

Jonas Armstrong

Skinner

Tony Way

Kimmel

Kick Gurry

Griff

Franz Drameh

Ford

Dragomir Mrsic

Kuntz

Charlotte Riley

Nance

Masayoshi Haneda

Takeda

Terence Maynard

Cruel Sergeant

Noah Taylor

Dr. Carter

Lara Pulver

Karen Lord

Madeleine Mantock

Julie

Assly Zandry

Infirmary Nurse

Sebastian Blunt

Young Soldier

Beth Goddard

Secretary - Iris

Ronan Summers

Dog Soldier 1

Aaron Romano

Dog Soldier 2

Usman Akram

Dog Soldier 3

Bentley Kalu

Dog Soldier 4

Mairead McKinley

Bar Maid

Andrew Neil

Old Man

Martin Hyder

Drunk

Tommy Campbell

Drop Ship Pilot

John Dutton

Old Man 2

Harry Landis

Old Man 3

Rachel Handshaw

Military Spokesperson 1

Martin McDougall

Military Spokesperson 2

Anna Botting

Sky News Anchor

Jane Hill

BBC News Anchor

Erin Burnett

CNN News Anchor

Dany Cushmaro

Channel 2 News Anchor

David Kaye

UDF Commercial (voice)

Jackson

Refugee Dog

Emmanuel Akintunde

Kenyan UDF Soldier (uncredited)

Emilio Aniba

Indian Soldier (uncredited)

Jozef Aoki

Japanese UDF Soldier (uncredited)

Lee Asquith-Coe

J Squad Soldier (uncredited)

André Azevedo

Slovakian Soldier (uncredited)

Macee Binns

Russian Aide (uncredited)

Paul Buchanan

Exo Soldier (uncredited)

Chris Cartwright

Dog Soldier (uncredited)

Elaine Caulfield

Sergeant Battey (uncredited)

Bruce Chong

Japanese Exo Solider (uncredited)

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bern Collaco

Indian UDF Soldier (uncredited)

Calvyn Desir

Exo Soldier (uncredited)

Nick Donald

British UDF Soldier (uncredited)

Gary Douglas

Czech Soldier (uncredited)

Josh Dyer

Exo Soldier (uncredited)

Marco Flammer

German UDF Soldier (uncredited)

Kyla Frye

Soldier (uncredited)

Nazaire Gbolo

Dog Soldier (uncredited)

Natasha Goulden

Slovakian Soldier (uncredited)

Goldie Green

US UDF Soldier (uncredited)

Philip Harvey

UDF Aide (uncredited)

François Hollande

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Phoenix James

Kenyan UDF Soldier (uncredited)

Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Dr. Whittle (uncredited)

Gary Johnson

Dog Soldier (uncredited)

Jorge Leon Martinez

US UDF Dog Soldier (uncredited)

Tingyi Liu

Japanese Soldier (uncredited)

Julian London

Corporal Williams - British UDF Soldier (uncredited)

Stuart Matthews

Soldier (uncredited)

Serhat Metin

Exo Soldier (uncredited)

Patrick Moorhouse

Russian Aide (uncredited)

Luca Naddeo

Dog Soldier (uncredited)

Anthony Newman

Dog Soldier (uncredited)

Joseph Oliveira

Soldier (uncredited)

Johnny Otto

Dog Soldier (uncredited)

Leandro Palme

Kimmel

Adrian Palmer

Corporal Johnson - US UDF Soldier (uncredited)

Jeremy Piven

Col. Walter Marx (uncredited)

Laurent Plancel

US UDF Soldier (uncredited)

Jd Roth-round

Dog Soldier (uncredited)

Chris St. Omer

Dog Soldier (uncredited)

Daniel Stisen

Soldier (uncredited)

Jim Sturgeon

Doctor (uncredited)

Lamin Tamba

Mercer - Civilian Staff (uncredited)

Liquid Thomas

Dog Soldier (uncredited)

Jack Valencia

UDF Soldier (uncredited)

Michael Vardian

UDF Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

Daniel Westwood

British Soldier (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

In the movie, Rita appreciates having coffee at the farmhouse. This is a nod to her character in the book who is a coffee lover having been introduced to coffee at an early age by her coffee addict father. In the world of the book, where coffee growing has virtually ceased because of the Mimic invasion and people drink artificial substitutes, Rita Vrataski still has some supplies of exotic real coffee beans and her only personal possession is a coffee grinder.

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Brendan Gleeson previously appeared in another Tom Cruise star movie, Mission: Impossible II (2000).

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While filming the car chase scene which includes a mini-van, Emily Blunt was instructed to drive fast and then to take a right hand turn so that the van would shake. However, Blunt missed her mark and she drove the car right into a tree. She later said that it was both hilarious and terrifying, as she almost killed Tom Cruise, who was in the passenger seat, but both of them started laughing after the incident.

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Goofs

When Cage and Rita are talking in the car, Cage tells Rita she usually starts talking around Lyons. Having landed on a French beach on the other side of the English Channel, they would travel east to Germany, not all the way south to Lyons.

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When the drop ship hits a pile of cars, its front rises and its speed decreases; Rita's inertia should either make her hit the front console, or throw her out through the windshield. However we see her being thrown to the back of the cabin.

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The scar on Rita's forehead is virtually skin-tone is some shots (as if old and faded), and bright red (as if new) in others, although all of the action takes place within 24 hours.

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Quotes

Griff: [to Sargent Cage] Where's your helmet?

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Master Sergeant Farell: Knock off the grab ass!

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Rita Vrataski: Come find me when you wake up!

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Faq

Q

Is "Edge of Tomorrow" based on a book?

A

Yes. The film is based on the Japanese light novel All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka.

Q

How does the movie end?

A

Cage and Rita arrive at the Louvre, where they share a kiss, and then Rita lures the Alpha away while Cage dives into the pool with a belt of grenades. Though Cage is fatally injured, the grenades detonate, and the Omega is killed. However, the Omega's blood seeps into Cage's body. Cage wakes in the helicopter on his way to General Brigham's office, before he tried to blackmail the General. News arrives that there was an unexplained energy pulse detected in Paris and that the Mimics seem to have lost their ability to fight, implying that the Omega has been destroyed despite Cage's last time jump. Cage visits Vrataski who, from her point of view, is meeting him for the first time. Cage grins.

Q

How did Cage and Vrataski obtain the power to time loop?

A

When they were both killed in battle, Cage in the invasion of Normandy in France & Vrataski at the battle of Verdun, both were severely injured. Both had killed an "Alpha" alien mimic & when the Alpha's blood splashed on them & entered any open wounds they had, they gained the same power the Omega mimic had to loop time.

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