Edge of Tomorrow 3D (Blu-ray) Review

[Steve Pitbull Potenziano]

Details of movie:
Studio and Year: Warner - 2014MPAA Rating: PG-13Feature running time: 113 minutesGenre: Sci-fi/Action Disc Format: BD-50Encoding: AVC/MVC Video Aspect: 2.40:1Resolution: 1080p/24 Audio Format(s): English DTS-HD 7.1 Master Audio, Spanish/French Dolby Digital 5.1Subtitles: English SDG, Spanish, FrenchStarring: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, Brendan GleesonDirected by: Doug LimanMusic by: Christophe BeckWritten by: Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth, John-Henry ButterworthRegion Code: A,B,C Blu-ray Disc release Date: October 7, 2014


Quick Score at first glance 98%

Let’s continue.

“Live Die Repeat” (the renamed Blu Ray release for “Edge of Tomorrow”) takes place in the future, in which an alien race has attacked the earth in an unwinnable war. They are unbeatable by any military in the world. (Cruise) is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is dropped into a suicide mission. Killed within minutes, and by total accident absorbing the blood of one of the head aliens, he now finds himself inexplicably thrown into a time loop forcing him to live out the day “ala Ground Hog Day”. With each day relived, Cruise learns from death after death to take on the aliens and become a better warrior to boot. Emily Blunt is a Special Forces Warrior and the best fighter they have. Blunt and Cruise are thrown together to take the fight to the aliens, each repeated death gets them one step closer to ending the war.

The Story is incredibly strong. When I first saw the trailer I didn’t think I was going to like it .I figured I’ve seen it before. I couldn’t have been more wrong. The action is intense in every sense of the word. I was glued to the edge of my seat the whole time. The set pieces were great with a gritty feel and that sense of war dirt and grime. The alien’s concept was great, they reminded me of the squids from the matrix. The aliens definitely look menacing and very pissed to boot. Based on the novel “All You Need Is Kill” by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, you get a superbly crafted script from the source material.

Edge of Tomorrow 3D comes to Blu-ray Disc from Warner Brothers Home Entertainment featuring 1080p video and lossless DTS-HD 7.1 Master Audio.


In this review and future reviews I will rate the movie on a score of 1 to 5 on 3D (we can assume its going to be the same for 2D), black level skin tone and shadow detail both on screen and TV.

I will also be rating 1 to 5 for audio tack that includes overall vocal clarity and bass. I will also include if applicable a rating for Atmos 1 to 5 which will include sound immersion, object placement and overall effectiveness.

Scorecard:

• Audio: Total score of 5
• Vocal clarity-5
• Surround detail-5
• Bass/LFE-5

• Video: Total score of 4
• 3D effect, depth of image in and off screen-4
• Black level-4
• Skin tone-4
• Shadow detail-4

Final Thoughts:
This movie was a pleasant surprise in every way. Being a big budget popcorn flick I didn’t expect much. Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt came through in spades, making this not just a solid action movie but one of the best true Sci-Fi movies I’ve seen in a long time. I was impressed by the gritty feel of war and the feel of something fresh in this genre. This 3D Blu-ray combo pack features faithful high definition video, reference quality DTS-HD Master Audio surround sound, and exceptional 3D rendering that compliments the film. I highly recommend “Edge of Tomorrow”, it deserves a place in the collection of every home theater enthusiast. It is hard to find fault with this movie. I plan on viewing it again with Atmos enabled on my receiver to see if it changes the sound immersion at all. I will update the review later. I hope you all enjoy the film as I did.

Review System Specs:
100in Tab Tension 1.3 gain Screen plus the new BenQ HC1200 which is calibrated
Room 17x14ft
The 80 in LED is a 3D TV Passive.
Darby 5000 VPU
Yamaha 3040 AVR
8 Mirage Nanostat Surrounds
Sony 3D Blu ray
Xbox One
Toshiba HDX2 HD DVD player
Emotiva UPA 500 Amp
Definitive Tech center Mythos Solo Xt wired in Series
Definitive Tech Super towers BP 7006
Velodyne Subs 12in Spl x2
Room Color Deep Grey High Speed Steel.
500ft of 14/4 wire dbl runs to every speaker
4 37 ft. HDMI cables
Pre wired celling speakers front and back.
dynamat under every wall and ceiling for acoustics.

 

[gene]

Thanks Steve. Based on your review, I will be renting this at Redbox this weekend!

PS. I hope you don't mind that I tweaked the formatting of your post a bit. Eliminated some of the bold text and tightened up your scorecard, etc.

 

[Steve Pitbull Potenziano]

I am Adding reviews for John Wick in Atmos Plus Book Of Life and the BoxTrolls.

 

[fuzz092888]

Hi Steve. Nice review. My only advice is about your rating system. I think it could be cleaned up/clarified a little. First, you don't need Quick Score at a glance. Shorten it to "Quick Score", center it and put the score below it. You should also make it a little larger than everything else so the reader's eyes snap to it.

Personally I really like the way this reviewer has the ratings broken down and the clarity of the rating is especially good. The other side of having a rating system that is extra clear is that it gives the review a clear direction and talking points that will be similar to all your future reviews.

I'm not saying you should copy what they've done, but maybe get some inspiration from their formatting and template.

Cheers,
Alex

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