Twelve Monkeys [Region 2]

Twelve Monkeys [Region 2]
by Terry Gilliam

Twelve Monkeys [Region 2]
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Actor: Bruce Willis, Jon Seda, Joseph Melito, Michael Chance, Vernon Campbell
Director: Terry Gilliam
DVD: Region Code 2
Audio: German (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: PAL
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)

Movie Reviews of Twelve Monkeys [Region 2]

Movie Review: Amazing movie, nearly perfect.
Summary: 5 Stars

I'll try not to explain the contents of the movie, which will be difficult because this one is hard to review without actually defining what happens within.

Suffice it to say, though, that this is one of the best movies I've ever seen. It seems to not get much more than a cult following at this moment, but as time passes there's no doubt in my mind that this will become a classic science fiction psychological thriller of the first order. Bruce Willis is unbelievable in this movie. Brad Pitt is very good, too. The acting is superb.

But, what I cannot stress enough is the absolute necessity of understanding what this film is really intended to do: *spoiler below*

*It's intended to express as best as possible what paranoid delusions are actually really like for mental illness patients. Trust me on that.

Ok, spoiler over, and that's not really much of one as it is. But, if you want to get into a little schizophrenia for yourself this is your movie. It's not for all audiences, though. Those who have genuine mental illness probably should not watch the movie at all. Maybe. On the other hand, maybe it could help them to understand better their own confusions.

Whatever.

The bottom line is that this is a fantastically well developed thriller with science fiction elements. It's totally psychological, and completely and utterly confusing in every way. In the end you are left wondering what you've just witnessed and what has just happened. You really don't know, but you think you do, but you don't. Seriously, the gripping conclusion continues the parallel theme of mental illness along side fantastic sci-fi trek through time.

It's perfectly done. I cannot recommend too many better movies for you. There just are very few that are as good as this one.

Summary of Twelve Monkeys [Region 2]

Inspired by Chris Marker's acclaimed short film La Jet?e (which is included on the DVD Short?2: Dreams), 12 Monkeys combines intricate, intelligent storytelling with the uniquely imaginative vision of director Terry Gilliam. The story opens in the wintry wasteland of the year 2035, where a virulent plague has forced humans to live in a squalid, oppressively regimented underground. Bruce Willis plays a societal outcast who is given the opportunity to erase his criminal record by "volunteering" to time-travel into the past to obtain a pure sample of the deadly virus that will help future scientists to develop a cure. But in bouncing from 1918 to the early and mid-1990s, he undergoes an ordeal that forces him to question his own perceptions of reality. Caught between the dangers of the past and the devastation of the future, he encounters a psychiatrist (Madeleine Stowe) who is initially convinced he's insane, and a wacky mental patient (Brad Pitt in a twitchy Oscar-nominated role) with links to a radical group that may have unleashed the deadly virus. Equal parts mystery, tragedy, psychological thriller, and apocalyptic drama, 12 Monkeys ranks as one of the best science fiction films of the '90s, boosted by Gilliam's visual ingenuity and one of the finest performances of Willis's career. --Jeff Shannon

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