What Really Happened At The End Of Edge Of Tomorrow

[@Looper]

Did you like this version of the ending?

[@Will-dn9dq]

Yeah wonder if wo the omega can it work? It's a great film amazed he did gold back to back w edge then obliivion. Teo Great scifi action.

[@Jacob99174]

I think it would be more entertaining that it was still the Omega who the entire time was allowing Cruise to inner loop to learn from humans. And once they understood human behavior, the outer loop was restarted. And now the Omega is ready for the new alternate future. Looping within loops

[@dallasclarke]

After killing the Omega, he goes back 48 hours, then doesn't lose his rank as major.

[@gandautama4141]

@@dallasclarke is the best explanation IMHO.

[@KevinLarson_ohana]

So if he is now an omega and cannot send himself back, could he not then send his own “alphas” back?

[@AdrianMartan]

Edge of Tomorrow is one of the best sci-fi action-thriller. Plain and simple.

[@ghosttwo2]

Oblivion is criminally underrated too.

[@sv2697]

That is because the light novel it was based on was hella good. All you need is kill.

[@mikexhotmail]

Yup. Same class as Terminator 2 .

[@111111scarface111111]

Don't forget about Interstellar!!!

[@hayorge27]

Kinda what Starship Troopers wanted to be - they had enough money for either bugs or the mobile suits - this film had both

[@osmosisazman]

I don't think the rolling back of time is time-based (i.e 24 hours). The aliens do not have 24 hours concept. The rolling back of time is determined by the last time Cage slept. Alpha's blood gave Cage the ability to transfer his consciousness to the last time he slept. Omega's blood on the other hand transported his consciousness to two sleeps prior. Sleep was the 'save point'.

[@danbasford7456]

Damn, that's a great point. 👍 I wish my sleep was a save point, but unfortunately it acts like a cheap idle game. Lol.

[@manny85382]

Great point. What I'm wondering is why did he wake up at Heathrow the very first time?

[@DeathBYDesign666]

@@manny85382 He was knocked out and presumably sedated afterwards.

[@kickballjedi]

That's a good point, but the 1 day/ 24 hours still works. When he gets the power from the Alpha, the army has already landed on the beach so he gets reset back to the morning before the invasion. But when he loses the power, he gets it back from the Omega before the beach invasion has started, even before he met up with the general. It may be a point where he's sleeping for convenience.

[@manny85382]

@@DeathBYDesign666 oh ok if they sedated him then that makes more sense.. i was like no way getting tased put him out that long. I didn't think about sedatives tho.

[@kimc5814]

It's one of those movies that I get sucked into every time. I find the movie comforting and have watched it numerous times.

[@zacharyberridge7239]

Exactly! It's a great blend of humor and awesome sci-fi action. The music is really fitting, too. Just one of my favorites. And as you said, I certainly didn't expect it to be that good.

[@ansu5858]

Same!! I've watched this movie way to many times to count. I still think the name should be "live - die - repeat" instead of edge of tomorrow

[@jamescelloboy3333444]

It’s based off the Japanese science fiction novel “All You Need is Kill”

[@kimc5814]

@@jamescelloboy3333444 did not know that. Weird name tho. I'm sure it loses something in the translation.

[@marketingwithwilliam]

You have to watch it several times to understand it all 👍🏽

[@shabi9]

we need edge of tomorrow 2, the first one had no right o be that good it was not expected of it

[@gloriafalkson2363]

Apparently Cruise’ has 4 movies after Mission 8. One of them will be Edge of Tomorrow . I think McQ may have mentioned it.

[@magicpoopsoup]

I heard it’s not gonna happen

[@sachinchauhan7775]

It seems they were working on a prequel

[@moeball740]

Have to admit never been a Tom Cruise fan but Edge of Tomorrow is excellent!

[@Allyourneedsmet]

😂 I mean, who gave it the impetus. Redo...please

[@brianhowerton4292]

My two cents...When Cage kills the Omega and gets covered in its blood, he becomes the Omega. As the Omega, he controls time along with all the Alpha's and Drones. When Cage resets time back to when he is on the helicopter, all of the Alphas and Drones would be brought back to life as well. However, as he is now the Omega, Cage can do whatever he wants with them. There is reference to a surge of energy when Cage resets time. I think that is him, acting as the Omega, killing all of the Alpha's and Drones or at least pushing a surge of energy through them to remove their ability to fight. He chose that specific time in order to keep all the soldiers of J Squad and Rita alive and to put himself in a position to reconnect with her as a Major.

[@stickiestfingers2155]

Makes sense.

[@svetievboris]

I like this interpretation as well.

[@d_a_r_ii]

I think I know the true version… Omega can’t reset time whenever it dies, it can do so when an alpha dies. But back there Cage not only had a contact with Omega’s blood, but also with Alpha’s since one was in the water too. After that he had a complete control over time and could do what he did.

[@mannygee005]

Like it a lot!, In addition... the Alpha save point could be set by the Omega and it's set to some time before the battle... but there is another save point for the Omega which is much earlier. We could make up something cool like there's a ritual before a major campaign that sets controls of the drones and initiates the Alpha time - and this ritual causes the save point for the Omega... which Cage disrupts by killing it and it negates the ritual and zeroes out the drones and Alphas in a feedback surge.

