There is an entire singularity of irony surrounding today’s
movie. When Groundhog Day first came out, it was well-regarded and seen as a
welcome reprieve from the norm. In the wake of Edge Of Tomorrow, everyone and
their two-bit production house decided to get in on the time loop narrative
trend, resulting in not only crushing that sense of reprieve that made all this
work in the first place, but at a frequency that will likely make most
moviegoers feel like they themselves are reliving the same day over and over
again. With how many of these films I’ve already covered, I am seriously
sceptical that there is any new ground to cover with this idea. I know that
“Hollywood has officially run out of ideas” is so much of a meme as to lose any
real meaning in saying it, but as I delved into not that long ago, it is
starting to become even more pronounced than before.
So, with the director of
the widely-derided Scouts' Guide To The Zombie Apocalypse and prolific producer
Jason Blum at the helm, is there going to be anything here that isn’t going to
make me repeat myself yet again? Well, this is the year of all things
surprising, so I’ll admit to being curious about how this will turn out.
