It’s a sci-fi, and action film but it has roots in noir as well just like Johnson’s brilliant debut Brick from 2005. The voice-over flashback (yeah that’s tough in a time bender) has roots in noir of course
Makes several overt attempts to thwart trying to over analyze the time travel rules—I thought that was an interesting tactic
The cast is fantastic. JGL gives us a risky “This is a young Bruce Willis” performance and I thought he nailed it. His mannerisms are impeccable—he has him down. Willis is fantastic as is Emily Blunt and the few scenes with Paul Dano
A gorgeous montage of the years between JGL’s age and Willis’ age in China. No diegetic sound
Even the casting of Willis is a slight nod to 12 monkeys I thought
The brilliance of the narrative makes for one of the great narrative achievements of 2012 and Johnson is surely no “point and shoot” director- very talented
The “rainmaker” owes a lot to the matrix I thought with “the one”. I see similarities with the action sequence and some of the special effects work in the climax as well
The circular “looped” narrative if you will and the smashing climax are very rewarding
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