Looper (2012)

LOOPER  (2012)  ¢ ¢ ¢
    D: Rian Johnson
    Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt,
    Jeff Daniels, Piper Perabo, Paul Dano
In the present (according to most people), time travel hasn't been invented yet. But 30 years in the future (according to this movie), it will have been. To take advantage of that phenomenon, the gangsters of the future (like Jeff Daniels) hire specialized assassins called loopers (like Joseph Gordon-Levitt) to hang out in the present (30 years ago their time) and perform hits on people who have been sent back in time for the sole purpose of being killed and disposed of. Confused yet? Then think what it's like for Gordon-Levitt when he comes face-to-face with his latest target, who turns out to be himself, only 30 years older and played by Bruce Willis. As Willis explains to Gordon-Levitt over coffee and eggs at their favorite greasy-spoon diner, trying to explain how this time-travel stuff works would take way too long, so periodically director Rian Johnson cuts to the chase, so an annoying little kid (played by Pierce Gagnon) can show off his telekinetic powers, and many high-powered guns can be fired. Personally, I wish they had taken a little more time to explain the time-travel stuff. I'm not sure it all adds up. But Willis, looking a little more solidly middle-aged than he has up till now, can still gun down the bad guys (whatever time zone they're from), and Gordon-Levitt, playing the killer who will someday be Bruce, does a pretty fair Bruce Willis impersonation.