An in-depth review of Looper

Rating: 10/10 (27 September 2012)

Looper is the latest work of Rian Johnson. It's always good when the director writes the film as he has a much better idea of how he would want it to be portrayed. Looper is a brilliant piece of film and Johnson really pulled it out of the bag. The idea of the story is very simple but when you begin to put in all the complications we see in the film, it's a different story all together. Let me also say this, the plot and 'idea' of this film e.g. Time Travel sounds quite cheesy, but this film is anything but cheesy. It's fast paced, action-packed and NOT FOR CHILDREN – this film is extremely violent and gory and has content that could disturb and upset children including drug use, alcohol, sexual references and at points, extreme amounts of blood.
The basic idea to the film is this: In 2042, time travel hasn't been invented, but 30 years in the future it will have been. So when somebody needs killing in the future, the mob zap them back 30 years for someone, like Joseph Simmonds, to kill. Strapped to the back of the victim are solid gold or silver bars which are the looper's payment for killing the person and disposing of the body. This film would be pretty cut and dry if it stuck to this but obviously, it's not going to.
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