Not everything at Comic-Con is born of a mega-budget, with ‘franchise material’ stamped all over it. A few noteworthy indies with breakout potential whip the masses into a frenzy, and this year it was Looper’s turn to occupy that spot.

A mind-twisting sci-fi thriller, of which you must have heard the premise by now: Joseph Gordon-Levitt is a hitman - or looper - who whacks targets sent back in time from the future. It affords him a luxurious lifestyle, until his next hit is revealed as his future self (played by Bruce Willis).

The explosive action we witnessed was more that a match for the supercool premise. Emily Blunt seemed to be spot on when she called it “rich in complexity” and “not derived from anything else you’ve ever seen”.

And JGL told us about the lengths he went to attempting to emulate Willis. As well as the prosthetic work slathered on his noggin, he listened to recordings of Willis reading some of his voiceover lines.

Total Film’ll be keeping a close eye on Looper, so for all related news and features, head to totalfilm.com/looper