Looper

20122012
RR
1h 53min

Bruce Willis, Jeff Daniels, Piper Perabo, Paul Dano, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Emily Blunt in Looper (2012)

In 2072, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent 30 years into the past, where a hired gun awaits.

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In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits - someone like Joe - who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by sen... Read allIn 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits - someone like Joe - who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by sending back Joe's future self for assassination.In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent into the past, where a hired gun awaits - someone like Joe - who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by sending back Joe's future self for assassination.

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Awards
- 18 wins & 47 nominations

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7.9

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Joe is classified as a "looper", a job in which his employers use time travel to send men from the future to be killed into the past, where Joe can properly dispose of their bodies. However, to tie up loose ends and erase the evidence of his ever being a looper, Joe knows that one day his future self will be sent back for him to kill. When this day comes, Joe's future self is prepared and escapes, and the two men struggle separately in the past trying to evade capture and attempting to fulfill their own personal agendas. —Ellen

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Taglines
- Hunted by your future. Haunted by your past.
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for strong violence, language, some sexuality/nudity and drug content
Parents guide

Trivia
Joseph Gordon-Levitt was fitted with prosthetics and studied Bruce Willis' movies in order to play young Joe. He was so successful that Willis recognized his own mannerisms in their scenes together.

Goofs
When Sara shoots Joe with rock salt, he is hit in the right shoulder. Later, Sara is shown treating his left shoulder.

Quotes
Joe: Then I saw it. I saw a mom who would die for her son. A man who would kill for his wife. A boy, angry and alone. Laid out in front of him, the bad path. I saw it. And the path was a circle. Round and round. So I changed it.

Alternate versions
The version shown on FX in the US features replacement footage for Piper Perabo's nude dialogue scene featuring her in lingerie; according to Rian Johnson on Twitter, it's also a different performance altogether.

Connections
Featured in Projector: Looper (2012)

Soundtracks
Fear Makes a Man Do Funny Things
Written and Performed by The Mashnotes
Courtesy of Glimmerfed Records

Top review

7/10

A novel twist on time travel

There are some parts of this film I like SO MUCH. It's too bad there are many others that just drag on. The first 25 minutes are genuinely entertaining. This is where the movie sets up the plot, introduces the main character, (who gives a great performance) and exposes the movie's unique take on time travel. However, the rest of the film is just your average chase thriller. Not bad, but just not that good. I have watched and rewatched the first 25 minutes, and they are uniformly terrific. When I started watching it for the first time, I had to call my wife into the living room because those first 25 minutes TOTALLY drew me in. Unfortunately, like so many movies of today, it soon veers off into the trite and predictable. A shame.

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Release date
- September 28, 2012 (United States)
Countries of origin
- United States
- China
Official site
- Official site
Languages
- English
- French
Also known as
- Asesino del Futuro
Filming locations
- Thibodaux, Louisiana, USA
Production companies
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Budget
- $30,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $66,486,205
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $20,801,552
- Sep 30, 2012
Gross worldwide
- $176,506,819

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Runtime
- 1h 53min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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