After teasing us with a couple of preview clips, the teaser trailer for Rian Johnson‘s Looper is now online. And boy does this film look cool. But how could it not be with Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception) and Bruce Willis (Die Hard) starring.

Joe (Gordon-Levitt) is a hitman who is contracted by the mob to eliminate people… people from the future. You see, time travel has been invented, but it’s illegal. Given mobsters love all things illegal, they use this to send people back in time for Joe to pop. Nice and easy. For a hitman it’s good money and they get to live the good life. But what happens when the next person you have to pop is your future self? Joe is about to find out. Let the chaos begin.

Enjoy!

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is an absolute star and he’s looks perfect in the lead role. I’m really liking the intensity and the premise. The only note of caution here is that we’ve all seen these sorts of films fall flat on their faces before. So I’m trying hard not to get overamped about this movie – although this teaser trailer has raised my excitement level considerably.

What do you think of the trailer? Are you a Gordon-Levitt fan?

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 – 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.

Written and directed by Rian Johnson (Brick, The Brothers Bloom), the film stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano and Jeff Daniels.

Looper jumps onto our screens on October 11, 2012.