Undoubtedly, 'Looper' is one of the most sophisticated films this year. 'Looper' provides a phenomenal sequence of events fixated around the ability to time travel. The catch however, is that it hasn't yet been invented for another 30 years. The idea of time can be deceptive, the mistakes we make now are in the past, they cannot be changed, yet a single act of absurdity can bring our future crashing down, destroying both dreams and promising futures. The audience is constantly reminded of time with the regular ticking sound of an assassins pocket watch, which reminds us of the idea of predestination; as we watch marked targets, send back 30 years in the past to await their rather insouciant death.

'Looper' revolves around time travel. In 'Looper', time travel was invented in the year 2074, yet swiftly after invention, it was outlawed. Yet, only the largest criminal organisations' continue to use time travel in "secret" to send back targets, who are sent incapacitated and hooded for death, back thirty years in the past to 2044 and killed with a blast of a blunderbuss, wielded by a 'looper'. A 'looper' is an assassin who is rewarded with silver bars for every kill they make. 'Looper' stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the main protagonist Joe, a 'looper' and Bruce Willis as Joe, thirty years in the future; as well as a rather gutsy, country women played by Emily Blunt. 

Without divulging too far into the intricacies of the plot, Joe finds himself faced with a problematic situation as his next marked target somewhat reassembles somebody remarkably familiar. ‘Looper’s’ are governed by a 'simple' regulation, whatever you do, "never let your target escape”, which seems pretty straightforward as the targets arrived tied and hooded, unless of course the target is in fact your future self. As a ‘looper’, when an organisation decides to fire you, it is essentially that, however they don't hire someone else to do it, they send your future self-back into the past to be meet with a raucous bang of a blunderbuss, wielded by no other than your thirty years younger self. When they decide to severe the contract, they kill of the ‘looper’s’ future, as they call it "closing the loop". Yet, ironically, as a ‘looper’ you only find out after you have released the trigger, with a swift reward of gold bars and thirty years of freedom up until your fixed, unavoidable death, awaits you. 

‘Looper’ seamlessly interweaves around each character, as older Joe sets out in his hunt for the ‘Rainmaker’ and younger Joe sets out to find his older self, while Sara, the rather bold, self-reliant county mother is caught up in Joe’s mess as he lets his “target escape”. However a unusual twist is in store, as each of the main characters congregate together as Sara’s young boy isn’t exactly who we think he is. 

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Undoubtedly, 'Looper' is one of the most sophisticated films this year. 'Looper' provides a phenomenal sequence of events fixated around the ability to time travel. The catch however, is that it hasn't yet been invented for another 30 years. The idea of time can be deceptive, the mistakes we make now are in the past, they cannot be changed, yet a single act of absurdity can bring our future crashing down, destroying both dreams and promising futures. The audience is constantly reminded of time with the regular ticking sound of an assassins pocket watch, which reminds us of the idea of predestination; as we watch marked targets, send back 30 years in the past to await their rather insouciant death.

'Looper' revolves around time travel. In 'Looper', time travel was invented in the year 2074, yet swiftly after invention, it was outlawed. Yet, only the largest criminal organisations' continue to use time travel in "secret" to send back targets, who are sent incapacitated and hooded for death, back thirty years in the past to 2044 and killed with a blast of a blunderbuss, wielded by a 'looper'. A 'looper' is an assassin who is rewarded with silver bars for every kill they make. 'Looper' stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the main protagonist Joe, a 'looper' and Bruce Willis as Joe, thirty years in the future; as well as a rather gutsy, country women played by Emily Blunt. 

Without divulging too far into the intricacies of the plot, Joe finds himself faced with a problematic situation as his next marked target somewhat reassembles somebody remarkably familiar. ‘Looper’s’ are governed by a 'simple' regulation, whatever you do, "never let your target escape”, which seems pretty straightforward as the targets arrived tied and hooded, unless of course the target is in fact your future self. As a ‘looper’, when an organisation decides to fire you, it is essentially that, however they don't hire someone else to do it, they send your future self-back into the past to be meet with a raucous bang of a blunderbuss, wielded by no other than your thirty years younger self. When they decide to severe the contract, they kill of the ‘looper’s’ future, as they call it "closing the loop". Yet, ironically, as a ‘looper’ you only find out after you have released the trigger, with a swift reward of gold bars and thirty years of freedom up until your fixed, unavoidable death, awaits you. 

‘Looper’ seamlessly interweaves around each character, as older Joe sets out in his hunt for the ‘Rainmaker’ and younger Joe sets out to find his older self, while Sara, the rather bold, self-reliant county mother is caught up in Joe’s mess as he lets his “target escape”. However a unusual twist is in store, as each of the main characters congregate together as Sara’s young boy isn’t exactly who we think he is. 

