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Looper (2012)

In the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.
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Revisiting “Knives Out”- Now on Amazon Prime

November 12, 2021

Written and directed by Rian Johnson (Looper, Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi), Knives Out was one of the most clever and intricately crafted films of 2019. It affectionately pays homage to the classic murder-mystery “whodunnit” while also completely flipping the script and reinventing the formula. I fell in love with this movie instantly when I saw it in theaters, and it became one of my top five favorite films of 2019.

For those who missed its theatrical run, you now have a chance to see this spectacular film on Amazon Prime. With its debut on the streaming service, I rewatched it, and I was not disappointed. Knives Out is a movie that only gets better with subsequent viewings. Much like the donut hole at the center of the case, the movie only gets deeper the more you see it.

Knives Out follows Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) as he investigates the “suicide” of wealthy murder-mystery novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer). Everyone in his eccentric family is a suspect, as Blanc suspects foul play.

This movie has one of the best ensemble casts in recent memory, including Ana de Armas, Chris Evans, Toni Collette, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, LaKeith Stanfield, and Katherine Langford. Every single performance in this film is phenomenal, but Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc may just be the highlight of the movie. His accent is so hammy and outrageous that it shouldn’t work at all, but Craig and Johnson make it work. For a film that is so clearly set in the modern day, Craig’s performance infuses the movie with the older aesthetic of the kinds of movies that so clearly influenced Johnson.

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In the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.

Rating:R
Genre:Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
Directed By:Rian Johnson
Written By:Rian Johnson
In Theaters:9/28/2012
Box Office:$47,042,000
Runtime:118 minutes
Studio:Endgame Entertainment, DMG Entertainment, Ram Bergman Productions

Cast

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Rian Johnson

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Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Joe

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Bruce Willis

Old Joe

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Emily Blunt

Sara

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Paul Dano

Seth

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Noah Segan

Kid Blue

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Piper Perabo

Suzie

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Jeff Daniels

Abe

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Pierce Gagnon

Cid

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Xu Qing

Old Joe's Wife

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Tracie Thoms

Beatrix

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Frank Brennan

Old Seth

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