loop breaker

Christiana 2022-04-22 07:01:02

The story of this movie is still very creative. Originally it was an endless loop: the rise of rainmaker in the future---the legend of old Joe returning to the modern era to be executed---Old Joe escaped---Xiao Qiao chased and killed Lao Qiao ----Lao Qiao chases down the childhood rainmaker---Old Qiao kills Rainmaker's mother---rainmaker escapes---Xiao Qiao kills Lao Qiao---Xiao Qiao lives in China for 30 years and becomes Lao Qiao ----The rise of rainmaker in the future---The cycle of old Joe's return to the modern era

has been repeated, so the things shown in the movie may have happened many times, not just one cycle. Joe finally sees the whole cycle: I see mothers killed for their children, I see husbands kill for their wives, I see children grow up alone and full of hatred. At this time, Xiao Qiao showed a heroic side and decided to commit suicide to break this dead cycle. Because there is no Xiao Qiao, there is no old Qiao. And rainmaker, with his mother by his side, may not become a brutal avenger in the future.

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Looper quotes

  • Older Joe: This is a piece of indentifying information on the Rainmaker. He's here. He lives here now. In this county. And I'm gonna use this to find him. And I'm gonna kill him. I'm gonna stop him from killing my wife.

    Joe: Fuck you. And your wife. None of this concerns me.

    Older Joe: This is gonna happen...

    Joe: It happened to you. It doesn't have to happen to me. You got a picture right there in my watch? Let me see. Show me the picture. As soon as I see her, I walk away. I'll fucking marry someone else. Promise. So when I see that picture, that fog inside your brain should just swallow up all the memories, right? She'll be gone. If you give her up, she'll be safe.

    Older Joe: Give her up?

    Joe: Yeah, give her up. You're the one who got her killed. She never meets you, she's safe.

    Older Joe: You don't understand. We don't have to give her up. I'm not gonna give her up. I'm gonna save her.

  • Joe: There's a reason we're called loopers. When we sign up for this job, taking out the future's garbage, we also agree to a very specific proviso. Time travel in the future is so illegal, that when our employers want to close our contracts, they'll also want to erase any trace of their relationship with us ever existing. So if we're still alive 30 years from now, they'll find our older self, zap him back to us, and we'll kill him like any other job. This is called closing your loop. Eh, you get a golden payday, you get a handshake, and you get released from your contract. Enjoy the next 30 years. This job doesn't tend to attract the most forward-thinking people.