Things go bad when Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character Joe find that he has to "close his loop", meaning kill his future version. Besides the moral implications of this act, his future self is Bruce Willis which means he isn't going to have an easy time of it anyway.
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What keeps this movie from being just a run of the mill action movie is the entire second plot. Older Joe has come back in time for a reason. There is someone he needs to kill in 2044 to save someone he loves in the future. And nothing is going to stop him. That doesn't just include himself and the criminal cartel that wants him dead but his own ethical code. Because his target is currently just a child.An additional element of the movie that was interesting was the widespread but nicely underplayed telekinesis. Basically 10% of the population has pretty feeble levels of telekinesis. I like how it was genuinely portrayed as crap ability which only becomes relevant when the child, Joe's target, turns out to be the Rainmaker, the most powerful telekinetic the world has ever seen.
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I think they do an excellent job of portraying the conflicted natures of both older and younger Joe. Both are deadly killers but at the same time there are lines they don't want to cross, lines they painfully do through the film. There is a real question of how far will you go for what you want or the ones you love.All in all I would heartily recommend this movie. There is action, drama, believable characters, and cool special effects. If you want to learn more scientific stuff about the movie you can read my other blog over at Wolfram|Alpha.
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