Writer-director Rian Johnson‘s Looper is shaping up to be a cool futuristic thriller which doesn’t rely on digital cities and flying cars – though perhaps flying bikes, to set the scene for a stylish realm where time travel is used for the diabolical needs of the mob.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis play the same character, just 30 years apart, and when the two come face to face – it’s gonna be one heck of a thrill ride.
Here’s the 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 (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) – 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 (Bruce Willis) for assassination.
Check out the trailer, plus director Johnson’s explanation via an interview with MTV News:
The film also stars Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Noah Segan, Piper Perabo, and Jeff Daniels.
Looper opens September 28th, 2012.
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