Monday, 12 May 2014

Spirals rather than loops

Looper (2012)

Written and directed by Rian Johnson this film stars Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emily Blunt. In 2044 assassins kill people sent back in time but one assassin falls foul of his bosses when fails to kill his future self as part of his contract.

There is a lot to like about this film but in the end it did feel a bit like it was living in the shadow of another Bruce Willis time travel film, Twelve Monkeys (1995). On an emotional level the plot works well but I am not sure that the plot ever answers answers enough of the questions it creates in the viewer's mind. What I did really like was Joseph Gordon-Levitt's performance as a young Bruce Willis, while he may not have the build you would expect he really captured the mannerisms and voice of Willis spot on.


4/5

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