[@Quantum_015]

I like this concept . I just wonder if this means that Cage could become the new enemy of all of Humanity now since he was consumed by the Omega, the Omega literally transferred its essence into him 🤔

[@Honkiavelli]

In 20 years, this movie will be considered gold. Tom Cruise creates magic every time.

[@thesnailiscoming..5736]

Except it's not believable that a woman won a war .

[@markaustin5359]

*cough* The Mummy *cough*

[@Honkiavelli]

@@markaustin5359 nice red herring...

[@vedantbharvirkar3909]

It already is

[@tiromandal6399]

@@markaustin5359 Atleast it had the best action scenes and Tom Cruise.

[@jayendrap4]

That scene when he tried to roll under the truck and died cracks me up to this day. 😂

[@yungwaves1]

Lmao

[@nillyk5671]

It's so unexpected, unfortunate and dumb that it makes you laugh like crazy.

[@SELECT289]

Bill Paxton's reaction is perfect

[@itskeematho5962]

Same. The shriek he let out made it so much funnier too 🤣

[@michaelweems679]

"What the hell was he thinking?!?!"

[@Funk_Reactions]

First RIP Bill Paxton!!!! Finally I have been waiting years for this!!!! Such an underrated movie!!!

[@RozeAbove]

This was by FAR one of the best sci-fi movies ever made. Tom Cruise was really on a roll when he did this and Oblivion...

[@derricksmalls2293]

Minority Report was definitely ahead of its time also.

[@djsmileyoflasvegas]

💯

[@kickballjedi]

I'd like to know exactly what the writers intended. My theory was that once the Omega is defeated, it resets the day and leaves the planet. So if the planet's defenses are good enough to kill an Alpha, they can try a different strategy, if it's good enough to defeat an Omega, they better back off and bring a bigger/ better army (which would make for a good sequel). The "power surge" they detected at the end of the movie was the Omega leaving the planet.

[@raizors1331]

In the original source (novel), those mimic are "worker drone", they are there to terraforming the planet, and they make their main base deep in the ocean no human can reach. So yes, human can wipe out a whole army of their, they will just produce more mimic and keep invading over and over again. And evolve along the way too so human weapon become less and less effective at killing them. The future is no doubt bleak, yes, humanity seem like they are destined to doom in the novel. I guess when they adapt it to movie they simplify it a lot and also change the premise so that it doesn't feel hopeless.

[@EmbraceTheInevitable]

Awesome theory. This could set up for a sequel

[@miketilton6393]

That is a great idea.

[@PhilipZilfo]

This actually makes way more sense than the explanation in this KZbin video.. I mean why would the omega attempting a reset result in the death of all the mimics? If it managed to reset then it would reset to where it was alive a day ago. If Cage killed the Omega and it was unable to reset due to “death” then it would simply die. All the mimics would die. Cage would die and time would just continue. The UDF would land on the beaches of France and not face any resistance and the war would be won but they’d never know who did it until they found the wreckage and remains of J squad at the Louvre.

[@ymron24]

This theory is fascinating, but it doesn't mean we're winning. The Omega will eventually figure out how to deal with human infiltration, and this could lead to the creation of a more powerful Alpha

[@tkskagen]

"GROUNDHOG DAY" Juiced! Could not tell you how many times I have watched and enjoyed this fantastic movie.

[@archlittle6067]

When an Alpha dies, the Omega resets the day. When the Omega was blown apart, it could not reset anything and all the aliens died. Cage was bathed in the Omega’s blood and reset his own day. This did not reset the aliens, who stayed dead.

[@allieboy181]

But he didn’t reset the day, his day progressed

[@archlittle6067]

@@allieboy181 No, he reset to when he was in the helicopter arriving in England. He reset his day. The Omega did not reset and the mimics were still dead.

[@allieboy181]

@@archlittle6067 so who do they think killed all the aliens? And also why would he still be arriving there if all the mimics were mysteriously vanquished? There would be no beach assault

[@archlittle6067]

Cage killed the Omega. All the aliens died without the Omega. Cage bathed in the blood of the Omega. He reset his day. He is in the chopper. The Omega and the aliens are still dead. The General reported that an explosion had killed all the mimics.

[@allieboy181]

@@archlittle6067 ahhhh ok thanks. Lol

[@jackdorseysdisappointedfather]

Me and Tom had the exact same expression at the end scene.😁😂👍 It felt SOOO good to get a happy ending since the entire movie sets you up to expect a heroic sacrificial victory.

[@tjjavier]

And that was actually the alternate ending, a heroic sacrificial ending. Like you, I'm happy we got this 😁🙌

[@darthprodigal9401]

Truth, they did it perfect. Best of both.

[@GoldKingsMan]

Wow cool!

[@HegelsOwl]

Superb script. Should win some sort of award for all the careful effort at fluency and coherence. Perfect gem. The other production values were also world class -- audio and editiing, and the choice of clips, especially. This was a real treat to watch. Thank you kind folks so much. 👍

[@zacharyberridge7239]

One of my favorite movie endings. That final smirk is just perfect.

[@markettrader911]

Ah yes the good ole’ Tom cruise smirk 😏

[@austink4712]

Same thing happens in the war of the worlds

[@zacharyberridge7239]

@@austink4712 no, it doesn't.

[@Pauladoniss]

I've since gone on to watch it all over again more than 15 times after the first time. It's such a good movie.

