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Looper

2012
Drama
Sci-fi
1h 59m
In 2072, 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. (imdb)
Directed by:
Rian Johnson Rian Johnson
Written by:
Rian Johnson Rian Johnson
Starring:
Piper Perabo Piper Perabo Bruce Willis Bruce Willis Paul Dano Paul Dano Jeff Daniels Jeff Daniels Garret Dillahunt Garret Dillahunt Joseph Gordon-Levitt Joseph Gordon-Levitt Emily Blunt Emily Blunt Tracie Thoms Tracie Thoms Noah Segan Noah Segan Qing Xu Frank Brennan Pierce Gagnon Pierce Gagnon
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Genres:
Drama, Sci-fi, Crime, Action
Countries:
China, USA
Languages:
English, French
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Looper

2012
Drama
Sci-fi
1h 59m
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hunterkingHunterKing
Rated 01 Oct 2012
78
43rd
I like what Looper tries, and its initial concept is strong, but it only leaves me wanting more exploration of said concept. Instead it veers off into horror movie spooky kid stuff. The real killer was the ending: a cop-out of emotional closure rather than anything clever. The whole point of a time travel movie is to set my brain loose, not walk out with people telling me "it's just a movie, don't think too hard"
Rated 01 Oct 2012
waterhaulwaterhaul
Rated 02 Oct 2012
75
46th
Lopper starts with a cool confidence but stumbles halfway through and never manages to fully recover. In the end it's a fun action film that throws out a risky and controversial conflict but doesn't seem interested on expanding on it beyond a surface level.
Rated 02 Oct 2012
aviawarenessAviAwareness
Rated 13 Nov 2012
66
35th
Starts off very promising with a highly imaginative and entertaining first half, but during the second half it seems to run out of ideas, veers off into cliché territory, and seems to forget what it was about in the first place.
Rated 13 Nov 2012
drtfx7drtfx7
Rated 05 Jun 2021
70
66th
Spent the first 10 minutes trying to figure out if the protagonist is Joseph-Gordon Lewitt. Unconsciously stopped caring about that as I got pulled into the narrative. Looper could have easily spent 30 minutes explaining the 'time travel' but, to me, that's not the point. It's about asking tough questions while being badass simultaneously. Time travel is just a vehicle used to drive its themes.
Rated 05 Jun 2021
browncoatBrowncoat
Rated 10 Oct 2012
80
64th
Set in a wonderfully believable future (rare for many sci-fi's), 'Looper' keeps an astoundingly good pace, phasing between exciting action scenes and more meandering narratives. The time travel element is handled as it should be (ignored and not fully understood). The film perhaps wasn't as ambitious as it could have been, but maybe it's exactly that understatement that makes this film all the more enjoyable.
Rated 10 Oct 2012
thyronthyron
Rated 25 Jan 2020
90
93rd
Raising cane… Rian Johnson mixes elements from other science fiction movies like Tarantino does with grindhouse. Pretty original.
Rated 25 Jan 2020
arnisArnis
Rated 22 Oct 2012
83
62nd
Good in many ways, the kid is awesome, but I felt the telekinesis stuff didn't fit in with the "realistic" setting of the rest of the movie.
Rated 22 Oct 2012
bearjazzbearjazz
Rated 19 Jan 2013
75
47th
Why not just loop them over a volcano?
Rated 19 Jan 2013
hombredemaizHombredeMaiz
Rated 06 Jul 2021
55
53rd
This really shouldn't be as entertaining as it is. While the concept is interesting, it's also nonsensical. The acting isn't particularly good nor particularly bad, but neither Gordon-Levitt nor Willis seem to put much of their considerable talents into this film. Yet the heart of the direction and its focus on the characters makes this film enjoyable. When so many genre films are far more interested in epic scope and gigantic set pieces, this quieter film adequately walks s a different path.
Rated 06 Jul 2021
carrotstixcarrotstix
Rated 03 Sep 2022
72
51st
One of those two thirds movies where you like the premise, you like the build up and development but then the ending is not so hot and it's a bit of a wet ending.
