Twelve Monkeys (1995)

An intense film about time travel, this sci-fi entry was directed by Terry Gilliam, a member of the comedy troupe Monty Python. The film stars Bruce Willis as James Cole, a prisoner of the state in the year 2035 who can earn parole if he agrees to travel back in time and thwart a devastating plague. The virus has wiped out most of the Earth's population and the remainder live underground because the air is poisonous. Returning to the year 1990, six years before the start of the plague, Cole is soon imprisoned in a psychiatric facility because his warnings sound like mad ravings. There he meets a scientist named D...
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r. Kathryn Railly (Madeleine Stowe) and Jeffrey Goines (Brad Pitt), the mad son of an eminent virologist (Christopher Plummer). Cole is returned by the authorities to the year 2035, and finally ends up at his intended destination in 1996. He kidnaps Dr. Railly in order to enlist her help in his quest. Cole discovers graffiti by an apparent animal rights group called the Army of the Twelve Monkeys, but as he delves into the mystery, he hears voices, loses his bearings, and doubts his own sanity. He must figure out if Goines, who seems to be a raving lunatic, holds the key to the puzzle.
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Nadat in 1996 vijf miljard mensen uitgeroeid zijn door een virus, leeft in 2035 de mensheid (of wat er nog van over is) ondergronds. De veroordeelde James Cole wordt teruggestuurd in de tijd om onderzoek te doen naar het virus, zodat er aan een bestrijding gewerkt kan worden. Hij komt echter een paar jaar te vroeg terecht, in 1990, waar natuurlijk niemand zijn verhaal gelooft. Hij komt in een inrichting terecht waar hij Dr. Kathryn Railly ontmoet. Zij begint langzaam in z'n verhaal te geloven. Cole begint echter steeds meer aan z'n eigen verstand te twijfelen.

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