"Hunted by your future. Haunted by your past."

"Time travel has not yet been invented. But thirty years from now, it will have been."


Who would have thought that during a year which introduced us the Assembling of Superheroes and third outing from Nolan's Caped Crusader the biggest surprise is offered by a movie about time travelling. Looper did what big blockblusters could not; surprise the audience by being clever, innovative and still quite original and all this achieved with a really low budget.

"In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent 30 years into the past, where a hired gun awaits. Someone like Joe, who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by transporting back Joe's future self."



The protagonist of the movie is Joe, played excellently by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis. He's a hired gun who kills people sent from the future to present day. He does the job and asks no questions. Clean and simple. But then comes the day he faces himself, and surprise surprise is not able to kill the older him. The plot of the movie is a bit challenging but rewarding and well-structured if you're able to follow it. It always keeps you guessing and you can not predict what comes next. I adore films that are able to give birth to this kind of a feeling.

From technical point of view the movie shines. Rian Johnsson (Director) is a skilled director and it is clearly proved with Looper. Direction is refreshinghly done, it even tries knew things and develops the old tricks. The world where Looper takes place is evocative. It's always nice to see that something else is actually taking place besides the protagonist and his story. It makes a movie fun and enjoyable to watch when you can spot little details over here and there which are not meant as subplots.



Among the great blockblusters Looper really delivers more than it should. The budget can be seen as simple locations used for most of the scenes throughout the movie. For example a great amount of time in the film takes place in a simple farmhouse which is also where the fascinating and unexpected ending occurs. The screenplay, characters and acting were so terrific that framework does not matter anymore. I'm not saying that it looks bad in any way, just modest compared to other movies presented during the year. Looper will make you think and feel if you embrace the plot completely. A motion picture which is able to do that in this day and age is a rare one.


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