Looper (2012)

Directed by

Rian Johnson

Genre

drama film, action film, science fiction film, crime thriller film, dystopian film

Country

People's Republic of China, United States

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 10,993 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In the year 2044, a contract killer for a crime syndicate called a looper executes targets sent back in time from the future. He faces a moral crisis when his next target turns out to be his future self.

tensebleakcerebralgrittysuspensefuldarkly comicvisceralthought-provoking

What happens

Looper is a 2012 American science fiction action thriller film written and directed by Rian Johnson, and produced by Ram Bergman and James D. Stern. It stars Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Emily Blunt. It revolves around "present-day" contract killers called "loopers" whose targets are sent back through time by criminal syndicates from the future. Looper was selected as the opening film of the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and was released in the United States on September 28, 2012, by a partnership between TriStar Pictures and FilmDistrict. The film received critical acclaim and was a box office success, grossing $176 million worldwide on a $30 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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