[@Buflonob]

the "incendiary device" Cage used to kill the alpha was actually a claymore (explosive with ball bearing propelled in a direction), hence why they have "this side towards enemy" printed on them clearly. - you're welcome

[@tjjavier]

Exactly!

[@itskeematho5962]

Yes so it was the apha's blood that actually murked him

[@portzblitz]

This video is excellent. The film has a pretty complicated storyline but you made it easily understandable. The writing here is neat and coherent (and it had to be!) Cheers, Looper 🥂

[@cookieenthusiast6213]

I think the end is more simple. The omega blood has more potency thus going back to when the omega rebooted. Maybe the Omega knew that all the options were used and it would die regardless unless it went back further than the morning of. That would create many more options to thwart the humans. Either way, it gave our heroes a major boost since Cage was never demoted by the General. He could command the group instead of being infantry foot soldier.

[@tsan3796]

One exception he was not battlefield commander just media/ PR officer in ranking he wouldn’t be tasked with infantry/mech attack granted his timeline would have been trained lived thru ordeal of combat udf would need chain of command thru battlefield commission

[@cookieenthusiast6213]

@@tsan3796I am not going to say I know the regs on PR officer. I do believe they are in the command structure unlike medical officers. I could be wrong. I going with the assumption that he can request support and protection detail as part of his assignment at the front. You're probably correct and we both have to just call it for what it is....Hollywood rules.

[@tsan3796]

@@cookieenthusiast6213 yep Hollywood is what it is entertainment I'm ok with that I do like your deeper take theory on this movie ending esp working in that industry and with this Director. I like to hear read audience reactions. As for military accuracy if you're interested you can read on. Based off my past training experience - Infantry officer is designated MOS (job) 11A for officers. Enlisted soldiers are 11B "grunts" infantry. fall under Combat arm or support services . Hollywood gave Tom's character a "PR" label which is should be designated as " Public Affairs" (PAO) this specialized skill/job is called Functional Area (FA) which is specialized service not combat support (arms and service ) FA 46 MOS for Public Affairs of US Army. I doubt a Commanding General would send a high ranking officer Major Cage into combat there would be an LT and probably an enlisted crew managed by a master Sgt. for this task ... but hey there would be no movie plot then ! either way Tom would still be a strong leader after his relapse timewarps.hope they make a prequel for this great sci-fi reminds me of Oblivion side story in a way .

[@sharonmc5192]

This is a great film - one I've watched many many times, but weirdly I always forget how he defeats the Omega. This is a really good recap and explanation. Thank you!

[@Boleyna1533]

I have also watched this movie plenty of times and I still forget that the Omega is not at the dam, completely forgetting the Louvre.

[@gloriafalkson2363]

For years there has been talk of making a sequel. Emily Blunt commented that it will probably not happen because the budget will be too expensive. However recently there are at least 4 moves being planned after MI 8 and one of them mentioned is Edge of Tomorrow probably after his “ Space movie”.

[@chrishemsworthfanspage]

Thanks for the compliments,its not as easy as the world think it is.Die hard fans like you are the reason why we keep moving.

[@MrLuffy9131]

I thought it was better than MI7 which had a higher budget lol

[@darthprodigal9401]

We want that Prequel! Angel of Verdun!!!

[@tsan3796]

RIP bill Paxton too bad he cant reset …gifted actor really added to this story his roles in scifi are epic made characters memorable -long live Chet/ hudson !

[@mkeil100]

I never knew why he reset earlier at the end. I feel so powerful right now.

[@7ibes42]

Because she'd be alive

[@bnjmnwst]

I want the prequel. I swear to see it in the theater and buy it in some format. I'll even rent it once. That's how much I want it to happen. I feel exactly the same way about another Alita: Battle Angel movie. That movie was great, and the story is so much bigger than what we saw in it.

[@jw70478]

thanks, I'll watch that now

[@FirEBeast]

Alita was mid I won’t lie

[@pokeballer7627]

Bro i literally feel this exact same way about these same 2 movies both are so good for no reason and deserve so much more content

[@adeadgirl13]

How about another Star Wars movie instead? Maybe a Chewbaca TV series?

[@didac290]

I share the same thoughts on those two!! And same with district 9 and Tron Legacy..

[@DJCrisisUK]

Maybe I missed it, but for me the biggest question of the film is how did Patowski realise she no longer had the ability considering she would have to die to know it no longer works.

[@SirButcher]

Cruise's character said "he feel different" so I assume they somehow felt it.

[@batmeme9349]

No more visions

[@darthprodigal9401]

I agree, I mean you have to remember they basically lived as a part of that "link" for months and months. If it collectively is 6 months, or even a year of being in that resetting then suddenly... not, and normal again. You'd probably feel the difference. I mean if it's literally something foreign in your bloodstream it's possibly like sobering up or coming down from a high. It's gone, and you feel the effect is for sure gone.

[@moxyblackfiddler]

One of the best sci-fi films of the decade.

[@Chalksomething]

What really breaks my brain is: what happens to those people that Cage leaves behind in the loop, like whenever it was Rita who kills him sometime, when he dies trying to get to Rita.

[@Chalksomething]

Maybe Rita can argue that Cage harassed her to train him, or if he dies in an accident it can be reasoned with his desperation to leave combat.

