16/03/2017

Looper

                
Well that was better than I was expecting. Bruce Willis stars as something other than the usual action movie guy (well, kinda). And we get to watch a neo-noir sci-fi with an original story that came out of Hollywood (something I don't think can be said about any other film from the past decade).
I say original, but what I really mean is "not based off a book or a French movie" (to the best of my knowledge). I don't want to hype this film too much - it's not perfect - but it was head and shoulders above anything since... 'Moon'? 
              
                    
Well 'Moon' was SO much better, but this one was pretty good. The plot is complex enough to be thought provoking without being too difficult or walking the viewer through it. It slows down a little one we get to the farm, and I got a bit bored before the finale came around (also, they couldn't help but wedge in a Willis-killing-hundreds-of-baddies scene). It almost felt like two different movies, and I liked the first one much more.
The characterisation of the hero was the biggest upside for me. He's a great character, with plenty of inner turmoil, and I liked the differences between his older and younger self (also, I appreciated how they didn't go out of their way to make lots of jokes about it when the two meet).
The kid and his mum I cared less for, but they were fine. The whole concept was quite nice, and the world felt pretty real, though they didn't go into detail beyond the whole mob-come-time travel concept.
                   
Looper: 68.1