Looper | Definition of Looper by Merriam-Webster, Looper (2012) - IMDb. Looper is a 2012 American science fiction thriller film written and directed by Rian Johnson, and produced by Ram Bergman and James D. Stern.It stars Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Emily Blunt, Public void quit Quits the looper. Causes the loop() method to terminate without processing any more messages in the message queue.. Any attempt to post messages to the queue after the looper is asked to quit will fail, In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented – but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a “looper” – a hired gun, like Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) – is waiting to mop up, Looper - YouTube. Looper | Android Developers..