Looper has got loose ends and loops here and there, but Rian Johnson
found a way to make a time travel movie simple without too much back and forth.
The movie’s simplicity in my view is what I like, and it can also be something
others will not, but Looper is a good film that tries to solve a time loop,
which many time travel movies do not even attempt.
Looper was written and directed by Rian Johnson, who teamed up with
producer Ram Bergman, the same guy who produced Johnson's previous two films.
It stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis. Levitt was a co-star in Inception,
which was all about travelling into people’s minds, and Willis himself has had
a taste of time travel with 12 Monkeys back in 1995.
For me, the reason I’ll advise anyone to see this movie is the intrigue it delivers, with a story arc that curves around selfish ambitions. Johnson’s version of the future in 2044 is also something you'll want to see. With 10 percent of the world possessing telekinetic powers, all morals gone out the window, and an economic meltdown, the world is in chaos.
The story curves around two different times — 2044 and 2074. In 2074, time travel is invented but illegal. Since everyone is tagged in the future, it’s nearly impossible to commit murder. So the Mob finds a way to get rid of people they don’t want.
They use the time travel machine to send unwanted men back to the past to be killed. The assassins who do the killings are called Loopers.
The job of a Looper has a twist. After a while, the Mob “closes the loop” by sending the Looper his future self to kill — thirty years older. That’s where the movie gets tricky.
2044 has two Joes: Young Joe from 2044 (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and Old Joe from 2074 (Bruce Willis), who young Joe failed to kill, although he tried.
Although Looper slacks in the area of the story itself — the character Cid is a little too psycho to be believable. I’ve heard of kids being temperamental, but this kid is ridiculous. Still, the movie is fun to watch. It shows us the future may not be all that great if we don’t shape up.
The directing is top notch. The special effects aren’t too over the top, and you’ve probably seen better child actors. But hey, you’ll enjoy the time spent watching this thriller.
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