Rated 03 Sep 2022
jentzejentze
Rated 14 Jan 2020
66
25th
A slick film that kind of distracts and even (jokingly) blames viewers who feel the need to slow down and ask some questions about what's going on. It feels a bit heavy on exposition and light on character and mood.
Rated 14 Jan 2020
sweetmortalSweetMortal
Rated 07 Oct 2012
94
80th
It has to be said that this film is a modest masterpiece. It doesn't exploit everything that you see in it - the elements of humour, emotion and fast-paced action become friendly with each other without making it look soppy or accidentally drawing the lines too sharply between each of those elements. There is much empathy for the main characters without any lacking. This then combines a film which creates an impact that other films fail to do by trying to keep you awake just thinking about it.
Rated 07 Oct 2012
toolikeyouTooLikeYou
Rated 14 Sep 2015
67
15th
Two thirds of a great film with squillions of plot holes. Wasn't keen on the churchy-undertones and Joey G Levitt's silly nose. May be my issue more than a problem with the film
Rated 14 Sep 2015
liquid3600LiQuid3600
Rated 25 Nov 2012
9
97th
This is THE BEST X-Men movie ever made!
Rated 25 Nov 2012
arudapArudap
Rated 02 Sep 2015
72
18th
While the world-building and the whole TK thing seemed like they were wasted on this movie, at least they kind of payed off in the finale, which made even less sense than the rest of the time traveling shenanigans but at least was good. About the time travel, I appreciate old Joe speaking for the director when he says explaining the time shit "doesn't matter", but I'd see that better in a mindless action movie than a serious movie like this, so to me the nonsense really stood out.
Rated 02 Sep 2015
jpfergusonJPFerguson
Rated 22 Sep 2023
60
54th
Yet another time-travel as entertainment film that certainly does not let physics get in the way of a slick story. Very much style over substance, but when done well sometimes that's just what you want.
Rated 22 Sep 2023
quez2goquez2go
Rated 02 Jan 2013
54
22nd
The Sci-fi concept behind this movie was pretty cool and the future that it took place in was a great setting for a movie, but I found little to enjoy in the story this film told. It was just okay.
Rated 02 Jan 2013
instiInsti
Rated 10 May 2013
90
96th
A well executed time travel film without too many glaring plotholes.
Rated 10 May 2013
rickickerrickicker
Rated 21 Nov 2012
70
31st
Great performances and premise thrown out a third of the way through in favor of a remake of that Twilight Zone episode with the corn.
Rated 21 Nov 2012
tonitonigoTonitonigo
Rated 18 Jul 2015
70
39th
Decent sci-fi film bogged down by poorly thought out rules of time travel and wooden acting from Bruce Willis. Still worth a watch if it interests you.
Rated 18 Jul 2015
omniavanitasOmniaVanitas
Rated 20 May 2023
7
48th
Flawed, but it stays with you.
Rated 20 May 2023
skywarps_hatSkywarps Hat
Rated 12 May 2013
85
83rd
A smart, sharp film with possibly one of the best "visions of the future" since Blade Runner. A superfluous subplot, and a somewhat loose (though consistent and internally addressed) approach to time travel detract from an otherwise great film
Rated 12 May 2013
ripshawryanRipshawryan
Rated 12 Nov 2012
85
65th
Great. Pacing is different but I loved it, and the ending is strange at first but if you consider all the options for the script, and the characters to take, it really was best. A phenom Film.
Rated 12 Nov 2012
frungiFrungi
Rated 18 Jun 2022
30
5th
Gave up on it six minutes in. Time travel, great. Near-future hoverbikes, fine. Street justice with blunderbusses… why? Random telekinesis? Screw you, movie.
