Fall First Look: Looper

Every fall, we see the same old trend happening in movie theaters. While most releases underperform or deliver on expectations, there are always those small films that no one sees coming that blows up at the box office and becomes what is now regarded as a "sleeper hit." Certainly, this potential is tied to the new action thriller Looper. Scheduled for release on September 28th, it's hard to put a simple one-sentence summary of this movie together. Taking place in the year 2072, experts are sent into the past to kill those who may cause harm in the future. Joe (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is one of these "loopers," as they are called, and the movie follows his latest and most challenging mission to date: Joe must deal with an older version of himself (Bruce Willis) who was sent from the future to close the loop. Sounds completely crazy, right? But with the dawn of hits like Inception, audiences are now craving fun action movies that are high-concept and really make them think, and certainly when a man's mission is to kill a younger version of himself, that's gotta involve some thinking, right? Gordon-Levitt, one of Hollywood's biggest new stars, is coming off of a meaty role in The Dark Knight Rises and audiences haven't seen Willis be a total badass in a long time. Tying up the cast is Emily Blunt, Jeff Daniels, Covert Affair's Piper Perabo, Paul Dano, and Raising Hope's Garret Dillahunt. Rian Johnson, the writer and director of the film, only has two other films under his belt, a small indie named Brick and The Brothers Grimm, starring the late Heath Ledger. Neither were highly successful films, but that could all change with his third attempt. Early feedback on the movie has been wonderful, and the cast has praised the movie over and over again. For example, Blunt has revealed in interviews that she agreed to be in the movie after reading only half the script and didn't even know what part she was being offered. She's also gone on to say this is the best movie she's ever been a part of. Quite a lot of talk, so here's hoping it lives up to the hype! To find out if it does, see Looper in theaters starting September 28th.

Check out the trailer for Looper below:

Evan