As the world of the future is thrown into an alien invasion scare, military orator Major Cage (Tom Cruise) is afraid to go into battle, never expecting the General (Brendan Gleeson) to ask him to take command of the upcoming "Battle of Normandy", and refuses to accept the order. He refuses to accept the order, and the general actually screws him over by throwing him into the camp as a deserter. Cage is assigned to J Squad to fight, and dies on the first day of the battle, not realizing that this death has given him the ability to time loop, and the only person who believes him is Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt), who is known as the "Full Metal Warrior". The two begin a time loop battle, training Cage as they discover the mystery of controlling time, which is linked to the alien "mastermind" Omega, but the only way to win is for Cage to keep dying and restarting time. While repeating the battle of the day of the landing, Cage becomes more and more reluctant to lose Rita... ......