Looper vs Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Terminator 2: Judgment Day has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.9/10 for Looper). Looper is the shorter watch at 1h 58m compared with 2h 17m. Terminator 2: Judgment Day is the older of the two (1991 against 2012). Both are action, science fiction, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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LooperTerminator 2: Judgment Day
Audience score★ 6.9/10★ 8.1/10
Year20121991
Length1h 58m2h 17m
GenresAction, Science Fiction, ThrillerAction, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country––
DirectorRian JohnsonJames Cameron
Main castEmily Blunt, Paul Dano, Pierce Gagnon, Bruce Willis, Piper PeraboRobert Patrick, S. Epatha Merkerson, Joe Morton, Earl Boen, Arnold Schwarzenegger

Synopsis

Looper

In the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.

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