Looper (2012)

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Hunted by your future, haunted by your past.

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.

• Released: 2012-09-26
• Genres: Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
• Runtime: 1h 58m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.9/10 from 11,337 votes

Directed by Rian Johnson.

Top cast

• Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Joe
• Bruce Willis as Old Joe
• Emily Blunt as Sara
• Paul Dano as Seth
• Noah Segan as Kid Blue
• Piper Perabo as Suzie
• Jeff Daniels as Abe
• Pierce Gagnon as Cid
• Xu Qing as Old Joe's Wife
• Tracie Thoms as Beatrix

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Looper

• United States: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, Starz Apple TV channel, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel; rent on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Sky Store, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Sky Store, YouTube
• India: rent on YouTube; buy on YouTube
• Canada: stream on Netflix, Crave, Hollywood Suite, Hollywood Suite Amazon Channel, Netflix Standard with Ads, Crave Amazon Channel; rent on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Stan, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; rent on JustWatch TV Store, Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fetch TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fetch TV

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