Twelve Monkeys

aka: 12 Monkeys
USA 1996, 124 minutes
Dir. Terry Gilliam
Rating: [M]
Genres: Science Fiction / Futurism

Feat. Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, Madeleine Stowe

Aroview: Ingenious time-travel epic is a long overdue shot in the arm to the sci-fi genre. Terry Gilliam (BRAZIL) notches up another beautiful and vivid apocalyptic vision in fleshing out the elaborate possibilities of Chris Marker's 1961 short, LA JETEE. The result is a thinking person's TERMINATOR.

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4 stars (Very Good) Cole, a prisoner in a post-apocalyptic future recruited to do some dangerous time-travel work in the past for a group of very odd scientists. But is Cole is really on the mission he thinks he is, or just a wacky mental patient. Best 90's sci-fi ever. ~GenXGirl
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5 stars (Exceptional) Classic SF thriller; the themes and suspense are ingeniously developed from the time travel plot. Gilliam’s quirky style compliments the clever, slightly surreal, but tight script. Great performances perfect the tragic, compelling story. ~SteveParkes
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5 stars (Exceptional) A perfect mix of intelligent sci-fi, compelling characters, emotional impact and dark, quirky humour and style. ~Wizzums
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4 stars (Very Good) Whilst not as good as "Brazil" (1985) (my main negative was that Willis is not anywhere near the same class as the talented Jonathan Pryce) the writing & its execution is still visionary & as with the earlier film will not suffer from another viewing. ~Tubbs
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4 stars (Very Good) ~trauma_hound412