Looper
2012 · 118 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 614,900 VOTES · DIR. Rian Johnson
Overview
In the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 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.
Dialogue Timeline — 17 lines
00:00:08 Time travel has not yet been invented
00:00:12 but thirty years from now, it will have been.
00:00:19 I am one of many specialized assassins
00:00:22 in our present called Looper’s.
00:00:26 So when criminal organizations in the future need someone gone
00:00:29 they zap them back to me
00:00:33 and I eliminate the target from the future.
00:00:37 Oh la la!
00:00:41 Looper’s are well paid
00:00:43 we live a good life
00:00:46 and the only rule is...
00:00:48 never let your target escape.
00:00:52 Even if your target…
00:00:55 ...is you.
00:01:02 I'm going to fix this!
00:01:03 I'm going to find him and I'm going to kill him!
00:01:22 This time travel crap, just fries your brain like a egg.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed17
Dialogue density0.1 lines / min
First line00:00:08
Final line00:01:22
Production Record
DirectorRian Johnson
LanguageEnglish
Budget$30,000,000
Revenue$47,042,000
IMDb votes614,900