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Hunted by your future, haunted by your past.
2012 · 1h 58m · R
Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Rian Johnson
In the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.
Top critics, in their words
I found myself dreaming of the days when Willis would take a rest from Die Hard-ing to do character cameos of unexpected depth and pathos: Pulp Fiction, Nobody's Fool, and a few others. Now he clings to stoic longevity, and shoots people.
Yes, it's a B movie sci-fi thriller, but not many prestige pictures have this much going on underneath the surface.
That first hour cooks. And the second hour brings Emily Blunt into the story, which is a fine thing for any second half to offer.
If the whole thing leaves you rubbing your temples, just a bit... well, this headache's sort of worth it.
The reasoning behind all this may not reward prolonged inspection, but Johnson is smart enough to press onward with his plot, leaving us with neither the time nor the desire to linger over the logic ...
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