Tom Cruise has worked in just about every genre you could think of over the course of his three-decade career, but lately he seems to be on something of a sci-fi kick. He recently attached himself to Our Name is Adam, and has Joseph Kosinski’s Oblivion and Doug Liman‘s All You Need is Kill both due out next year. Perhaps the first image from the latter explains why he’s so interested in aliens and apocalypses as of late. After all, when else does a guy get to don a giant robotic exoskeleton? Hit the jump to take a look.

Adapted from the book by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, All You Need is Kill follows a soldier killed in a de facto suicide mission against alien invaders called Mimics. Instead of resting in peace, however, he gets caught in a time loop of his last day alive. As he experiences the same day over and over again, he learns from his experiences and becomes a more worthy foe to the Mimics. Or, tl;dr version: It’s “Groundhog Day meets Starship Troopers,” as Russ put it.

Cruise appears to be running away from a giant explosion in his bulky mechanical suit in the photo. We don’t have much context for the scene, but maybe we’re seeing the moments before one of his many deaths. Based on just this one photo, it looks like All You Need is Kill could be a treat for moviegoers who like their sci-fi actioners to go heavy on the “sci-fi” part.

Also starring Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, and Charlotte Riley, All You Need is Kill opens March 14.