Good despite the gratuitous violence and the weird twist

Rating: 7/10 (14 February 2013)

The movie was a gripping beginning, with enemies from the future appearing mysteriously and being shot at close range by the young Joe. OK, s it doesn't make sense (as one reviewer comments, apparently time machines are cheaper/more convenient in the future than incinerators) but it makes for a hell of plot idea. Similarly the gruesome "doctoring" done on an escaped looper to make him "turn himself in" (sort of).
The high point of the movie was the encounter between old Joe and young Joe in the diner. I'm not a huge fan of Bruce Willis because I don't think he can really deliver the one-liners well (e.g. in the Die Hard movies), but he doesn't overdo it here.
Unfortunately the plot twist introduced at this point just sends the movie off in an entirely different direction. Not that it wasn't entertaining, but it was a little much for my brain to handle. But then Bruce warned us that thinking about time travel would fry our brains didn't he?