Looper

China and United States of America, 2012

Film
Looper thumbnail image.

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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 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.

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Credits

director

Rian Johnson

costume design

Sharen Davis

producer

James D. Stern

Ram Bergman

production company

DMG Entertainment

Endgame Entertainment

FilmDistrict

Ram Bergman Productions

TriStar Pictures

production design

Ed Verreaux

writer

Rian Johnson

Duration

01:58:00

Production dates
2012

On other websites

View at loopermovie.com

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-59967

Language

English

Subject categories

Action

Science Fiction

Thriller

TMDB-Movie

59967

Wikidata

Q53719

Collected

67 times

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