So this is my first official blog post!
This week's movie is:
Plot: In the future, time travel will be invented but immediately outlawed. Mobs will use time travel to send people they want to dispose of, back in time 30 years and a hit man from the past will be waiting; these hit men are known as "Loopers". Joe (Joseph Gordon Levitt) is a Looper who has never failed to kill anyone that has been sent back, until the day he finds he has to kill his future-self (Bruce Willis).
Review: From the start, this movie doesn't pull any punches and sets the stage for a very dark dystopian future, where most people are living on the streets, and the only people getting ahead are working for the mob. Joseph Gordon-Levitt manages to capture his role very well, as a man with no plans past tomorrow, and living wholly in the moment. Bruce Willis didn't bring much more to the screen then what we have seen before, especially in his more recent endeavors, but this was all that was needed from the 30 year-older-self looking for revenge. Emily Blunt was a nice addition to the film, however, she does make her entrance fairly late in the game. If any amount of violence makes you squeamish this movie would obviously not be for you, but as a whole the blood and gore was toned down from what it could have been. This film made a firm step forward for the Sci-fi genre, where it has been pretty stale for a while. All in all, I genuinely enjoyed this movie; the pacing was good without having a frenetic pace and constant explosions, the music matched the mood of the scenes, and silence was used to accent emotions. If you like Action, Sci-fi, or Thrillers, I would definitely recommend checking out this movie.
Cole's Rating:8/10
Side note: There was some person using their phone during the movie and someone yelled at them to "Get off your phone!", which was actually more obnoxious than the person checking their text messages, but that's just me.
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