[@user-pc7ef5sb6x]

Breaching Parallel Universe theory or String Theory. It's a REAL scientific research

[@Sean-uv8xy]

I always assumed after cage dies that reality didn't exist anymore.

[@brandonallison3236]

@@Sean-uv8xy Right, like everything just resets

[@BashayG7175]

It's fairly simple to understand, when he killed the Omega it sent him back to the day before the invasion which means none of it happened. That's why she didn't know who he was when he approached her at the end of the movie.

[@joefrank3439]

Was one of the best action movies ever! Very underrated

[@jessetorres8738]

1 thing people are often confused about at the ending of the film is that because Cage/Cruise and J Squad launched their attack several hours BEFORE the entire surprise invasion took place, and Cage got covered in the Omega's blood he was able to regain the ability to rewind time 1 day again like when he got covered in the Alpha's blood. So, when he went back 1 day this time he ended up in the helicopter since that's where he was several hours before waking up in the military base, but because the Omega died all of the other Mimics died as well, so Cage was able to restart the day but the Mimics stayed dead. And, if Cage ever dies again he'll restart the day since he still has the Omega's power, unless he gets a blood transfusion again.

[@abmeraz86]

Actually no. With the Omega now dead he can longer die and go back to his checkpoint. The Omega, not the mimics, was responsible for sending the Mimics back a day, which is what he did to him at the end. They explain that at the very end of the video. It would be dope if he did have the power, leading to a sequel movie.

[@Anathemata]

Well it's my understanding the Omega had no ability to reset the day for itself, only the Alpha's and mimics if needed which if the Omega does decide to reset the Alpha's then it obviously is reset too as when they come back it's 24hr's earlier before the Omega died.. I do not think Cage will ever get a second life restart point if he dies in the future. However, lets say he has a son, that son would maybe be an "Alpha" and Cage the "Omega" so Cage would be able to reset the day for his son if he died, and in so doing that reset himself as well. Also maybe the military could transfuse Cage's blood into other soldiers, and they become Alpha's and the same thing would happen there as well if it worked.

[@valentinemason6955]

Food for thought 🤔

[@aerynstormcrow]

Which he likely will bc not many people go though their entire life and never have surgery.

[@sakshamgulati2007]

Also RBCs have a life span of 120 days and slowly the entirely new blood will be made

[@derricl5059]

I think Cage repeated the attack on the louvre many times before the final attack. That explains how he knew about the plane, and to not drop when the ship was crashing, there are a lot of hints. But he told the soldiers it was his first playthrough cause he knew they were going to die but he needed them there, like when he told Rita it was first time at the farm house.

[@melwinthomas4382]

All things aside....that ending tho 🥺 it was so amazing to see them both together. That expression on his face said it all, loved it so much! And oh ofccc that end score ma-ma-miahhhh

[@altustalent410]

I like the idea that this time a female character was not only more experienced in combat but had a stoic nature to accommodate that aspect, revealing how somebody hardened by war would behave. I also like that the male character was the lead but had to be led and rescued often by the female character. Love that brief moment of romance where she learns that he'd been taking her remotely to spend time with her and discovered that she liked 3 sugars but took her own life to try and shock him back into the reality of the war. It was brief and heart-breaking, also very stoic and powerful since it was a decision made by a female and not a male where typically only a male would be this objective in his mission though he had a heart.

[@arbjful]

The female character was the most un realistic of all. The scene where she carries a chopper propeller in her hands is the most unbelievable of all. Doing super human acts and not having the musculature for it is another unbelievable part

[@altustalent410]

@@arbjful That's actually the suit she's wearing doing all the heavy lifting. There's a great deal of suspension of disbelief required for a movie involving time manipulating aliens at war with a military that arms entire soldiers with tactical exo-suits instead of drones. Not forgetting the arbitrary assignment of an official to the front lines of war without legal precedence. How much realism do you hope to get there?

[@altustalent410]

@@turdferguson7686 Yeah, agreed. Although they were pushing it with the sexy pushups that she was doing in a training bra instead of standard military attire. That was there to shamelessly grab our attention to her sexiness. Pretty sure her form was off also.

[@altustalent410]

@fook mi Well no, none of that. It's not a feministic pleasure that I have, it's simply Emily Blunts performance and the choices she made as an actress in that performance that made her character interesting. It was her take specifically that I enjoyed. She wasn't preposterously sexy or sexualised (apart from the ridiculous Hindu push up scene), she was fully clothed and very much stern and stoic leaving the audience no distractions except what she was able to convey without relying cheaply on the beauty of her femininity

[@altustalent410]

@fook mi This is the issue very much with Hollywood, it usually doesn't represent certain characteristics of humanity fully. In this regard they resisted the typical sexy femme fatale and made her more militant. This is not unusual nor was it rebellious against the norm as stoic and stern women do exist, it's not a distinctly male trait but rather a human trait. If you haven't met a stoic and stern woman then your experience is amazingly limited, such a thing would be impossible as I've met plenty. Women can fight as well, it's not distinctly male to be combative although the physicality will differ drastically and typically women don't fight naturally with tact. What we're seeing specifically is the trained militant female, so there's realism in that because we do have women in militaries and police forces, which is a job that requires a great degree of stoicism and stern temperament because of the nature of the profession and Blunt gives that solemnly without ridiculing it. Her character is briefly shown to have a softer side, which is also excellently done in the brief scene because her softness wasn't overly performed. Females with this manner exist, you're looking purely at the Instagram model and Tik Tok and feministic variety, it's not all that women have to offer. There's more shades

[@williamtomkiel8215]

When it first came out, it gained immediate notoriety in the Home Theater crowd for the 10 hz tone in the opening sequence, not all subwoofers survived the onslaught and there was no reset. o/w a stellar flick

[@itsophishle7044]

"The Battle of Verdun" should be a tv show,. 5 years of war before "Edge of Tomorrow" took place would easily give them +5 seasons to go on.

