The Edge of Tomorrow

Have you ever wished once in your life that you could turn back the hands of time or goes back to yesterday and correct the things you’ve done wrong? In reality this is very much impossible because we always have to face the consequences of our wrongdoings. The reason why we should always be careful in making decisions, so that we don’t end up regretful.

Last weekend the boys and I watched another movie, this time it’s a scifi movie where Tom Cruise is the main lead. The title of the movie is the same as the title of my article. So I guess my article for today will have some spoilers again. So if you haven’t watched this movie yet and you don’t want any spoilers you can now stop reading. However if you want to still continue, I would definitely appreciate it. Ok I will just give a brief summary of the movie and then give my final thoughts about it.

Live, Die, Repeat

The movie is about an alien invasion in Europe. They achieved their first victory at Verdun against this aliens called mimic using a mechsuits. Now they are planning another invasion in another country to fight this stubborn aliens. General Brigham orders our main lead Major Bill Cage to cover it, but he declined. Next thing he knew, he woke up in Heathrow airport where he was demoted into a private soldier and he is now under Sergeant Farell and joined the J squad. He was clueless about everything and find himself in a battle with these aliens. He was able to killed a mimic using a mine and died but the blood of this alien covered his body. The next scene was Bill Cage waking up again in the Heathrow airport meeting Sergeant Farell again. He tried to tell everyone about his situation but he was ignored. The loop continued for several times until he meet Rita Vrataski. She is the hero of the famous battle of Verdun, turns out she has the same ability the Bill Cage was experiencing. She went through many loops too in order to win the battle. She lost her ability because of blood transfusions that is why she warned Bill not to get wounded and avoid getting a blood transfusions or else his ability will be gone just like what happened to Rita.

Alpha and Omega

The reason why Bill Cage has this ability is because the blood of the alpha mimic was transferred to him on the first day he was killed. Now they have to find the omega and killed him so that the invasions of this mimic would end. So Bill Cage has to die so many times in order to start all over again to find out where the omega is hiding. But one day, he was wounded and unfortunate thing happened, he had a blood transfusions means his ability is gone. So he and Rita together with the J Squad planned out killing the omega as they finally found its location in Paris. Before Rita could’ve killed for the last time, she kissed Bill and then they fought with these aliens. Bill was able to killed the omega and before he died, the omega blood covered all over him. The next thing happened, Bill woke up wearing his major uniform. There is still an alien invasion only that they became weaker, probably because the omega has been killed. He was glad to know that all the people he met was alive most specially Rita. But it was only him who can recognize them all.

My Final Thoughts

Though the movie is quite impossible in real life, the lesson I’ve learned from the movie is never quit. Remember the famous Japanese quote “Fall 7 times, stand up 8” It only means, we should always keep going no matter how many times we fall. Stand up means, life must go on no matter how hard it could be and you’ll end up successful. Just like in the movie Bill Cage has to live, die and repeat. In order to win the battle he had to died all over again to find the real enemy. But all is worth, because they finally defeated the omega and the aliens didn’t succeeded in invading the world. You and I can do it too, we don’t need to die, but we can always try and repeat until it succeeds. With loads of determination and perseverance we can make all things happen.

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