Nothing special

Rating: 5/10 (13 October 2012)

Looper is a soft SF based on time travel, set in the near future and featuring many of the premises and light-motives common to this genre. Which would not be bad in itself, if the script had more common sense and unpredictable twists. As it is, Looper does not stand out from any point of view, except the utter neglect of any logic regarding time travel (and lack of any argument which would justify such a treatment).
You can expect to see a lot of action, which looks pretty conventional (no laser guns here). You may also appreciate a few of the future-world shots, suggesting a polarized society and building on a few pure-American elements. However, most of the movie takes place at a constant pace, with no big surprises. Bruce Willis makes a not-so-vivid appearance, so don't count on him to light things up. In his defense, it can be said that the script did not offer him a truly leading role, to begin with.
All in all, a shallow SF with very few memorable features. Since I was a bit confused by the time setting, I'll specify the the film's "present" is in 2044, so the "future" is in 2074. A bit confusing, because the "present" is also 30 years away from our present. Could have gone 10 years more or less, to make it more straightforward.