Let me just start by saying that this has long been one of my favorite movies of all time. I realized when a friend mentioned they had it at home to watch that I needed to see it again. Occasionally this leads to the "What did I ever see in that?" syndrome. Not so here. Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe and Brad Pitt work together within the script by David Peoples (of Blade Runner and Unforgiven fame) to provide a truly fascinating time travel film. Some time in the future, nearly 5 billion people on earth have been killed by some mysterious virus, with the survivors relegated to living underground. The future scientists are sending volunteers back in time to gather information about the source of that virus. The goal is not necessarily to prevent the release, avoiding all kinds of time travel problems with changing the future so that those who catalyze the change would not exist in the changed future. Instead, they just want to get information about the virus so that they can create a vaccine for their time. Willis is a volunteer, Stowe his present day psychiatrist (because clearly anyone thinking they are from the future needs one) and Pitt the present day leader of The Army of the Twelve Monkeys. Enough to pique your interest? I hope so because this one holds up well, has lots of great time travel nuances, and resolves without requiring the viewer to roll their eyes in pain.
5 stars (out of 5)
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