Edge of Tomorrow

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[INDISTINCT CHATTERING]

MAN 1:
Start talking.

MAN 2:

I'm not sure if we're on the air.

This is a series of explosions...

WOMAN 1:
We're being told

this is a major incident.

The emergency is a major incident.

MAN 3:
...bright lights

and an orange glow.

WOMAN 2:

That was the moment the meteor hit.

MAN 4:
It does now appear

to be a major attack.

WOMAN 3:
Since they landed

outside Hamburg five years ago...

they have steadily advanced across Europe.

We've suffered millions of casualties.

The evacuation of key

government officials continuing.

MAN 5:

Nothing has stopped their advance.

MAN 6:
In human costs, the Europeans

have paid the highest price.

They have the ability to mimic

and even anticipate our actions.

BRIGHAM:
If we do not

defeat them in France...

we'll be fighting them in London

then New York, then Tokyo.

[CROWD YELLING]

All of humanity's at stake.

MAN 7:
After five years

we finally have a victory.

WOMAN 4:
These pictures

are just in from Verdun.

MAN 8:
One of the striking things

was how low casualties were...

and how little damage...

MAN 9:
We have seen a

stunning victory here today.

HILL:
How do you convince people

that this is a fight that can be won?

This is an alien invasion

in a global war.

With the new jacket technology

and limited training...

we've been able to

create super-soldiers.

Look at Rita Vrataski,

the Angel of Verdun.

WOMAN 5:
They're calling

her the Angel of Verdun.

She is seen as the new

hope for this war.

WOMAN 6:
It's extraordinary.

With the new jacket technology

and limited training...

Rita Vrataski was able to kill...

hundreds of mimics on

only her first day.

MAN 10:

Is the tide of this war changing?

WOMAN 7:
The Army attribute this success

to a revolutionary new technology:

The Exosuit jacket.

[PEOPLE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

She was able to kill hundreds of

mimics on only her first day in combat.

Imagine an army of Rita Vrataskis.

BURNETT:
We're holding them back at

the English Channel, but for how long?

MAN 11:
This is dangerous talk. People

are suspicious about this invasion.

MAN 12:
Over 17 nations have

joined the United Defense Force...

which hopes to push them back.

We've got them contained.

And with this new technology,

we're gonna defeat them.

Operation Downfall is going to be the

largest mechanized invasion in history.

We will be victorious. We fight.

That's what we do.

CAGE:
Major William Cage,

United States Military Media.

Welcome to London, major.

The general will see you now.

Thank you.

BRIGHAM:
Operation Downfall.

The entire UDF, invading from France,

the Mediterranean, Scandinavia...

relieving pressure on

the eastern front...

allowing the Russians and

Chinese to push the enemy back.

We all meet in the middle exterminating

this mimic scourge along the way.

A lot of good soldiers are

gonna die tomorrow, major.

When all the smoke clears...

and the body bags start coming home,

people look for someone to blame...

someone like me.

Ideally, I'd prefer a

different scenario.

Please.

A best-selling memoir, perhaps.

Maybe a career in politics?

Off the top of my head, I would go

with the sense of manifest destiny.

Rags to riches. Rapid

rise through the ranks.

Born to deliver us. And the people,

well, they love that sort of thing.

You misunderstand. I didn't ask you

here to sell me. Sell the invasion.

Okay.

You ship for the coast in one hour.

Your camera crew is standing by.

You'll be on the beach

with the first wave.

I'm sorry, the first wave?

The beach? You mean the front?

France.

Satellites show minimal enemy

movement on the coast.

Little resistance.

A little excitement, something

to tell your grandchildren.

While I appreciate the

confidence, general...

I do this to avoid doing that.

[CHUCKLES]

I was in ROTC in college.

The war broke out,

I lost my advertising firm...

and here I am.

You know, I do what I do,

and you do what you do.

But...

I'm not a soldier, really.

No, of course you're not.

I'm embedding you with several

hundred thousand who are.

While it is an honor, I'm afraid

I'm gonna have to decline.

Can't stand the sight of blood.

Not so much as a paper cut.

[CHUCKLES]

Uh, but, uh...

sitting here thinking about this...

a couple of names come to mind...

that I feel I could

recommend to you.

It's not an offer,

major. It's an order.

General, I am an officer in

the United States military.

- You don't even have the authority.

- I have spoken to your CO.

You are now under my command.

You will retain your

present rank of course.

My secretary has all the details.

Do a good job, major.

Good luck. You are dismissed.

General?

I just inspired millions of

people to join your army.

And when the body bags come

home and they're looking...

for someone to blame, how hard

do you think it would be...

for me to convince

people to blame you?

I'd imagine the general

would prefer to avoid that.

Are you blackmailing me, major?

I would prefer...

not to be filming acts of heroism

and valor on that beach tomorrow.

You won't be.

I'm glad we could,

uh, work this out.

Now if you'll excuse me,

general. I...

Thank you.

[CHATTERING]

Arrest this man.

What?

SOLDIER 1:
Hey! Hey!

SOLDIER 2:
Stop right there!

Hey! Stop!

Get out of the way!

Out of the way!

SOLDIER 3:
Hold it!

MAN 1:
Left flank, march!

MAN 2:
Forward, march!

About-turn!

[PEOPLE SPEAKING OVER PA

IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES]

WOMAN [OVER PA]:

Supplies closing in 10 minutes.

SERGEANT:
On your feet maggot!

That is no way to address

an officer, sergeant.

It's how I address a slack-jawed

recruit before I bust his hole

with my boot heel, maggot.

FARELL:
Hold up there, sergeant.

Can I help you, sir?

Where the hell am I, sergeant?

Forward Operating Base Heathrow.

You just came in with

the fresh recruits.

Do I strike you as a fresh recruit?

No, sir, you do not.

My name is Major William Cage.

- I'm an American officer.

- Officer?

This is processing.

There's no officers here.

I got this, sergeant.

How the hell did you

end up in processing?

What was it? Poker night?

Bachelor party?

If it's all the same

to you, sergeant...

I'd like to explain that to my

commanding officer in Washington.

- If you'll take me to a phone...

- Haven't you heard?

We're T-minus-Haul-Ass-H-Hour.

We're fixing to invade France.

This whole FOB's on lockdown.

No calls, in or out.

- Name is Farell.

- That's right.

Master Sergeant Farell.

You're an American.

No, sir. I'm from Kentucky.

Okay. Well, look at me.

And look at where I am.

I've been railroaded.

It's obvious I don't belong here.

So please, sergeant, there has to

be a way I can make a phone call.

I'll get you sorted out, sir.

- Thank you.

- Right this way.

CAGE:
Where you from in Kentucky?

FARELL:
Little town called

Science Hill. Heard of it?

I have now.

- Where you from?

- Cranbury, New Jersey.

They grow a lot of

cranberries there?

Tomatoes. Best you ever had.

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