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This is fascinating sci-fi that’ll make you think. On top of all of this, Emily Blunt plays the mother to a child who may or may not grow up to one day be one of the most evil person of the planet, and the two Joes – young and old – find themselves operating in the same timeline. But when his older self (played by Bruce Willis) shows up, he’s forced with an existential dilemma. Looper TriStar Picturesīefore Rian Johnson helmed “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” he first entered the sci-fi realm with his excellent 2012 thriller “Looper.” The film opens in the year 2044 where a 25-year-old man named Joe (played by Joseph Gordon-Levitt) works for a crime syndicate that murders people who are sent back in time from the year 2074, as a means of disposing of the bodies.

The robust ensemble cast includes Chiwetel Ejiofor, Idris Elba, Josh Brolin, Cuba Gooding Jr., Norman Reedus, Carla Gugino and Ruby Dee. The film begins in 1968 and covers a fair amount of time, charting Frank’s rise to the top and Roberts’ dogged pursuit of the truth. Based on a true story, the film charts the criminal career of Frank Lucas (played by Denzel Washington), a gangster who smuggled heroin into the United States and was tracked by a hard-nosed detective named Richie Roberts (played by Russell Crowe). Filmmaker Ridley Scott is no stranger to epics, and his 2007 film “American Gangster” is an epic of a criminal nature.