Cert: 15 cert
Story: In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented - but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past, where a "looper" - a hired gun, like Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) - is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good... until the day the mob decides to "close the loop," sending back Joe's future self (Bruce Willis) for assassination
Likes : Ive heard people say this film was brilliant, ya it was in places but i personally found this film not one of Bruce Willi's best film's by far, i love the concept of this film where people are being sent back from the future by mafia type police or lord to be killed by looper a assassin's hire to kill these people until there own self are sent back then there free from the contract because in the future as id detection so there sent back to be dealt with.I also love the fact that they kept a guy call the rain of terror a secret because no one knew who he was but this guy was dangerous which you do find out why in the film itself. Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Bruce willis's characters younger self Joe who plays the looper an assassin taking out who ever is sent back to be killed &m disposed of,he's character life take a turn when he's confronted by he's older self played by Bruce Willis, he thrown into a race against time to find out why he ran & what he's up to.Bruce Willis's performance was brilliant in this film plays that john maclean type style as he hunts down someone across the city called the rain of terror.The beautiful Emily Blunt plays a farm owner with a young child Sara which you find out there is something not quiet right about this child she has & gets caught up in the mayhem.Pierce Gagnon plays the little boy of Emily blunts character Sara,now seeing this kid for the first time you think he's a nice kid normal but you would be far from the truth there is just something not right about this kid because you can tell that straight away from Sara reaction when he gets mad.Jeff Daniels plays the mafia boss who sends the loppers out & if there is any runner he takes them both out.I love the way they showed limbs diapering from the older version of one of the loppers as they take off the limbs of the younger self & other things, that shows that what happens in the past effect the future in time travel that was good, i also found this film to be a little brutal in places.but not a bad film to watch with a good twist in the story that turns the storyline around.
Dislike: The one film that is a massive failure for films is the motion of the films speed in storyline, being to slow really kills the film & the audience loss interest in the film Ive seen it happen so many times in films, this is the point i'm getting at with this film it was to slow not another action yes is was a good storyline but the slowness & the pace of this film wasn't fast enough,i found it very easy to loss interest in the film.This film was good I'm a Bruce Willis fan but this was far from one of his best films to date.
Overall : If you like the time travel thriller theme of film with a twist in the storyline this is one ,but if your looking for fast paced action in a film you wont find it in this film.Good film but not brilliant, just the pace of the film was a let down.
Rating: 3 out of 5 for storyline, 4 out of 10 for entertainment/pace of film
Good review Gerry. The plot makes perfect sense even if it may seem a bit confusing at first, and the suspense draws you in but something just did not mix so well in the end. I didn’t really care all that much for the characters and that’s sort of why the pay-off didn’t do much for me.
ReplyDeleteThat how i found it to be like,i dont think it was the characters i got bored with or the storyline its like what i said it the slowness of the film that killed it for me,i completely lost intrested
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