In a near future, an alien race has hit the Earth in an unbeatable assault. Major William Cage has never seen a day of combat, but is dropped into a suicide mission and killed within minutes. Cage now finds himself thrown into a time loop-forcing him to live out the same day over and over, fighting and dying each time. With each 'life', Cage learns more fighting skills, so that when he and warrior Rita Vrataski take the fight to the aliens, they are one step closer to defeating the enemy.
"It's a star-driven mass-market entertainment that's smart, exciting and unexpected while not stinting on genre satisfactions."--Los Angeles Times.
"A sharp sci-fi thriller that's going to be hard to beat as the summer's best blockbuster."--Toronto Star.
"Mr. Liman brings Mr. Cruise's smile out of semiretirement and also gives him the kind of physical challenges at which he so brilliantly excels."--New York Times.
"Cruise is a delight, exactly what he needs to be, fluid enough for comedy, physical enough for action, always going with the flow and yet finding ways to make moments memorable."--San Francisco Chronicle.