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Edge of Tomorrow
A mud-and-steel science-fiction war film that turns death into a rehearsal. One cowardly man keeps waking into the same doomed morning until fear wears into grit and hopelessness into a stubborn, rueful hope.
Edge of Tomorrow
Edge of Tomorrow

"Live. Die. Repeat."

27 May 2014 United States of America 114 min 7.6 (14,810)

Director: Doug Liman

Cast: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Brendan Gleeson, Bill Paxton, Jonas Armstrong

Action Science Fiction Growth through failure Fate versus choice Cowardice, courage and the making of a soldier Isolation and unshared memory War as a machine
Budget: $178,000,000
Box Office: $370,541,256

Edge of Tomorrow — Movie Quotes

Memorable Quotes

Come find me when you wake up!
— Rita Vrataski

Context

She says it on the battlefield just before she is killed, as if she knows something Cage doesn't.

Meaning

This line starts the partnership and hints that Rita knows the secret of the loop. It turns Cage's curse into a mission.

Battle is the Great Redeemer. It is the fiery crucible in which true heroes are forged. The one place where all men truly share the same rank, regardless of what kind of parasitic scum they were going in.
— Master Sergeant Farell

Context

Farell gives the speech to his squad. Because of the loop, Cage hears it over and over.

Meaning

The speech is played ironically, but it states the film's arc: Cage really is forged in battle, just through hundreds of deaths.

I'm not a soldier. / Of course not. You're a weapon.
— Bill Cage and Rita Vrataski

Context

An exchange between the two while Rita is using Cage's ability for the war effort.

Meaning

It sums up Rita's cold, practical view of Cage: his value is the loop he carries, not who he is.

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