by Eden
Christmas time loop movies are a thing. I have a list of at least 10 holiday-themed movies or TV episodes that feature a time loop. And it kind of makes sense — Christmas is all about traditions that repeat year after year. And in a practical sense, a time-loop movie allows for a limited setting and a limited number of characters as well as wardrobe changes. Christmas movies do need to be cheap.
Let’s be clear: Very little of Source Code holds up to any scrutiny and I tend to be charitable with how I rate time loop movies. The way the Source Code project works is fairly nonsensical and the major plot reveals are so clear early on that they almost feel like a disappointment when they come true. But none of that is to say Source Code is a bad movie.
For nearly an hour, Looper feels like it’s just going to be a typical — if incredibly stylish and fun — sci-fi action movie. But it’s the opposite of someone’s past catching up to them — in Joe’s case, it’s his future catching up to him.