Edge of Tommorow
So lj-friend nihilistic_kid was the editor I guess on the translation of the original Japanese book/manga All You Need is Kill (much cooler title by the way) into English. And was part of the pitch for the movie, describing it to one of the executives as Starship Troopers meets Groundhog Day. Which at its most basic is fairly accurate. Jerk-ass becomes better person by having to relive the same day over and over and over again. Though this day involves less small town rodent related celebration and more fighting alien robot death squids. Tom Cruise is pretty good in his normally Tom Cruise way. Both as the smarmy Army PR specialist and later after untold days of training as the bad ass action hero. Emily Blount is always great, here as the war hero the Angel of Verdun a soldier who used to have the same condition as Cruise's character. The time travel logic basically holds up under its own rules. Fun action scifi action movie with good action spots, some humor and isn't agressively stupid...