Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop. (TMDB)

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.

鲑鱼专家琼斯博士（伊万·麦克格雷格 Ewan McGregor 饰）供职于英国渔业部门，中年危机让他倍感生活的无趣与疲惫。有一天，琼斯博士突然接到一个看似天方夜谭的任务。一位富有的也门酋长通过其年轻的秘书哈莉特（艾米莉·布朗特 Emily Blunt 饰）联系到琼斯博士，希望借助琼斯博士的智慧帮助他实现在也门钓鲑鱼的梦想。同时，英国政府在这个计划中发现了巨大的政治意义，于是英国首相新闻发言人（克里斯汀·斯科特·托马斯 Kristin Scott Thomas 饰）也兴致勃勃加入了进来。随着工作的进行，琼斯博士与哈莉特之间发生了微妙的变化。但面对已伴随一生的妻子，面对战争归来的男友，琼斯博士和哈莉特的选择将会何去何从？这个横跨两国的神奇计划又将在英国政府的加入后发生什么变化？酋长在也门钓鲑鱼的梦想究竟能否成功？ 这是一个关于爱、信仰与选择的故事。本片根据英国作家保罗·托迪（Paul Torday）2007年同名小说改编。

Victor Maynard is a middle-aged, solitary assassin who lives to please his formidable mother, despite his own peerless reputation for lethal efficiency. His professional routine is interrupted when he finds himself drawn to one of his intended victims. After sparing her life, he unexpectedly acquires a young apprentice. Believing Victor to be a private detective, his two new companions tag along, while he attempts to thwart the murderous attentions of his unhappy client.

2006 film directed by David Frankel