Looper vs Upgrade
Upgrade has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6.9/10 for Looper). Upgrade is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 58m. Looper is the older of the two (2012 against 2018). Both are action, science fiction, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Looper
Upgrade| Looper | Upgrade | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 58m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Action, Science Fiction, Thriller | Action, Science Fiction, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Rian Johnson | Leigh Whannell |
| Main cast | Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Pierce Gagnon, Bruce Willis, Piper Perabo | Betty Gabriel, Harrison Gilbertson, Ming-Zhu Hii, Simon Maiden, Logan Marshall-Green |
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.
Upgrade
A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that he also has superhuman strength and agility — skills he uses to seek revenge against the thugs who destroyed his life.