[@wwoods66]

Wouldn't it get repetitive? There's a reason 'Groundhog Day' shows switch to montages to show the passage of the protagonists' personal time.

[@cameron.t]

@@wwoods66One six episode season would be fun. With maybe one episode touching on Cage. Five seasons would be bloody hell

[@Rien1782]

You skipped right over the biggest plot hole in the movie. Instead of using the item in the generals office and figuring out the omegas location, then resetting the day, they try to fight their way out and lose the reset ability.

[@psstpsstheyyou3517]

They had to fight their way through in order to bring the transponder back to the guy or else they repeat the day trying to successfully convince the general to give it go them willingly but he's too stubborn.

[@King_of_Africa]

@@psstpsstheyyou3517 He's referring to them not using the device as soon as they retrieve it then reset the day with the knowledge of omega real location. There's was no point in walking out the generals office with the device.

[@darthprodigal9401]

True, I always thought "if you tried to get this piece of tech that hard... why not jab yourself then and there the instant you get it?" For all you know yes, you finally did convince him. But because he believes you he wants you captured and studied. So you try to leave, get tranq-ed, and are a lab rat who he's trying to make his own super soldiers from.

[@cheradenine1980]

They had to go out. Cage knew the general would try to stop them. They’d tried a hundred times

[@Adamdidit]

Its not a plot hole to describe something the characters didn't think of.

[@thx11380815]

THANK YOU! Couldn’t reconcile the story for years; now it finally makes sense

[@dakoitcave817]

This was an amazing movie. I’m glad it’s getting recent resurgence.

[@brandondennis6433]

My head canon is that the omega establishes the reset point. Once he got the ability to reset it picks the most strategic time. We know they are aware of cruise having the ability. Sending him to the base locks him for battle which is essential to the Omega's plan to bleed the power out of him. Once that fails and he drops the grenades it wants to reset to a time where he will avoid action, won't have access to blunt's character and will give the omega extra time to strategize again. But dying during the reset killed every mimic making it a mute point.

[@talltrini10]

I like it. Also, "moot", not mute🙂

[@natesandralesueur1424]

Favorite movie of all time. I love a good comeback story. And that smile at the end...

[@gio1985s]

this movie was so good and is so underrated I fell in love with Emily blunt that day 😍

[@kevinkohler7997]

Edge of Tomorrow = Groundhog Day + Inception + The Longest Day/Saving Private Ryan

[@kismetgaia]

I believe that in his absorption of an alphas blood he had the ability of an alpha as explained which means he had no real control over his looping, but the part i think is slightly wrong in the explanation is in the final battle he absorbed the blood of the omega and hence would have the omegas control over the ability, which would also open the film up to a sequel

[@jamescurryiii375]

Exactly he even said this but then changed his words for the ending.

[@timpoling8634]

I think the problem with that is when he killed it he was looped before everything bad happened so in a way the omega knew there was no way of winning and decided to not die and let earth live

[@ryanjamesc9996]

The Omega didn’t grant Cage “permission” to live again, the power of the reset was in its blood. Even the Alpha’s blood was not it’s own, but intrinsically linked to the Omega. Cage kills an Alpha and could loop 24 hours because the blood of the Omega continued to exist. However, killing the Omega caused its blood to mingle one LAST time with Cage allowing him to loop one last time, BUT with the Omega now dead and it’s blood obliterated Cage would die a natural death should his life end suddenly

[@panike]

Only few movies I can rewatch over and over

[@3287brandon]

@Looper The last segment doesn't make sense. If Cage doesn't have the power to reset the day independent of the Omega, how does he reset the last time? The Omega died as result of the grenade blast and transmitted death to the other mimics and then, Cage reset the day. Cage is the new Omega and still has reset ability independent of the Omega. He just doesn't control it and has to die in order for it to trigger.

[@BrentMaxwellian]

Thanks

[@phoenixrising9785]

Edge of Tomorrow and Oblivion were one of the best sci fi films of the last 20 years.

[@linelivin628]

Yeah don’t forget “Interstellar”

[@cardboardpolitician]

I watched this movie many times but your explanation will make me enjoy this movie even more.

[@marine3836e]

I read the book after watching the movie. The mimics are machines. Sent from another planet that the aliens thought that Earth was not populated. I really wish that they were making prequel

[@altustalent410]

They didn't examine the planet first? Just kinda assumed? Also how can they literally time travel?

[@nnbb1059]

@@altustalent410 Given how vast space is, they may have started their trip long before the humans ever walked the earth.

[@altustalent410]

@@nnbb1059 Speculation

[@ruck-a-tron]

@@altustalent410 in the manga, the omega sends its memories back to itself the day before. They don’t actually travel back in time physically. It’s been a while, but I think they didn’t care if the planet was populated as they didn’t have time to find another planet. The mimics are just basically terraforming the planet for them.