Looper Trailer: 

 

Lawless tells the true story of the three Bondurant brothers, Virginia moon shiners in the era where the government has decided to make alcohol illegal. The youngest is Javk (Shia Lebeouf), preceded by known as the "The Wettest County in the World", their liquor is considered a staple of deputy (Guy Pearce) shows up in Franklin County to shake it all up, however, one side is going to die a bloody death.

The film has a simple plot but I don't think that the crew realise it. We get that the fight is going on between the brothers and the deputy, but we also get a small forays into their love lives and a bafflingly minor subplot involving a big shot gangster played by Gary Oldman. That's pretty much all there is to tell about Gary Oldman mainly because he's barely in the movie at all.

The film feels slow and sluggish because of what happens doesn't really move the plot forward. Jessica Chastain and Mia Wasikowska play the love interests of Forrest and Jack. They were quite good in the film, especially Wasikowska. But a lot of people agree that the pacing in the film would have been much better if they had been removed.

Now it's time to make-way for the good. There is a great deal of good in the whole thing. Shia LaBeouf basically plays himself as the youngest brother, (which I thought fitted really well with the film). Shia does act arrogant and whiny at times, but this time around the movie actually realises it. We all agreed that the closest thing we get to a character arc is seeing Jack get over the things that make him so annoying and to grow a pair. I agree that this film really managed to utilise LaBeouf's particular skill set.

Tom Hardy is the highlight of the film as Forrest, the silent, seemingly un-killable leader of the group. Hardy plays a character as a guy who probably could have been a wealthy business man if he had been raised in a different and more civilised place. Hardy is probably the most intriguing character of the lot.

The last brother, Howard, is pretty much written and acted as a blank state.

Guy Pearce almost feels like he stepped out of a different, much weirder movie as a lot of people agree. He has a cartoonishly pompous, complete with shaved eyebrows and a haircut with a middle part so wide it could blind a human. Pearce is a crazy guy, he'll jump from straight up normal to absolutely crazy in seconds, which I found quite awesome but confusing at the same time.

The movie is really good, there was an interesting battle for control of Franklin Country, through shootouts and torturing all that brutal stuff. I do think that the movie could have gone on for a little longer, mainly because I was so into it but movies can only go on for so long I guess.

It's worth seeing if you are into crime drama, which will put you on the edge of your seat. Here's the trailer for the movie if you haven't already seen it yet.

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Movie Review: 'Lawless'

Lawless tells the true story of the three Bondurant brothers, Virginia moon shiners in the era where the government has decided to make alcohol illegal. The youngest is Javk (Shia Lebeouf), preceded by known as the "The Wettest County in the World", their liquor is considered a staple of deputy (Guy Pearce) shows up in Franklin County to shake it all up, however, one side is going to die a bloody death.

The film has a simple plot but I don't think that the crew realise it. We get that the fight is going on between the brothers and the deputy, but we also get a small forays into their love lives and a bafflingly minor subplot involving a big shot gangster played by Gary Oldman. That's pretty much all there is to tell about Gary Oldman mainly because he's barely in the movie at all.

The film feels slow and sluggish because of what happens doesn't really move the plot forward. Jessica Chastain and Mia Wasikowska play the love interests of Forrest and Jack. They were quite good in the film, especially Wasikowska. But a lot of people agree that the pacing in the film would have been much better if they had been removed.

Now it's time to make-way for the good. There is a great deal of good in the whole thing. Shia LaBeouf basically plays himself as the youngest brother, (which I thought fitted really well with the film). Shia does act arrogant and whiny at times, but this time around the movie actually realises it. We all agreed that the closest thing we get to a character arc is seeing Jack get over the things that make him so annoying and to grow a pair. I agree that this film really managed to utilise LaBeouf's particular skill set.

Tom Hardy is the highlight of the film as Forrest, the silent, seemingly un-killable leader of the group. Hardy plays a character as a guy who probably could have been a wealthy business man if he had been raised in a different and more civilised place. Hardy is probably the most intriguing character of the lot.

The last brother, Howard, is pretty much written and acted as a blank state.

Guy Pearce almost feels like he stepped out of a different, much weirder movie as a lot of people agree. He has a cartoonishly pompous, complete with shaved eyebrows and a haircut with a middle part so wide it could blind a human. Pearce is a crazy guy, he'll jump from straight up normal to absolutely crazy in seconds, which I found quite awesome but confusing at the same time.

The movie is really good, there was an interesting battle for control of Franklin Country, through shootouts and torturing all that brutal stuff. I do think that the movie could have gone on for a little longer, mainly because I was so into it but movies can only go on for so long I guess.

It's worth seeing if you are into crime drama, which will put you on the edge of your seat. Here's the trailer for the movie if you haven't already seen it yet.