Looper

This film had such promise, but the plot was horrifically awful, and many of the scenes were contrived beyond belief. The acting was okay, although I did find myself spending too much time staring at JGL's make-up and wondering what they were thinking. Disappointing.

The concept is interesting even though it makes no sense. Why have all these looper guys that you then have to kill if you could just time travel your victims into a trap that kills them instantly? In fact, why kill the people you send to the past? Just send them to the Jurassic so some dinosaur could bite his head off. But, setting that aside, the idea of living the life and then having to kill your(future)self is neat and has potential. The execution, though, just didn't go anywhere. It's just tossed to the side in the second act and the Joes have little meaningful interaction and for the most part could be just two random guys. Time travel is poorly conceived in this movie. I know that the scene at the bar is basically there to tell people not to overthink it and Bruce Willis' line ("It doesn't matter") is directed to the pedants of the internet more than to his young self. But still.