[@altustalent410]

@@ruck-a-tron Send back the information to a previous time? That's literally time travel except the information is what's being transported but either way it's being transported through a different time. Ugh time travel movies give me a headache because things always fall apart when you examine the aspects logically. Technically, it wouldn't be possible anyway. For the information to exist then the event must occur, if the event is averted then there will exist no information to forward to the past thereby rendering the entire process paradoxically void. THIS is time travels flaw all the time. You couldn't possibly remember something that's technically never occurred if you've erased the very event that necessitates the information. Ugh.

[@sanjitmajumdar]

Cage got infused with the alpha blood and got a link to the Omega. But in the end he was infused with Omega blood. That would mean he now became an Omega and could reset time on his own. That's my theory at least.

[@adhominem1342]

he could reset the time on his own but he cant reset time if he is dead, because omega died and it didnt reset .

[@yodaslovetoy]

@@adhominem1342 and if he's dead then time can't reset but the reset happened so he's not dead and they can reset except if he's dead.....

[@fidaletto]

He can reset his children then 🤣

[@user-pc7ef5sb6x]

I'm just wondering if all these time loops create alternate universes? The times in which Cage dies over and over just doesn't cease to exist? There are many times when the Omega won

[@cookieenthusiast6213]

The concept replies on time being linear and a deviation creating shift to another reality since the current reality must remain linear. Luckily they don't' get into all that explanation. We just believe it for the length of the movie.

[@moxyblackfiddler]

It all depends on the interpretation of that sequence when Cage rolls under the car and gets squashed the Seargent reacts to it. Perhaps it was just for comic effect.

[@nuttyneithan]

They don’t since everybody dies within 24 hours

[@MrNicoJac]

No, it's not parallel, but looped. Like a rollercoaster making a loop and coming back down _almost_ right where it would've been (if it had gone straight). Everything is still the same, except for the ones experiencing the time loop. It's a bit like in the book of Harry Potter 3. Everything has already happened, and we just get to see the events from past Harry's POV first (which is what makes him take the actions he takes the second time around), and future Harry later. And it's the combination of both Harry's that keeps the timeline as a whole (loop included) intact. In a sense you can think of it as a rollercoaster trying to find it's way forward, and any time it blindly stumbles into a building or tree, it just creates a loop that shifts it over a few yards and tries again if it's in the clear now. If it still bumps into the same thing (or a new thing) it just adds yet another loop - until it finally finds _a_ path forwards. (of course the "rollercoaster" being a metaphor here; so even with thousands of loops it never runs out of potential energy to convert into kinetic energy, aka it never gets "stuck" halfway in a loop)

[@jonathanlauber293]

I was just imagining a scenario where he kept the ability to reset the day but died old and of natural causes but reset 24 hours earlier. This would start a new loop where he was unable to stop dying and resetting because nobody would believe him and give him a blood transfusion.

[@boswellwhanau]

Or he could have a blood transfusion and next minute Bobs your aunty 😜

[@darthprodigal9401]

Or if in a coma and then heart fails or something. Just trapped in a coma, literally keeping the entire world in an endless time loop as a vegetable. Nobody aware, and time never progressing, doomed man doomed civilization as well.

[@Brad772006]

One of the best sci fi films of the last decade.

[@geraldkramer4774]

My thoughts on the ending. When the Alpha stabs him it is still inside him making him able to "mind jump back". He dies just as he releases the grenades starting his 'jump" at that point you see the Omega Pulse right before it gets blown up, the Omega then tries to "Jump" itself back when it realizes it is going to die but it is too late, the 2 quick "jumps" put Cage back even further.

[@geraldkramer4774]

That or the Omega realized the reset point would have just resulted in this same ending and sent Cage back further in an attempt to get to him before he is infected. Maybe he makes a better decision when talking to the General or the Alpha's know to kill him prior to the UDF invasion.

[@adeadgirl13]

Wrong.

[@epifunny1]

No.....

[@ausblob263]

Interesting, i thought about this same deal and formed a slightly different conclusion when the movie ended, he appears to have the omega blood now making him effectively invincible as he can reset time, what if the omega started the same way and now he is destined to the same fate after millions of years of life and resetting over and over and the man eventually becomes a new "omega" of his own as he figures out how to use the blood of others to share his gift but only with him as the controller

[@darthprodigal9401]

Deep

[@MrJcl666]

One of the most underrated movie .

[@JoeGrizz1y]

It is so funny how much of this movie feels and is inspired by video games. It’s simplistic mission of just attack the one control point, the exo suits that were pushed into pop culture by Call of Duty AW, the movie having gun blazing sections and stealth sections, and some of the films shots feel straight out of FPS games or games in general. Not to mention the biggest one being the ability to respawn and use memory to gain further traction in the mission. It’s also similar in games where you might reach a point of no return, which this film has. It’s secretly a video game movie without being a video game movie 😂

[@garrycoates2147]

Great movie with a frequently repeated story line of the "one organism alien". I want to to see a sci fi about aliens that are completely decentralised (like us) and not controlled by a central queen.

[@stephenmarkot8733]

I always just assumed that there was an even higher level of Mimics than the Omega. So even though he defeated this "Boss Level," there's an even harder one after that.

