{"id":5053,"date":"2012-12-24T16:48:58","date_gmt":"2012-12-25T00:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=5053"},"modified":"2012-12-24T17:42:49","modified_gmt":"2012-12-25T01:42:49","slug":"looper-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2012\/12\/looper-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Looper DVD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><i>Looper<\/i><\/b> is an inventive sci-fi action thriller with two solid performances from Willis and Gordon-Levitt. The DVD has some decent features though the Blu-ray apparently has more to offer. Unfortunately we were only provided a DVD screener, so I cannot state how much more there is or the quality of either the features or the audio\/video transfers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Looper (2012)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Genre(s): <\/b>Sci-Fi, Action, Crime<br \/>Sony | R \u2013 119 min. \u2013 $30.98 | December 31, 2012<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">MOVIE INFO:<br \/><\/span>Directed by: <\/b>Rian Johnson<br \/><b>Writer(s): <\/b>Rian Johnson (written by)<br \/><b>Cast: <\/b>Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt<\/p>\n<p><b>Theatrical Release Date: <\/b>September 28, 2012<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">DISC INFO:<br \/><\/span>Features: <\/b>Commentary, Featurettes, Deleted Scenes, UV Digital Copy<br \/><b>Number of Discs: <\/b>1<\/p>\n<p><b>Audio: <\/b>English (Dolby Digital 5.1)<br \/><b>Video: <\/b>Widescreen 2.40<br \/><b>Subtitles: <\/b>English, Spanish<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>THE MOVIE<\/strong><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><b>Plot Outline: <\/b>In this futuristic action-thriller, time travel has been invented, but it\u2019s illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they send their target 30 years into the past, where a \u201clooper\u201d \u2013 a hired gun, like Joe (JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT) \u2013 is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good&#8230; until the day the mob decides to \u201cclose the loop,\u201d sending back Joe\u2019s future self (BRUCE WILLIS) for assassination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Some decent features here including an <b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">audio commentary<\/span><\/b> with Writer\/Director Rian Johnson &amp; Actors Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emily Blunt; <b><i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Looper<\/span><\/i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">: From the Beginning<\/span><\/b> making-of featurette; 5 <b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Deleted Scenes<\/span><\/b> with optional commentary (the Blu-ray has 12 scenes); a <b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Scoring <i>Looper<\/i><\/span><\/b> featurette; and the <b><i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Looper<\/span><\/i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Animated Trailer<\/span><\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>VIDEO\/AUDIO \u2013 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The DVD has a fine 2.40 widescreen anamorphic widescreen with minimal artifacting and for the audio, a standard but suitable Dolby Digital 5.1, has been provided.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>OVERALL \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Overall, <b><i>Looper<\/i><\/b> is an inventive sci-fi action thriller with two solid performances from Willis and Gordon-Levitt. The DVD has some decent features though the Blu-ray apparently has more to offer. Unfortunately we were only provided a DVD screener, so I cannot state how much more there is or the quality of either the features or the audio\/video transfers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Published: <\/b>12\/24\/2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looper is an inventive sci-fi action thriller with two solid performances from Willis and Gordon-Levitt. The DVD has some decent features though the Blu-ray apparently has more to offer. Unfortunately we were only provided a DVD screener, so I cannot state how much more there is or the quality of either the features or the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2012\/12\/looper-dvd\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Review: Looper DVD&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,970],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dvd-reviews","category-quick-hit-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5053"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5058,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5053\/revisions\/5058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}