CINEMA: Time-travelling crime gangs and hitmen*

An American science-fiction action film, Looper (rated MA), is reviewed by Symeon Thompson.
Looper is fast becoming one of the most critically acclaimed sci-fi films of recent times. It’s being praised for its acting, its script, its cinematography and its concept.
It certainly seems to tick all the boxes for intelligent, but still popular, cinema; and yet it feels as if some key element is missing. It is therefore more of a promising concept than a completed film.
Time trav…

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