Looper
Taste attributes: actionscience fictionthrillerrobots/ai/spacedetectivedramafresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricatesurrealgrittyemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipfighting evilfish out of water/culture clashrescue/escape/jeopardyself destruction/implosionsocial commentarytroubled leads
"Hunted by your future, haunted by your past."
Boxlist takeOtherworldly and weighty: an original sci-fi film, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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What lines up
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Action
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- TriStar Pictures
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
