Gruesome dystopia

Rating: 1/10 (20 October 2012)

I made the huge mistake of ignoring the R rating and taking my 12 year old to this movie. That's my own stupid fault. Don't repeat my mistake with your child. Or, for that matter, ANY adult, including yourself. This bleak morsel of cinematic gristle will have you rummaging for your Prozac in short order. Looper contains plenty of the usual, gratuitous sewage, including drug addiction, poverty, mindless sex, brutal torture and dismemberment, explosions and shootings. To this dog's breakfast is added a liberal seasoning of F-bombs, urban blight, and telekinetic special effects. If there's any redemptive message here, it's "get on your knees and get right with Jesus, lest you end up in this living hell!"