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(Remark on 10 July 2016 - I am adding scoring to recent posts to quantify my comment / view of the movies and tv series)

It is like Groundhog Day, you got a lot of chances to right the wrongs and this is the sci-fi version.  I think this is one of the best movies recently (I also like Groundhog Day very much).  Judging from the ending, Tom Cruise is getting the "back to the past ability" again so I guess another movie of the series will come.

By the way the "Edge" in "Edge of Tomorrow" here should mean advantage so the Chinese translated names in both the mainland - 明日邊緣 and Taiwan - 明日邊界, are all wrong -

Score: 9/10 (I like it very much and has watched it twice)

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Predator: Badlands - the story is weak and a disappointment.  I think this is a waste of time.

Score : 6.0

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Wake up Dead Man - better than expected, especially the plot was good.  I couldn't guess how the crime was conducted until it was revealed at the end.  Also, writing and script were both good, caught my attention all the time.


Score: 8 / 10

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A House of Dynamite - this should be great if there is an ending!


Score: can't give a score because there is not an ending!

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The Accountant & the Accountant 2 - as action / crime movies, the plot of the Accountant was pretty good, but the sequel could catch up and got boring.


Scores -

The Accountant : 7.5
The Accountant 2 : 5.5

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Sinners - vampires + blue music, found it a bit boring.


Score : 5.5 / 10

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Hacks - a comedy far beyond my expectation.  The writers were so good that the show touched my heart time and again.  I think this is the best tv show I watched recently.


Score : 8.5 / 10

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Knox Goes Away - not an action movie as expected, but is quite good - especially the ending.


Score :7.5 / 10

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Million Dollar Secret - this is an exciting and engaging reality show till the last minutes and the production team had done well.


Score: 8.5 / 10

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The Lazarus Project - something like Groundhog Day and Edge of Tomorrow, with time loops and time travel, plus spy and shooting.  I like the plot, it is good and unexpected.  I am sorry that it only has 2 seasons.


Score : 7.5 / 10

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Severance - it is not only a sci-fi, but so much more.  It is also religious, mysterious and cult.  The plot is so good and different, I think this might become a classic after some years.


Score : 8.5 / 10

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Self/less - a sci-fi thriller with an unreasonable plot, made me fast-forward it a lot.


Score : 5.5 / 10

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The Electric State - with a political correct theme of how good living in the reality (vs network), and with physical contact with real people, the film is more entertaining than I thought.


Score : 7 / 10 (I scored it higher as a big sci-fi fan though)

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Flow - a cat and some animals boarded a sailboat during a big flood.  Picture quality is very good, yet the story is too simple.


Score : 7 / 10

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凡人修仙傳 - 動畫高質，故事精彩絕倫 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_57l_zi_q4

Score: 9/ 10

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the Apocalypse Z - a zombie movie with a cat and with a decent plot.  Needed to fast forward a bit though.


Score : 6/ 10

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Murder Mindfully - a murder comedy which is generally good, yet with a weak ending.


Score:6.5 / 10

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Sweetpea - an excellent murder tv series about a girl who kept getting away from being convicted for murdering.  Ella Purnell was great in this and Fallout.


Score : 7.5 / 10

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Fallout - this is great, it's plot is better than most other tv series I watched recently, especially for one developed from a video game.

Score: 9/10

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Agatha all along - this tv series is about Agatha Harkness after Wandavision.  It is one of the few still watchable Marvel productions.  There are also unnecessary gay and lesbian scenes.  I would say this is not a sci-fi, but about witchcraft.


Score: 6.5 / 10