Thursday 4 October 2012

Looper (2012) 9/10

Starring : Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano
Director : Rian Johnson
Running Time : 114 mins

In 2074, the only way to kill someone without ever being caught is to capture them, tie them up with a sack on their head, and illegally send them back 30 years in time where hired killers, called Loopers, get paid to dispose of the bodies. The problem is that two of the Loopers, Joe (Gordon-Levitt) and Seth (Dano), have discovered that a new boss in the future is tracking down the Loopers thirty years in the future and sending them back in time to be killed – something they like to call closing the loop.

This is such an interesting story, and it’s hard to believe that this is an original idea. Johnson has managed to come up with a thought provoking look at how the mobs of the future use time travel to get away with murder, and how the selfish people that help them out don’t even care for their own future lives so long as their getting paid in their present. Fans of Philip K Dick will love this, and action fans in general will get a kick out of Joseph Gordon-Levitt made up to look like Bruce Willis.

You’ll like this if you liked : Minority Report



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