Looper

So imagine a world where one day you may have to kill yourself for money.  However this wouldn't be suicide but rather carrying out a hit on yourself.  See in the world of Looper time travel is not only real, but is controlled by the mob.  The way it works is each looper is given a time and place to be and has to stand there and wait.  Then all of a sudden a man with a bag on his head appears and they have to shoot the man with their special gun given to them.  Then they open the back of the persons shirt to get their payment.  The only thing is if it's gold bars they find there instead of silver, that is their retirement money and it means they just killed their future self.  This is how the movie begins, explaining this with Joseph Gordon Levitt narrating.  Now this alone could be a great basis for a movie, but it isn't the only thing that occurs.  If I were to get into what happens next I may give away some of the fun surprises, but I won't give those away because you need to go into this film as fresh as possible.  What I will talk about is that Joseph Gordon Levitt and Bruce Willis have never been better than in this movie, or if they have, it has been some time since they were.  The music in this movie sets a dark and brooding tone and is well suited for such a dark but also fun movie.  The set design and special effects (what few there are) are excellent and should have been recognized in some way during award season last year.  Each character in the movie is perfectly used and even as the film goes along you may see some of the twists coming but it never makes them any less great.  So if you are like me and didn't see this movie when it initially came out, please do yourself a favor and see it now.  You won't be sorry.