Looper (2012) (original) (raw)

In 2042, a mob hitman assassinates targets that arrive from the future of 2072. For him, it's just a job... until he receives a new target: himself from the future.

In 2042, a mob hitman assassinates targets that arrive from the future of 2072. For him, it's just a job... until he receives a new target: himself from the future. (less)

Director: Rian Johnson
Writer: Rian Johnson
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Noah Segan, Piper Perabo
Producer: Ram Bergman

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Review by Brian Orndorf, September 27, 2012

7 / 10

Writer/director Rian Johnson has developed a reputation for uncompromising, inventive work (with �Brick� and �The Brothers Bloom�), and his latest, the sci-fi brainteaser �Looper,� is no different. While his features are intricately designed and heavily considered, Johnson�s not one to keep an eye on pace, often so enamored with screen particulars that a simple sense of forward momentum is missing, losing a primal cinematic drive to step back and admire his handiwork. �Looper� is the closest the filmmaker has come to a dazzling motion picture, toying with the conventions of the time travel sub ...read more...

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