It’s a smart film with thrills – now how often do you get to see one of those?

Looper has a mixed bag of influences — as diverse as Memento, The Terminator and The Omen — but proves to be sharper, smarter and more ambitious than even those unforgettable ones. There are minor plotholes, but the film bounds over them with swift, self-assured grace, climaxing ultimately with a finely foreshadowed finale that ties everything up shrewdly and masterfully: a rarity for the science-fiction genre, and a tremendous narrative achievement that makes me want to watch it again right now.

TIME travel is a conveninent science fiction tool,allowing many a story to cut corners and jump loopholes. Not here. In Looper,it’s a starting point to tell a story about actions,consequences and choices — the smaller moments,not 30-year back-and-forth travel,which bend and shape lives.

Probably the best set-up sci-fi film you are likely to encounter in a while, Looper is worth engaging with.

For the love of Sci-fi cinema DO NOT leave your brains at home. Worth a watch!