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Looper (2012) 7.6
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7.6/10 from 231,655 users
Metascore: 84/100
Reviews: 586 user | 523 critic | 44 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:Rian JohnsonWriter:Rian Johnson |
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Cast
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| Joseph Gordon-Levitt | ... | ||
| Bruce Willis | ... | ||
| Emily Blunt | ... | ||
| Paul Dano | ... | ||
| Noah Segan | ... | ||
| Piper Perabo | ... | ||
| Jeff Daniels | ... | ||
| Pierce Gagnon | ... | ||
| Qing Xu | ... |
Old Joe's Wife
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Beatrix
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| Frank Brennan | ... | ||
| Garret Dillahunt | ... |
Jesse
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Dale
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Zach
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Storyline
In the year 2044, a man working for a group of killers called "Loopers" (they work for the mob and kill people who are sent blindfolded back in time from the year 2074 by their bosses) recognizes a victim as himself. He hesitates resulting in the escape of his older self. Written by malachmcfreak
Taglines:
Face your future. Fight your past. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong violence, language, some sexuality/nudity and drug content | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
28 September 2012 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Looper: Asesinos del futuro See more »Box Office
Budget:
$30,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$20,801,552 (USA) (28 September 2012)Gross:
$66,468,315 (USA) (28 December 2012)Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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Joe: Time travel has not yet been invented. But thirty years from now, it will have been. It will be instantly outlawed, used only in secret by only the largest criminal organizations. It's nearly impossible to dispose of a body in the future... I'm told. Tagging techniques, whatnot. So when these criminal organizations in the future need someone gone, they use specialized assassins in our present called "Loopers." And so, my employers in the future nab the target, they zap them back to...
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Trivia
A diner was built in the small town of Thibodaux, LA (about an hour west of New Orleans) where all of the diner interior/exterior scenes were shot. Locals saw the diner set and kept asking the film crew on when the new diner was going to open. Director Rian Johnson was later told that the diner set was still standing after Hurricane Isaac moved through in September 2012. See more »Goofs
When Sara is smoking in bed, the length of the cigarette varies inconsistently between shots. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Joe: Time travel has not yet been invented. But thirty years from now, it will have been. It will be instantly outlawed, used only in secret by only the largest criminal organizations. It's nearly impossible to dispose of a body in the future... I'm told. Tagging techniques, whatnot. So when these criminal organizations in the future need someone gone, they use specialized assassins in our present called "Loopers." And so, my employers in the future nab the target, they zap them back to...
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Don't get me wrong; this movie is very well made. It was well acted, shot and directed. I was never bored.
But I started out watching a movie about a hit man who shoots mob victims sent back in time from the future, and knows that his final victim will be his older self. Interesting idea--even if it's not very plausible. But okay, let's just run with it. That's the movie I saw in the trailers, the one I expected to see.
So, when his future self comes back, present-day self hesitates for a moment and future self gets the drop on him and runs off. Now present-day self must hunt down and kill future self. Also interesting.
SPOILER FOLLOWS
But then, it's all about a telekinetic farm kid who will one day rule the world with an iron fist. . . er, brain. . . if he isn't stopped.
Huh. . . ? Where the hell did that come from? I know, I know, it's foreshadowed by showing us that 10% of the population has trivial telekinetic powers. They can make coins float above their hands.
But to me, this film starts one story and then switches in mid-stream to a story stemming from a second, unrelated science fiction premise.
While it was refreshing that the movie didn't just turn into a series of action sequences in which JGL tries to kill BW (which would have been a pretty one-sided conflict, admittedly) I found this shift in emphasis to be far more distracting than Joseph Gordon-Levitt's prosthetic nose. Which I never had a problem with.
Anyway, I appear to be the only one bothered by this so just go ahead and enjoy the movie.