Reminded Me of "The Terminator"

Rating: 6/10 (9 January 2013)

"Looper" is a futuristic movie set in 2074. A crime organization sends people they want to dispose of thirty years into the past, where a hired killer called a "looper" shoots them from behind. Joe (Joseph Gordon- Levitt) is one such looper. One day, he was sent his future self (Bruce Willis) to kill. Old Joe escapes being shot by Young Joe, and from there Old Joe plots to kill the future mob boss (called "The Rainmaker") while he was still a little boy named Cid. This was to prevent a future event where the Rainmaker kills Joe's wife. However, Young Joe gets finds Cid first and gets close with his mom Sara (Emily Blunt). How will Young Joe and Old Joe resolve this conflict of interest?
Honestly, did we not already see the concept of killing a person before he matures back in the 80s with "The Terminator"? Cid's mother was also even named Sara -- shades of Sarah Connor in "Terminator" isn't it? This future Rainmaker wasn't helpless though, as he had remarkable powers of his own. Are they asking us to also believe that super power mutations will be the order of the day in the future?
It is very easy to like this movie if you just glide over all of the time travel improbabilities. The whole concept is so violent and sort of illogical, yet JGL and Bruce Willis make it all look so cool. I have never seen Emily Blunt look so tough before. These three lead actors and the child actor who played Cid (Pierce Gagnon) make the film work really well, despite the inherent limitations of this sort of story.