Verdict: A fascinating time-travel premise combined with a
top cast results in a compelling drama about honour, integrity and responsibility.
Boasting a truly
fascinating time-travel premise, a top-notch cast and a wicked (if not entirely
unexpected) sting in its tale, Looper is marvellously involving cinema from the little-known Johnson (Brick). In a year where many of the cinematic offerings
have been variations on well-worn themes, the threads of a heightened moral
responsibility for the integrity of the lives we lead (and those of the people
who rely on us for their very survival) that are woven through this film, are
never less than utterly compelling.
