Wow

Rating: 10/10 (14 November 2012)

Truly excellent.
I'm sure there are plot holes and I'm sure there are weaknesses but it is rare that a film like this comes along.
Pretty much anything with Joseph Gordon-Levitt is going to be great (see; "Hesher" 2010) and I love Bruce Willis so I was really excited about this film.
It has everything; action, story, love-stuff, scary bad-ass kid, great acting, shocks, guns, witty dialogue...
I can't even be bothered trying to remember any critiques. I usually put a few in for authenticity but too many fantastic scenes keep coming back to me.
The violence was sometimes a bit shocking right from the opening scene but it wasn't gratuitous. If you shot someone in real life, I'm sure the person wouldn't daintily fall to the ground with glitter pouring out of the bullet hole so no complaints from me there.
There were times when the script became more serious then slapstick then comedic then violent and this occasionally jarred a bit but I decided I ultimately liked this because some films get stale part way through because it's the same thing over and over but with "Looper", I never got bored and each scene offered something different. Sometimes we have funny moments in life and sometimes we get serious so this is more true to real life than films that stay deadly serious all the way through to attain the "serious film" tag.
I don't often give films 10/10 (think I've done it once, not sure) but this deserves it. It wasn't perfect but IMDb rates a 10 as "excellent" and that it definitely was.
10/10