Looper

2012 film directed by Rian Johnson

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6.9

In the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.

Released: 2012-09-26118 minDir: Rian JohnsonAction, Thriller, Science FictionBudget: $30.0MBox office: $47.0M

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Cast

Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Joe
Bruce Willis as Old Joe
Emily Blunt as Sara
Paul Dano as Seth
Noah Segan as Kid Blue
Piper Perabo as Suzie

Themes

~15 min read

Article

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.