#4 - Days of Future Past

4 – LOOPER: Time travel hasn’t been invented yet in 2044, but it has in the future, and the mob sends back targets for execution to eliminate any evidence of the crime.  Joseph Gordon-Levitt works as one such assassin, taking out random people from the future as soon as they are shipped back to him.  The catch is, 30 years after he retires he will also be sent back for elimination, to “close the loop”.  Future Joe arrives in the form of Bruce Willis, beginning a sequence of events that will determine the path the world takes for decades to come. (continues after the jump) VV minor spoilers VV

This is a visually appealing movie, with futuristic devices blending seamlessly with the economic and environmental degradation that has occurred by 2044.  However, much of the film is set on a farm in the heartland, with Emily Blunt again proving her chops.  Stoic but kind and strong, she has a vital role to play in the mystery of the film.  There are some badass action sequences in this, some amusing dialogue, and the scene in this post depicting how time has passed which is hands down one of the best of the year.  The cast does well to give a sense of urgency to what’s going on, and it’s a ruthless world they inhabit.  The soundtrack doesn’t disappoint, and if you can get past the inevitable time-travel-doesn’t-quite-make-sense sensation, you will spend two hours fully engaged and entertained.