Ok.
Let's fucking go.
Edge of Tomorrow is directed by Doug Liman
He directed
Swingers
Go
Bourne Identity
Mr and Mrs. Smith
Jumper
Fair Game
and
his other movie with Tom Cruise
American Made which you should definitely watch.
Edge of Tomorrow is also the best anime to live action adaptation of all time.
Fun Fact: there's a twist in the Anime that i suspect they are going to use in the sequel.
(and yes I'm sorry Alita fans)
The start sets up the war lickety split.
Other movies shouldtake notes.
The book and the movie are both using symbolism from the world wars.
Verdun and Europe as the battlefield is a choice meant to place us in WW1.
Bit of a Captain America feel to Cage.
The PR version of Captain America.
Oh boy,
That not true.
Hmmmm
Seeding for the sequel?
Downfall is an interesting name.
The General that triggers everything is not a good man.
Granted Cage is not a brave man but that isn't hos job. His job is to sell the war effort and to keep people from panicking.
Cage is meant to come off as a flim flam artist and a sleaze but at this moment he's doing what he thinks is his job and trying to help the General leading the human race against the Aliens so not really a terrible thing.
Ok. This is cowardly and refusing to follow and order but he has no training and hasn't had any so it's not completely unreasonable.
This is an important point.
Cage was conscripted and not a volunteer.
And he's being pressed into service.
Bit grayer than it seems at first glance.
He is, however, confused about how the chain of command works.
It's actually kind of sad that no one gave him a heads up of what they were sending him to do so he could try to get out of it before.
And interesting thread to pull is how he got to this moment.
Because a lot of things need to break right for this eact scenario to play out.
If he has any warning he can likely get out.

And Cage has not been informed he reports to the General. So actually? He's in his rights.
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