Trailer of the week: Looper

At last, a big screen documentary devoted to the long-forgotten Belle and Sebastian spin-off project!

No, obviously. Looper is the third film by director Rian Johnson, previously responsible for the quirky Brick, in which American high school teens all spoke in often impenetrable film noir language, and The Brothers Bloom, a conmen tale starring Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo. Looper is a very different prospect – a sci-fi thriller in which mobsters send their victims back in time to be disposed of by hitman Joseph Gordon-Levitt, who buries their bodies in a place no-one will ever find them – the past.

Ingenious, but there’s a twist, right?

Indeed. One day, Gordon-Levitt is about to pull the trigger when he realises the victim is an older version of himself (Bruce Willis).

Erm, Bruce Willis doesn’t really look like an older version of Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

Not really, but go with it. The film looks like a lot of fun. Emily Blunt’s in it too.

When is it out?

Autumn.

Related topics: