Looper (2012)

119 min · Time Travel, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, crime thriller film, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film

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Directors

Rian Johnson

Cast

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Piper Perabo, Paul Dano, Jeff Daniels, Garret Dillahunt, Noah Segan, Pierce Gagnon, Qing Xu, Tracie Thoms, Nick Gomez, Marcus Hester, Jon Eyez, Kevin Stillwell, Jeff Chase, Ritchie Montgomery, David Jensen, Wayne Dehart, Robert Harvey

The story

In 2044, 25-year-old Joe works for a Kansas City crime syndicate as an assassin or "looper". Since tracking systems in the future of 2074 have made it nearly impossible to dispose of bodies undetected, the syndicate sends its enemies back in time to be executed. Managed by a man from the future named Abe, loopers kill and dispose of victims whose faces are concealed, recovering silver bars attached to their targets as payment.

Catalogue themes and tags

2044, 2047, Crime Syndicate, Criminal network, Doppelgängerin, Dream, Dual Identity, Farm, Hitman, Identity, Killer gang, London, Mission of Murder, Mother Son Relationship, Murderer, Secret Identity, Selbstmord, Stolen Identity, Syndicate, Time Travel, Travel into the future, earth in future, Science Fiction, Action

Genres

Time Travel, Utopia & Dystopia, action film, crime thriller film, drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film

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