Looper Review

Justin and I saw Looper on September 29, 2012. This was an intelligent movie with good writing, an interesting plot, and a good cast. The subject of the movie deals with the element of time travel, but also the idea of choosing your fate. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a Looper who is designed to basically clean up the past and erase people from memory that cause a problem in the future. Every once in a while, a Looper has to "close the loop" or take themselves out in order to end their contract with the organization. Bruce Willis plays the older version of Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Both did an excellent job acting off of each other. The future and the past are tied between two characters. I won't reveal how Willis transports to the past, but he does it in order to gain revenge, which the trailer doesn't really let you in. I like when that happens. Willis is coming to avenge the death of somebody from the future, and in the past the person that ended up killing this person is actually a child. It makes it more intense as the movie becomes a race not only of survival with both Levitt and Willis, but one of protection in some ways. People also have the ability of telekinesis, especially the main kid that the whole movie revoles around, Sid. Sid will eventually grow up and cause major problems for the whole Looper organization, but primarily Joe. I normally dislike Emily Blunt, but her role as Sarah was well done here as the protector for Sid in order to help him quell his Level Five mutant abilities-reminded me of X-Men a litte bit which was cool. This movie is mostly about furthering the plot and really looking at the characters. There are some great action scenes, such as a brawl in the diner between Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis, a huge battle with Bruce Willis battling through Looper thugs, and Levitt taking on a force of Loopers. There are great cameos from Paul Dano (who really is important in shaping the premise of what the movie will be) and Jeff Daniels (who actually is from the future-pay attention to dialogue he says-it gives us some subtle hints about the Joe character in the future.) I liked how this movie focused primarily on character building. If one combines X-Men, Back To The Future, and The Butterfly Effect, that would combine all the plot elements of the movie. Very well done-good acting, fun action scenes, and great writing made this a 5/5 for me.