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Despite his desperate attempt to explain that the Mimics will ambush the entire invasion, nobody believes him. The same sergeant calls him a 'maggot' and Farrell again takes him to J-squad. The ensuing blast kills the Alpha Mimic, and just before Cage dies, the Alpha's blue blood covers Cage.Ĭage immediately awakes in a panic in the same spot he was the day before, on top of the duffel bags. Still shell-shocked and about to die, Cage grabs a Claymore mine as a giant blue Mimic, an Alpha, jumps on him. The surviving members of J-Squad are all killed rapidly. Vrataski also lands on the beach but is killed within minutes. Although the operation to retake Europe was meant to be a surprise attack, the Mimics are completely prepared, and slaughter the humans. As they are about to drop from aircraft onto the French coast, the back of their aircraft is struck by an enemy weapon and the squad drops prematurely.

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He is given a battle suit but the members of J-Squad won't teach him how to use it, including how to disable his weapon' safe mode, because they believe he will just die quickly. Cage is immediately taken by the squad for Physical Training (PT). Farrell forces J-Squad to eat the cards they are gambling with and then instructs them to get Cage ready to deploy with them tomorrow. Cage is assigned to a band of odd-ball soldiers, J-Squad, who are caught gambling by Farrell when Cage is introduced to them. Farrell has orders received from General Brigham that describe Private Cage as a deserter who has impersonated a Major. A Sergeant kicks him and calls him 'maggot' before Sergeant Farrell (Bill Paxton) takes over. Cage attempts to escape but the guards Taser him, rendering him unconscious.Ĭage wakes up on a pile of duffel bags in the afternoon at Heathrow Airport, which has become a huge military base and the jump-off point for the invasion of the Continent. The General agrees that Cage won't film the invasion, but orders Cage arrested. Cage, who was a college ROTC Cadet and majoring in advertising and has no experience in combat, tries all of the tricks he can think of to avoid the order to embed with combat units and avoid deployment, ending with an effort to blackmail the General using his media skills.

Instead, the General orders Cage to accompany the first wave of Allied troops to land in France and provide ground coverage for the media. He meets with the Commander of the Western allies, General Brigham (Brendan Gleeson), assuming the General wants Cage to help him boost his public image or prepare for a post-war political career.

One of the talking heads on the newsreels telling Vrataski's story and boosting the war effort is Major William Cage (Tom Cruise) of the US Army.Ĭage awakens from a doze on a helicopter trip to London the morning before the invasion of France is set to take place. She becomes an instant icon and a recruiting boon for the human military as the united human armies prepare to use the momentum at Verdun to commit all their forces in a multi-pronged final assault on Europe. Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt) is hailed as 'The Angel of Verdun' after killing hundreds of Mimics. Losing battle after battle over five years, the NATO-led United Defense Forces finally win a victory at Verdun, France, utilizing new mechanized 'jacket' combat suits.

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A series of fragmented news broadcasts describes how an asteroid carrying an alien race called the Mimics has crashed in Europe and devastated the continent in a deadly war.