12 Monkeys
Dir.: Terry Gilliam | Scr.: David Peoples, Janet Peoples | Cast: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt.
Convict James Cole “volunteers” to travel back to 1996 in search of information about the Army of the Twelve Monkeys, the organization believed to have been responsible for the deadly virus that nearly wiped out the human population. Time travel, however, proves to be an indefinite science, driving both the action and the main character to the edge of madness.
The performances are outstanding: Stowe is impressively terrified and skeptical, Pitt delivers an exemplary schizophrenic portrayal, and Willis shines as a moving anti-hero in perhaps the most defining role of his remarkable career. Finally, few directors have ever achieved such an ambitious artistic vision as Terry Gilliam, whose violent, dystopian masterpiece is not only a feast of imagery and aesthetics but also an apt, ahead of its time, political commentary.
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