| Looper
				(2012), 
				Director: Rian Johnson, rated R for language, 
				strong violence, some sexuality/nudity 
				Hunted by Your 
				Future. Haunted by Your Past. 
				
				  Starring: 
				Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Noah 
				Segan, Piper Perabo, Jeff Daniels, Pierce Gagnon, Qing Xu, 
				Tracie Thomas, Frank Brennan, Garrett Dillahunt 
				DML Rating: 
				★★★★★★★★☆☆ 
				- great 
				"So when these 
				criminal organizations in the future need someone gone, they use 
				specialized assassins in our present called "loopers." And so, 
				my employers in the future nab the target, they zap him back to 
				me - their looper. He appears, hands tied and head sacked, and I 
				do the necessaries. Collect my silver. " - 
				Joe 
				Why watch this? 
				... this is a time-traveling, mind-game thriller with lots of 
				savvy and quality components. 
				Plot Summary:  
				In 2074, time-travel works, but it's outlawed, and only used by 
				the mob, as a method of body disposal. The "target" is bound and 
				gagged, time-zapped to the past where they are immediately 
				murdered and disposed of by a "looper" who is paid in silver 
				bars. If a looper survives to 2074, they are captured and sent 
				back to "close the loop" with payment in gold bars, thus ending 
				the contract. Joe gets his final looper, but accidentally lets 
				him(self) go. This creates big problems for the mob, not to 
				mention time-travel issues. Dad's Preview:  These time jumping films are always 
				interesting if you can keep things straight, and this film is 
				complicated, for sure. However, Rian Johnson's keen direction 
				keeps us on track. It's a nice twist to thrown in Emily Blunt as 
				the mother of a child with special powers who somehow will play 
				into the plot by the film's end.   
				 
				 FilmDistrict, 
				Endgame Ent., DMG Ent., Ram Bergman Prod.; TriStar Pictures
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