![]() ![]() ![]() He gets prissily pissed (“I do this to avoid doing that”) and tries to blackmail his way out of his predicament. It’s a well-done sequence that hits all the Cruise notes. But it’s right up there with Eddie Murphy’s rusted “heh heh heh” and Julia Roberts’s cackle. Cruise does that smug, “Oh, I don’ think so” laugh that, because there are a dozen Cruisier things to talk about, we usually overlook with him. He sits in his officer’s uniform across from Gleeson and tries to slither out of conscription (his assignment is to lead the filming of the UDF’s assault on the aliens on Normandy Beach). Cage is the sort of slick asshole that made - and then kept - Cruise a star. One of its generals, a big, humorless Irishman played by Brendan Gleeson, informs Major William Cage (Cruise) that he’ll be suiting up and going to war. And the planet’s nations have banded together as a combat complex called the United Defense Force. Humanity teeters on ye olde brink of annihilation. Metallic-amphibious aliens, dubbed Mimics, have invaded Earth. The excuse for the flesh sizzling is apocalyptic world war. ![]() 1, Cruise’s face melts through his skull. But the movie knows you’re out there too: For death no. Each time Cruise jolts awake you get a jolt, too - unless you’re a hater, in which case all you get to do for almost two hours is suck your teeth. The movie, which Doug Liman directed, takes perverse pleasure in knocking him off, then reviving him. In Edge of Tomorrow, he keeps dying, over and over, jarringly, hilariously, triumphantly. This time Cruise has sprinted the extra block to ensure that even his haters go home happy. We’re talking a total and utter desperation to please. We’re talking about something greater than egotism. He makes the Robert Downey Juniors and Matthew McConaugheys of the world look like Walter Cronkite. No one is a bigger Tom Cruise junkie than Tom Cruise. The thrill of a movie like Edge of Tomorrow is in watching a star appear fully high on himself. In the meantime, thank god for digital reproduction, right? And don’t think for a second that some start-up isn’t hunkered down in Mountain View working on a solution for that one. Trust me, if Cruise could knock on your door and do his job at your kitchen table, he would. The screen itself is an occupational necessity. His grin is 72×54 feet and practically chattering on your lap. But you don’t even need IMAX for Tom Cruise. There’s King Kong and Godzilla and Marvel, too - I guess. I mean, there are stars taller than he is. #1 streaming film in the world!! And we could not have done that without each and everyone of you.Who’s 3-D IMAXier than Tom Cruise? You can rattle off names, but you’re wasting your time because there’s one answer: nobody. The first 48 hours of global viewing for The Tomorrow War on Prime Video broke all the records. "Thank YOU to everyone who watched The Tomorrow War this weekend. "CONGRATULATIONS! YOU DID IT! You have made The Tomorrow War a HOME RUN win! Happy 4th of July!" Chris Pratt wrote in the caption. Though he's already got major roles in the Jurassic World and Guardians of the Galaxy franchises, Pratt seems to now have another big franchise role set up for himself as well. Earlier in the week, Pratt took to Instagram to celebrate the movie's success, thanking all of the fans for tuning in to the new release over the 4th of July weekend. The high viewership of The Tomorrow War likely played a huge role in getting Amazon to order another movie so quickly. This would include director Chris McKay and screenwriter Zach Dean, along with the first Tomorrow War's stars Chris Pratt, Yvonne Strahovski, Betty Gilpin, Sam Richardson, Edwin Hodge, and J.K. ![]() Deadline also reports that the key members of The Tomorrow War cast and creative team are also expected to return, at least that's the plan at Amazon Studios. ![]()
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