Okay, let's say you've watched the trailers and commercials for Looper. So, you're aware that it's a shoot-em-up actioner with an odd but interesting sci-fi premise. You know that it involves a group of hit-men assigned to kill targets transported back in time from a future wherein time travel has been invented. And, you know that the protagonist is assigned to kill his future self.
Sorry, you don't know anything about this movie. Not of the most interesting parts anyway.
There is a rich, detailed world created for this movie that's only hinted at in the trailers. There are twists and wrinkles to the story that aren't even alluded to in the commercials. Even if the movie wasn't very good -- and it is, believe me -- the studio could claim credit for outstanding marketing that managed to pull viewers in without giving everything away.
It's a triumph all-around.
