Looper

I haven't seen director Rian Johnson's previous films but I have to say that in 'Looper' he's delivered one of the most satisfying and well made sci-fi films of the year, notwithstanding sometimes feeling as if he's blended bits of 'The Terminator' and 'Twelve Monkey's' as he went. That doesn't really matter here because the result is so engaging.

It does take a little while to begin, as Johnson eases you into the economically drained future society that Joe (the excellent Joseph Gordon Levitt) inhabits as he plays a man hired as a Looper. He assassinates people sent back from the future by criminal syndicates which control time travel in the future. This is all fine...............until one day the person sent back for him to kill is Old Joe himself (Bruce Willis). Discovering that in the future one shadowy Crime Lord is closing down the Looper system by sending them all back they both end up facing the realisation that here in their present events that unfold now could shape the future Old Joe already experienced..............or change it completely.

Although you could unpick the logic of it all that isn't what Looper is worrying about. As events lead them to an isolated farmhouse and a young woman (the perfect Emily Blunt) and her son Johnson invites much bigger themes and ideas that a good sci fi film can shade than questions about the relative sense of it all. With excellent performances, even from Willis, this is a fantastic sci-fi flick that mixes ideas and action very well and is highly recommended to sci-fi fans.

This movie has had lots of talk about being the best of yeah etc but is really over hyped, it is a good fun movie for a one off watch, it steals a lot from other movies and at points was boring, takes a while for any action to kick in, Bruce Willis is better than this, its worth a watch but its not as amazing as they say so dont get hyped up there are better sci-fi movies out there, the story is clever at times but the ending is very lacking but at least it was better than the new total recall.

The trailers promise action and flashy effects, but don't go thinking you will see this. Looper is something different. This time travelling tale sets the ground rules of time travel being illegal and gangsters in the future send there kills to the past (although none too distant future) to be disposed of. That is until Joe (Joseph Gorden Levitt) fails to kill his future self (Bruce Willis) and fails to close the loop. This is the initial set up for one of the most interesting films of the year. As although the film is a time travel paradox dealing possible futures and fading memories as the future alters it works on a personal level of redemption. As Old Joe (Willis) hunts down the leader of a cult in the future who killed his wife only problem is the leader in young Joe's (Levitt) reality is only a child and has to be identified. As expected there is action now and again but it's the quieter moments in the film that give most impact, the childs stairs fall is captured silently but with massive impact. It's not going to be everyones taste as things do move slowly, but the overall impact of the film is haunting and lingers long after it has been ejected. Be patient and stick with it.
See if you like......
12 Monkeys.
Donnie Darko.
Back To The Future.
The Terminator.
Butterfly Effect.
Witness.
Inception.

The trailers promise action and flashy effects, but don't go thinking you will see this. Looper is something different. This time travelling tale sets the ground rules of time travel being illegal and gangsters in the future send there kills to the past (although none too distant future) to be disposed of. That is until Joe (Joseph Gorden Levitt) fails to kill his future self (Bruce Willis) and fails to close the loop. This is the initial set up for one of the most interesting films of the year. As although the film is a time travel paradox dealing possible futures and fading memories as the future alters it works on a personal level of redemption. As Old Joe (Willis) hunts down the leader of a cult in the future who killed his wife only problem is the leader in young Joe's (Levitt) reality is only a child and has to be identified. As expected there is action now and again but it's the quieter moments in the film that give most impact, the childs stairs fall is captured silently but with massive impact. It's not going to be everyones taste as things do move slowly, but the overall impact of the film is haunting and lingers long after it has been ejected. Be patient and stick with it.
See if you like......
12 Monkeys.
Donnie Darko.
Back To The Future.
The Terminator.
Butterfly Effect.
Witness.
Inception.

great film keep u wanting more and more it was really but it ending was ok