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 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 for assassination.
The reasoning behind all this may not reward prolonged inspection, but Johnson is smart enough to press onward with his plot, leaving us with neither the time nor the desire to linger over the logic ...
– Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
1 Oct 2012
fresh:
If the whole thing leaves you rubbing your temples, just a bit... well, this headache's sort of worth it.
– Stephen Whitty,
Newark Star-Ledger,
4 Jan 2013
fresh:
That first hour cooks. And the second hour brings Emily Blunt into the story, which is a fine thing for any second half to offer.
– Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Jan 2013
fresh:
Yes, it's a B movie sci-fi thriller, but not many prestige pictures have this much going on underneath the surface.
– Tom Charity,
CNN.com,
4 Jan 2013
rotten:
I found myself dreaming of the days when Willis would take a rest from Die Hard-ing to do character cameos of unexpected depth and pathos: Pulp Fiction, Nobody's Fool, and a few others. Now he clings to stoic longevity, and shoots people.