Saturday 13 October 2012

Angry Lurker Honest Movie Review 87: Looper 2012 (3 STARS)



In 2074, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent 30 years into the past, where a hired gun awaits. Someone like Joe, who one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by transporting back Joe's future self.

This is a good time travel movie featuring a young assassin/Looper (Levitt who had his appearance altered to look more like a young Willis, freaked me out for a while until I realised) and his older self (Willis, still doing quality work) and their paths cross when the Looper tries to kill his older self but his older self is having none of it and has come back in time to stop a future killer by killing the killer's younger self.

It's a story of the future and past clashing and knowing what's going to happen but still not being able to stop it and the end can only go one way, it's a movie that has you thinking a lot about what will happen, who the target is and what both Loopers will do to change or keep the future the same, good performances from everyone including Emily Blunt and Jeff Daniels but the kid Cid (Pierce Gagnon) was a great find and has a great future in the industry.

Good story, good performances, good action (not a lot of it but that was fine with me for once), well worth a watch!

26 comments:

  1. I really enjoyed it. A very intelligent film. And that kid was amazing. The scene where he falls down the stairs - chilling!

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  2. Yeah saw this one, it was an enjoyable movie, one of Willis's best in a long time.

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  3. Yes I watched it last week and throughly enjoyed it, solid cast and always good to see an interesting Sci fi storyline I've never seen before.

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  4. Thanks for the review Fran. Sounds right up my street!

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  5. As long as it's not too confusing, and doesn't try to be too deep, I'd probably get some enjoyment from it.

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  6. I wanna see this one too. I like everyone it it. I remember Levitt from "Third Rock from the Sun".

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  7. Hello my friend,
    you wrote an excellent review,
    Now, I have to see the movie!

    a big hug

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  8. Ive been wanting to see this...why only 3 stars?

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    1. A little disjointed in places but it's borderline 4!

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  9. Really been wanting to watch this movie for a while now. I'm gaining an obsession for Gordon-Levitt and it's not healthy. ._.

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  10. Sounds good I'll keep my eye out for it

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  11. Yep. I want to see this one ...we've just spent the past couple of weekends seeing the kids movies that have been coming out. Now I want to see it even more!

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  12. Looks a good 'un! Will wait for Blu-ray though...

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  13. Definitely have to see; your review has me convinced to spend the bucks!

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  14. would like to see Milie Blunt in it! She's precious....

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  15. It's on my list of films to see.

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  16. I've been interested in this, glad to hear it is worthwhile.

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  17. it was good but they could've done so much more

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  18. Decent film indeed - perhaps worth a four in my book!

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  19. I saw it this week, thought it was very well done. Maybe the best time travel movie. At least, best treatment of the paradox you get within the rewrite-single-timeline theory of time travel. I also loved the atmosphere of the future- how they presented it, not hitting you over the head with 'hey it's the future, this is different!' but instead just let it be part of the setting- and what a dreary bleak future it is. and yeah: Jeff Daniels was perfect for his role.

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  20. To be honest, not at all what I was expecting. Maybe I won't end up ditching this one. Maybe.

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  21. It sure does sound interesting! This will for sure make my to see list!

    Christopher

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  22. I'm going to see this, last thing I saw was the Dredd movie which was pretty good. Shame no-one else went to see it though.

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  23. Good review Lurker. Been hearing lots of praise for this one. I might actually give it a chance.

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