Review of Looper (2012) by Grant S — 04 Sep 2013

Good, but not great. Very interesting plot, Inception-like in its complexity. However, less than full use is made of the ingenious concepts in the plot and the movie flounders in sentimentality towards the end. Ending is not entirely satisfactory.

Solid performances by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis and Emily Blunt. JG-L's performance is a bit off-putting though, due to the weird facial modifications. The idea was to make him look like a young Bruce Willis, but it doesn't work. If anything, it's like the producers grafted Daniel Craig's face onto JG-L's body. I kept expecting to see Daniel Craig mentioned in the credits...