Scenes of science fiction films are often built around traveling through space and time. Director Ryan Johnson presented the world with a story in the center of which there are two different heroes who are the same person. Both characters find themselves together in 2044, so the creators of the picture faced a very difficult task. Modern make-up easily allows you to create the effect of aging, but it was decided that different actors will play the hero. The Loop of Time is worth seeing, not only because the young version of Bruce Willis was brilliantly embodied by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, but also because of the quality of the script.
Plot
In the near future, time travel became possible, and every tenth inhabitant of the planet is endowed with the ability to telekinesis. By 2074, power structures extended their control to all spheres of society. At the same time, mafiosi are trying to confront the state. To get rid of enemies, criminals use a time machine and send people 30 years ago with it. Here they are engaged in loopers - special mercenaries who kill the victim immediately after moving it.
Every killer is aware that one day he will have to shoot his head to himself, but this is not such a big fee compared to a monetary reward. Heroes Joe and Seth work in tandem, only Seth, unlike his colleague, did not have the courage to pull the trigger at the right time, for which he paid cruelly. And the main character successfully resigned, moved to Shanghai and fell in love. When the time came to go to the death penalty, his wife was shot dead, and he set off in 2044 to take revenge, thereby changing the course of history.
Creation and rental
Director Ryan Johnson announced in 2010 the filming of his new film, in which the main roles will be played by Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. It also became known that the first will play an older version of the second, and makeup will be used to give similarities. Johnson himself took up the script, who also decided to assemble his own team from those with whom he had already worked. Prior to this, in the filmography of the director, there was only one full-length picture "Brick", in which Joseph also played the main role. Therefore, it is not surprising that he again invited Levitt to his project. In addition to him, among other performers there are no less famous actors.
The “Loop of Time” gained unprecedented box office success, largely due to the star cast and elaborate plot. And the reviews of the prevailing number of critics and viewers were positive.
Two different joe
As the story narrates, the viewer gets acquainted with the young Joe and his aged copy. Bruce Willis appears here rather as an antagonist who is obsessed with the idea of revenge. His hero is ready to go on the killing of innocent children in order to prevent one of them from becoming the head of the mafia clan in the future. He is confronted by the young Joe, who was played beyond recognition by the make-up Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He, in turn, believes that history can be rewritten, so he tries to act rationally. Despite the fact that they, in fact, play the same character, their images and characters differ from each other. Nevertheless, the similarity in manners and behavior that the actors have achieved is striking. The "Loop of Time" tells not only about changes in history, but also about the evolution of each individual personality, which was masterfully demonstrated by Willis and Levitt.
Sarah
The role of the mother of a five-year-old boy, who is destined to become a villain, was played by the famous British actress Emily Blunt. She perfectly got used to the image of Sarah, who is a strong and persistent-looking woman who hides her vulnerability under this mask. Emily’s career began not so long ago, and now she is rapidly going uphill. She became the owner of the Golden Globe for her role in the film "The Gideon's Daughter", after which she starred in a number of melodramas, the most famous of which was the tape "The Devil Wears" Prada "." Gradually, she began to change her role, because only in this way actors can develop in their profession. The "Loop of Time" became for Blunt a kind of transitional film, after which she began to be invited to more masculine paintings - such as "Facets of the Future" or "Assassins."
Other roles
Not a single movie can do without secondary characters, which even sometimes become more memorable than the main characters. In addition to the aforementioned celebrities, Johnson managed to get in his picture the famous actor Jeff Daniels, who played the head of the loopers. Of his recent works, such as The Martian and Steve Jobs stand out, but the majority remembered him young thanks to the tape Dumb and Dumber.
Noah Sigan embodied on the screen the image of an experienced fighter Kid who hunts for Joe. The actor for the most part appears in supporting roles, which in his filmography have accumulated a lot. He can also be seen in the last film of the director "Brick".
Important is the storyline of the partner of the main character Seth. He was played by the growing actor Paul Dano. Viewers can know him from such films as “Captives”, “12 Years of Slavery” and “Youth”. Perhaps it was due to such a success of the film about the future that Ryan Johnson was chosen to shoot the 8th episode of Star Wars. In the meantime, he is at work, you can appreciate the "Loop of Time" and once again enjoy the great acting.