Rated 18 Jun 2022
kindafilmyKindafilmy
Rated 24 Sep 2013
80
37th
Looper is a well told Science Fiction tale with an interesting and complex storyline. The movie is set in the future, but with no silly futurisms, like zipperless clothes. A central theme of the story is time travel, which is intrinsically interesting when done well. This story is done very well. Looper features great acting, and choice of actors, especially Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. No one actor can make a movie great, but Gordon-Levitt is a good actor who tends t
Rated 24 Sep 2013
sylowisylowi
Rated 25 Aug 2018
80
54th
I remember liking this but don't remember why.
Rated 25 Aug 2018
yeeahhbuddieYeeahhBuddie
Rated 11 Oct 2012
65
50th
I really dug this flick at face value as I was watching it, but after it was over, I couldn't stop thinking about all the fatal flaws littered throughout it. Fun movie, but it had some major holes.
Rated 11 Oct 2012
disconnecteddisconnected
Rated 06 Oct 2012
59
31st
A good movie that threatens to become a great one which makes it all the more disappointing. There is potential there and you can see the moments of greatness (e.g. when The Rainmaker uses his powers, the lapses into elliptical storytelling) but so much of it is obvious and only quasi-innovative.
Rated 06 Oct 2012
rubbermonkeyRubberMonkey
Rated 13 Jan 2013
23
16th
The first half was OK, but after that it turned south and I could barely believe what I had seen in the end. The films inconsistent visuals, bad pacing, and logical fallacies was just too much for me so I started to laugh as people were getting up to leave.
Rated 13 Jan 2013
veeqdeeveeqdee
Rated 01 Oct 2012
70
71st
There's a lot to like, especially JG-L's performance, but I think I was turned off by the vaguely ridiculous action shots near the end.
Rated 01 Oct 2012
keebsgsKeebsGS
Rated 24 Sep 2014
90
59th
Time Travel films are tricky to pull off and this one does it magnificently. Looper is a breath of fresh air to the science fiction genre. Highly recommended!
Rated 24 Sep 2014
beardobaldobeardobaldo
Rated 01 Feb 2018
70
39th
Fan-effing-tastic concept, beginning, and ending. The middle could've been worse.
Rated 01 Feb 2018
ashbyAshby
Rated 16 Feb 2013
85
72nd
Time travel movies always have these stupid inexplicable paradoxes, this movie attempts to avoid those by sidestepping them and commenting on them, unfortunately making them even more confusing and unintelligible in the end. However, if we ignore that, this is one intense movie and the best thing Bruce Willis has done in years. It had me on the edge of my chair almost from the beginning and aside from the ending, which was a little so-so, I was really positively suprised by this one.
Rated 16 Feb 2013
zdeno_charazdeno chara
Rated 29 Apr 2013
78
64th
quite good, even excellent in parts, but never quite lives up to its potential, teasing but ultimately abandoning more ambitious narrative trajectories.
Rated 29 Apr 2013
calexicoCalexico
Rated 20 Dec 2012
85
82nd
Very solid film. The gangster-time travel set-up is pretty cool.
Rated 20 Dec 2012
bronesbyBronesby
Rated 10 Nov 2012
71
28th
somebody liked Cowboy Bebop. stylized drama with impaired time-travel plot mechanic. good ending.
Rated 10 Nov 2012
crispeeCrispee
Rated 03 Mar 2013
83
83rd
Very interesting world building and story, I started to lose interest near the end though, but the story goes a lot of interesting places with its given concept.
Rated 03 Mar 2013
mr18mr18
Rated 02 Mar 2014
75
45th
I wanna give credit to a smart, original story and good acting but the LOOPholes( get it?) had me annoyed
Rated 02 Mar 2014
hedleschknHedlesChkn
Rated 19 May 2014
86
80th
Following on the heels of MIB3 with the "put a younger actor in makeup and have them ape another" shtick, JGL makes a passable young Willis. A smallscale production with a novel story, that I think was sold short by the marketing campaign. A proper sci-fi romp, that may not be universally remembered - but definitely significant. That cast are all excellent, in particular Gagnon - who portrays a remarkably mature performance for his age.
