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Review: ... place for a simple execution, using a blunderbuss to
the head. You see, in the future, when time travel will be
invented, disposing of b... more   Vicious Circle Looper (DVD)
Member Name: SWSt   Looper (DVD)  Date: 11/10/12   Advantages:
Strong realisation of the near future, original (but not too
complex) plot  Disadvantages: Slow-paced at times, predictable
ending  Looper is Rian Johnson's follow up to his school-noir
Brick, a film that was mostly (and shamefully) ignored on
release. Showing his versatility as a writer/director, it takes
the same noir styling and applies it to a science fiction/future
world.  The year is 2044. Time travel has not yet been invented,
but in 2074 it has and is controlled by ruthless criminals who
use it to eliminate enemies. They kidnap them and send them back
to 2044 where a "Looper", a paid assassin kills them and
disposes of the body, so that there is no evidence of the crime
in the future. There's a catch