Looper

Looper (2012) starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Jeff Daniels. The setting is 2044 Kansas, and Gordon-Levitt plays a looper -- a hit man who kills people sent back from the future to be disposed of. Problem is, his own future self (Willis) is sent back to be killed, and he can't quite bring himself to follow through. The logical flaw becomes obvious when you consider: Why send loopers back to be killed by their own past selves? Why not send them back to be killed by someone else? This point is glossed over in the movie, but of course there are always going to be logical flaws in a time-travel film. In general, I'd say that this one is pretty well done. For those with a taste for sci-fi, this will prove to be an entertaining movie. I'm already wanting to see it again. (Closed captions are not included, but the disc has good English subtitles for the hearing-impaired.) Grade: B