Directed by Rian Johnson
In 2044, time travel hasn’t been invented, but thirty years
in the future it will have been. The
government of the future bans time travel, but we all know what happens when
the government outlaws something!
That’s right, because time travel is illegal for law abiding citizens,
only organized criminals have time travel.
And because in the future its apparently “impossible” to hide a body,
for some reason crime bosses come up with the overly complex, and convoluted
idea to send their enemies back in time and space where they will be killed and
disposed of by hired guns that the future crime bosses have employed in the
past. These hired guns are called
Loopers.
Joe, played spectacularly by Joseph Gordon-Leavitt (3rd
Rock From the Sun), is one of these mobster clean up men, and life is
good. He makes heaps of silver, drives
a nice car, indulges in recreational drug use, and is enjoying his life until
the day comes when the mob decides to “close the loop” by sending Joe’s future
self, played by Bruce Willis, back in time for assassination.
Looper is a great flick to look at, having some of
the best production design from the funky-cool blunderbuss weapons the loopers
use, to the crappy looking solar power converted cars. The performances, especially Joseph
Gordon-Leavitt are convincing, and the story for the most part is
entertaining. The flick does bog down
at times, but makes up for it with some well thought out, well directed action
sequences, and for the most part is a satisfying, smart sci-fi romp.

The 1080p, 2.35:1 high definition transfer however is
superb, and the 5.1 channel DTS HD-MA audio nearly blew the roof off my home
theatre at times, and that’s always a good thing.

All in all I suppose its worth a look, if for nothing else
than for Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s fantastic performance, but in the end Looper
can only get 3 silver bars out of 5.
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