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