Rated 19 May 2014
user_nameUser Name
Rated 13 Jan 2013
86
55th
Very good action with strong acting by both actors playing the protagonist. The time travel aspect was downplayed to some extent but with sufficient explanation, but this movie is closer to "nonlinear thriller" than "time-travel mindfuck".
Rated 13 Jan 2013
ytmnytmn
Rated 18 Sep 2014
88
80th
Killer ending. The time loop concept is a bit wobbly and JGL's facial features are so weird it's very distracting, but overall a story well told. And that kid? He's quite scary.
Rated 18 Sep 2014
blahzorblahzor
Rated 01 Oct 2012
30
7th
no logic or internal consistency. How this movie can be so popular and praised is beyond me.
Rated 01 Oct 2012
johnd11JohnD11
Rated 09 Jan 2013
77
61st
not bad, relaxing, but could be better. potential wasn't used completely.
Rated 09 Jan 2013
kitty19Kitty19
Rated 19 Jan 2019
90
93rd
I ranked this movie high on concept alone. Is it a book? If not, it would make an amazing series of books or a tv show.
Rated 19 Jan 2019
sl0wdjinsl0wdjin
Rated 05 Oct 2012
80
88th
Usually time travel is handled poorly in movies. It isn't in this one, and the movie also has an excellent cast. Recommended to serious SF fans.
Rated 05 Oct 2012
qmiller32qmiller32
Rated 11 Oct 2015
90
65th
Really enjoyable, anchored by dynamic performances by Willis and Gordon-Levitt.
Rated 11 Oct 2015
bsamorabsamora
Rated 06 Nov 2012
85
66th
While not as mind-blowing or provocative as Inception, Looper is a great moviegoing experience. While some viewers may be a little disappointed with the lack of critical thinking involved in the movie (the film dodges many of these time travel questions) its visual direction and leads more than make up for any potential flaws
Rated 06 Nov 2012
abidwella_bidwell
Rated 13 May 2013
86
58th
/out of 20... Casting/Acting: 20 Writing/Story/Plot: 14 Directing: 17 Cinematography/Sound: 18 Originality/Bonus: 17 Surprised by the story after the trailers. Surprised that I liked it so much.
Rated 13 May 2013
shosannaShosanna
Rated 08 Mar 2013
25
33rd
Interesting ideas, but the execution is all over the place. The first half bombards the viewer with loads and loads of tedious exposition that's not actually all that crucial to what the story ultimately ends up being about. Joseph Gordon-Levitt does a great job adopting Bruce Willis' mannerisms, but that makeup is horrible and makes him look like a creepy police composite sketch. (2.5/5)
Rated 08 Mar 2013
meganjfMeganJF
Rated 03 Dec 2013
10
42nd
Good ending. That's about it.
Rated 03 Dec 2013
witzelsuchtwitzelsucht
Rated 23 May 2015
9
90th
Joseph Gordon-Levitt's eyebrows made me uncomfortable but I enjoyed everything else very much. Really cool premise and execution.
Rated 23 May 2015
rydeorwrongrydeorwrong
Rated 11 Aug 2021
47
37th
Host ratings: 64 / 77 / 57. Podcast review link: https://rydeorwrong.podcaster.de/rydeorwrong/folge-038-looper-2012-schneesturm-im-paradies-once-upon-a-time-in-hollywood/
Rated 11 Aug 2021
zenmoviezenmovie
Rated 23 Dec 2012
81
80th
Intriguing.
Rated 23 Dec 2012
ohsocoxyohsocoxy
Rated 02 May 2017
93
86th
story: 99 acting: 90 watch: 95 listen: 85 92.25
Rated 02 May 2017
jessforrestjessforrest
Rated 01 May 2015
75
66th
The only thing that really bothered me about this was how different JGL and Bruce Willis' ears are.
Rated 01 May 2015
mitchy1324mitchy1324
Rated 04 Jan 2013
96
85th
This is one of those you movies you have to watch at least twice to fully appreciate the little details that make this movie great. Looper brings out plenty of emotions throughout the movie.
Rated 04 Jan 2013

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