Time travel may be logically impossible, but once we allow a film to use it, we have to be grateful if it makes sense according to its own rules. Heres a look at some of the hidden gems that will be available in February. It's up to you to decide if it answers it. If the loop is closed on you, did you never exist? Or did you live your younger life up until the point you kill your older self? "Looper," to its credit, doesn't avoid this question. The film is further enriched by the performances of Jeff Daniels as Abe, the future boss of the crime syndicate, and by Paul Dano as Seth, a friend of Old Joe who fears the loop is about to be closed on him. It's not revealing too much to tell that Old Joe has reason to believe that young Cid may grow up to become The Rainmaker, and so Old and Young Joe are trapped in a situation with no pleasant prospects. In the future, we learn, Old Joe was married, and his wife (Summer Qing) was murdered by a figure known as The Rainmaker. Although Young Joe has literally come from nowhere, they slowly grow close. Young Joe meets Sara ( Emily Blunt), a fiercely independent woman who lives on a Kansas farm with her son, Cid (Pierce Gagnon). In most thrillers, female characters tend toward eye candy and are extraneous to the plot. The story gains depth with the introduction of romance. Perhaps professional hit men aren't inclined toward philosophy. This is an opening for an endless conversation about the emotional and metaphysical implications of the meeting, but Johnson perhaps wisely makes their conversation more pragmatic. Imagine that you're sitting across from yourself with a three-decade age difference. The two Joes go to a nearby diner, grab a booth, and have a conversation. This comedy horror film stars Alan Tudyk ( Wreck-It Ralph, Firefly) and Tyler Labine ( Breaker High, Reaper) as a pair of West Virginia hillbillies who encounter a group of clueless college. This leads to the kind of weird scene that only time travel makes possible. ![]() He knew that would happen eventually (it's part of the deal), but a hood would have prevented him from knowing which victim was himself. The loop is not closed, however, because Old Joe arrives without a hood, and Young Joe hesitates when he realizes his latest target is … himself. ![]() Bruce Willis plays Old Joe, sent back from the future. Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Joe, the triggerman in 2044. Eventually, when he grows old enough, he will be sent back in time to be killed by his own younger self. The Steamy Drama Hidden Gem You Can Binge On Amazon In an era of binge-viewing, audiences are looking for new series to watch. The shotgun guy is known as a "Looper." He has been sent back into time to be the trigger man. ![]() The thin-air guy, who was bound and hooded, is a man from the future who has been sent back in time to be assassinated.
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