[@mityaboy4639]

that is what i thought too. Omega is being a local general - alpha being a commander but the general still only follows orders from the higher ranking powers. so with the Omega’s death the higher ranking ones rebooted the system once more… though the benefit of this is unclear. i mean the omega remained dead, which means there isnt any benefit for the aliens well except if they dont know about cage that is - so the benefit might be that the death of the omega is hidden away from the humans, and perhaps no tactical information remains with them (except cage) - but normally the enemy would be baffled and would not have the upper hand when they return… or if…

[@didac290]

My ending conlusion from what I've understood. Cage initially acquires the ability to reset the day each time he dies after being exposed to Alpha's blood, making him function similarly to an Alpha. The Omega then resets the day each time he dies. At the end of the film, Cage’s blood merges not with an Alpha but with the Omega itself. When he dies in the final battle after detonating grenades that kill the Omega, he resets the day one last time as the alpha is killed. (he acts as the omega) This time, he awakens earlier in the timeline, before being sent to the front lines, as it counts 24h since the death of the omega. As the Omega and all Alphas are now gone, Cage could retain the omega power to reset the day, but there will be no reset option as there are no more alphas left...

[@Sonic132]

Excellent explanation. That was an awesome movie.

[@eduardoreal1056]

Tom Cruise has been in some great Scifi movies.

[@Sadilsky]

hes in great scifi religion too xD

[@DonShei]

Minority report, Oblivion, and Edge of Tomorrow are some of my favorites.

[@jeffsellenrick6635]

This is the best explanation out there

[@notatheist]

The final assault in Paris only makes sense if Cage lied about losing the reset power. As if the only way they had a chance is if everyone treated it like it's their last and only shot. In the transport scene and its subsequent crash, Cage operates as if he has been through it a hundred times, and Rita looks at him with the same look of realization.

[@hoodkazibwe]

This is a very interesting point. I’d also like to mention that cage knowing all of J squads personal details to try and sway them to join the mission is further proof he still had the power. He would’ve had to constantly die for the purpose of gathering Intel on J squad to use to persuade them but it was after he supposedly lost the power that they decided they needed a team. So he either gathered Intel before he lost the power which is unlikely because at the time he wouldn’t have needed it, or he gathered the intel after lying about losing his power.

[@darthprodigal9401]

He did show that he would reset endlessly just to save her. So maybe they succeeded in getting to the museum multiple times but it always led to her dying no matter what. So instead of using the device immediately in the office he changes it to leaving the building... It's like how technically WE as the audience DO miss out on some resets. It's admitted when she asks the "how many times have we been here" when he knows that house so well. But we'd only seen it that 1st time.

[@jamesl9]

8:11 for anyone that would prefer not to sit through an intro, the ending is explained here.

[@His.Infernal.Majesty]

Edge of Tomorrow is my favourite movie.

[@zone07]

This cleared it up; I forgot he killed the Omega before the invasion thus re-resetting Cage before being shipped out.

[@JoshuaC923]

One of the best films I've watched

[@jaygin6518]

The omega was dead but cage was alive whilst their blood mixed and then he died , so cage reset time . The mimics/alphas are the omega so when it does the rest died .

[@gusstavv]

Groundhog Day + Spaceship Troopers = Edge Of Tomorrow

[@RO8s]

Good explanation. My theory is that the creature actually has the ability to explore future time lines, one at a time, until it gets the result it wants which it then allows to continue, collapsing all other wave forms.That gives the creature greater power, but evades the problem of time travel. Thus the creature freezes time while it explores potential futures, only allowing time to flow again when it has the right result.

[@brookss2141]

I love this movie. Very underrated.

[@rootyroot]

The question I always asked, how did she know she lost the ability if she never died?

[@cookieenthusiast6213]

She stopped having the dreams/images of the omega.

[@s70driver2005]

It's literally in the video. She got a blood transfusion. Because she no longer had the power of the Alpha.

[@DonShei]

That is the loophole of the story. She only has less than 24 hours or less to figure that one out. By that time, she is addicted to the power of the time loop and there is no way in hell, she could have come up with a theory that she lost her powers. But if she was injured at the end of the battle of Verdun, then she must have realized that she eventually lost her powers. That transponder thing is another loophole in the story. There are few inevitable problems to the story, but I really enjoyed this movie.

[@alvarocadena6799]

But she did die. Numerous times fighting side by side with Cage.

[@TurinTuramber]

Cage says he can feel that he has lost the ability. Assume she felt the same.

[@nyceplayz8051]

Holy fuck THANK you! I've been trying to make sense of that ending for years.

[@Arbee1000]

After watching this video I’m realizing I didn’t understand the movie as well as I thought I did 😂. What a fantastic concept and execution though. I really hope they make a sequel or prequel.

[@richardbidinger2577]

I vote for a prequel. I'd like to see what happened at Verdun.

[@PaulSchober]

The thing that confused me initially was Cage killed the Omega in Paris seemingly in the dead of night or very early morning (still dark). So 24 hrs prior to that in London should have also been dark, yet he wakes in the early morning sunshine. But I suppose it would be explained that it was dawn when the Omega died and that Cage had been sleeping on the helicopter as the sun was rising.

