This sci-fi thriller is worth a watch. Set in 2044, time travel has been invented and outlawed even further into the future. Therefore, it's only used by crime mobs, illegally, as it's also impossible to get rid of a body in the future because of improved forensics. The mob in the future sends victims back to the past, where a "looper" hit man is waiting and takes them out.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays one of these Loopers that one day has his future self (Bruce Willis) thrust in front of him to kill. The rest of the movie takes many different turns and storylines.
Many sci-fi movies rely on one particular plot device that they introduce, or sci-fi concept, or theme, such as time travel conundrums. But I appreciated that this movie introduced several of these things as the movie went along, and wove a decent story plot to boot, giving it some depth and complexity.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is very much a future full-quality movie actor, and does very well, particularly the efforts at portraying a young Bruce Willis. The studio used prosthetics with Gordon-Levitt to make his face appear more Willis-like, which are pretty good, albeit at times slightly excessive.
Not the best, but very much a worthy entry in my book and worth a watch. Yes, like many movies with time travel, unadressed time paradoxes do pop up in the film, but they're not show stoppers.
:4: out of :5:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays one of these Loopers that one day has his future self (Bruce Willis) thrust in front of him to kill. The rest of the movie takes many different turns and storylines.
Many sci-fi movies rely on one particular plot device that they introduce, or sci-fi concept, or theme, such as time travel conundrums. But I appreciated that this movie introduced several of these things as the movie went along, and wove a decent story plot to boot, giving it some depth and complexity.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is very much a future full-quality movie actor, and does very well, particularly the efforts at portraying a young Bruce Willis. The studio used prosthetics with Gordon-Levitt to make his face appear more Willis-like, which are pretty good, albeit at times slightly excessive.
Not the best, but very much a worthy entry in my book and worth a watch. Yes, like many movies with time travel, unadressed time paradoxes do pop up in the film, but they're not show stoppers.
:4: out of :5:
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