[@Goad_and_Crook]

My take. Cage died just before the OMEGA died, so he respawned followed by the OMEGA respawning. My guess is Cage gets a free pass until he dies. Then he respawns whenever the OMEGA respawned. Maybe Paris, five years prior.

[@PaulSchober]

@@Goad_and_Crook My guess is Cage won't respawn ever again since the Omega is the only being able to affect time, Cage and the Alphas being only peripheral "triggers" that got "memory upgrades" after each iteration making them better generals on the battlefield. I think the Omega exists outside its time loops which is how it can retain memories throughout, and that it automatically "updates" its Alphas memories after each reset. That's why I think the Omega stayed dead. I agree with you that Cage died before the Omega did and reset the day automatically. So why wasn't the Omega "healed" like everyone else in the reset? My guess is that it's unaffected by the resets, and simply succumbed to its injury shortly after the grenades went off, while the universe was reset again, this time to the point where Cage was snoozing on the helicopter 24 hours prior.

[@Goad_and_Crook]

Obviously there is a SIGMA. The narrator foreshadows this with the “they know we were coming”. I imagine the Alpha had been running life simulations all morning and was as surprised as Cage was to find himself in the command LZ.

[@Adamdidit]

They didn't say it was 24 hours specifically and the time of day he dies varies but the time he wakes always goes back to the same point. So it's likely connected to waking, not to time specifically.

[@PaulSchober]

@@Adamdidit They didn't say 24 hrs, they set "resets the day", and since regardless of when Cage died, he always seemed to return to what seemed like about 24 hrs before his first death on the beach, which was on the pile of bags in handcuffs. Seems to me that waking up on the helicopter at the end was 24 hrs prior to dying above the Omega.

[@mikehulett6029]

From the still pic, I’d say Tom Cruise turns into Clint Eastwood!

[@Whydowefall21]

The reason why Cage woke up in a helicopter in the last scene was cause he gained the omegas ability to manipulate time after it passed to him in the water, i do believe that cage died in that water (just like when he tried to drown himself when he got setup) but since he's the new omega he can manipulate time to go back more further than before every time he died but unlike on omegas power that only works with an help of alpha that does not work that way for him. And the reason why he was trapped at the specific time before was cause the omega sets a 'starting point' through time, since like i said omega has a time manipulation ability to go back to it.

[@jroar123]

I'm sick and tired of prequels. This movie does need a sequel.

[@Jo_77259]

I think Cage was parasited by the Omega at the end and now his body is a spy working for the mimics, just like the "stubborn" general.

[@gringopaul3423]

I never understood completely until now. Thank you.

[@philipboot2341]

Brilliant film. Massively underrated.

[@lexscarlet]

Honestly Liman's best directorial work and holy SPICE I didn't even know McQuarrie wrote it!

[@LetBBB6345789]

That does not explain why - even though he resets to a time before he killed the Omega - the Omega is already dead and the signal from it that led all Mimics to die was sent. Before he or anyone did anything. What's the original point of this reset if it (magically) contains the consequences of the day that happened afterwards (except now it won't). It just seems really flawed to me to introduce such an unnecessary time / logic paradox at the last minute of the movie. What for? Saving the world was enough?

[@DaYEveGAMING]

And most of the people don't know that edge of tomorrow is based on a light novel/manga "All you need is kill".

[@samiel992]

imagine you live for 30 years and die and reset 30 tears in the past thats fked up

[@danielnogrady9004]

Well either way love this show. Need to make a part two.

[@pokerkid69]

Great video!

[@nedergubis2638]

One of my fave movie

[@thatariii]

rewatched the movie and totally forgot that the end was confusing and open. i just had to find an explanation. the omega reset 24hrs, because it was dead (as it can’t reset itself) it reset another 24hrs which is why Cage woke up before his meeting with the general. although there could be other explanations this one makes the most sense. i saw someone say the omega shouldn’t have a concept of 24hrs/day but the day cycle we live in is a natural cycle that’s between 24-25hrs. circadian rhythm, this cycle, is a natural thing and just happens to concede with our concept of a day so the resets make total sense!! banger explanation

[@waterteafan9264]

I remember reading that he actually still have the respawn ability but lied as he knows exactly what to do but the camera no longer follow his dead timeline, and the alien in its death bed reset time but died when it returned to the day before, ending the war

[@aetherfaust5907]

The title was supposed to be Edge of Tomorrow, but somehow in my place it was renamed here become "Live. Die. Repeat." Strange thing....

[@deucedeuce1572]

Do they not realize that each loop makes him wake up WITHOUT the blood in his system? As he has not even fought yet, let alone come into contact with any alien blood?

[@Quantum_015]

The blood stays in him that’s why he remembers everything just like the Alphas and Omega and he pretty much becomes part of their loop

[@dandoohan7223]

Groundhog Day meets War of the Worlds

[@jimjones5530]

Great movie rip bill Paxton

[@Gardenstateking]

I love this movie. We need the prequel immediately. 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@atgeki]

Since the source material is based on a manga, I hope they write it or have written it first before they make a movie.

[@Skibidiedger123sigma]

Idk how do they make the ending about Rita and William fighting probably they will change it​@@atgeki

[@reggieckool]

Great movie

[@apocryphal_man]

what is there to he explained?

[@dudejrryan]

It was great, we lost Bill Paxton soon after too. RIP

[@starford]

One of very few movies I can rewatch over and over