i just buy the dvd and i must say and ( after see brazil and fear an loathing in las vega ) terry do it again . a well of be a fan of the monty python movie and terry gilliam genius follow through in this sci fi thriller and whom bruce willis play a wonderful role a james cole and and as well ( perhaps my favorite character ) brad pitt who play the insanity of jefferey goines . a must have for sci fi fan and or movie fan of any type really and because it include suspense and drama and action and etc . any way the plot and in the future and 1 % of the world population survive a disease intend to wipe out the human race and which be unleash in the past by the army of twelve monkey . james cole ( bruce willis ) be send back to 1996 ( which be when the virus be unleash ) to find out about the disease and so scientist in his time can find a cure . before i go far and james cole life in an underground society and and the animal rule the world on the surface due to the disease that will kill the human . anyway when he be send back in time he be actually send back to 1990 where he be send to a mental institution because of his telling to people of the virus . during his stay he meet jefferey goins ( brad pitt ) who be later mostly responsible for wipe out the human race . he also meet his psychiatrist ( ( madelein stowe ) who eventually team up with bruce to save the world ( a she see that he be correct in his telling ) and he be send back and forth from his time to the past and eventually send to 1996 where he then question his own sanity but later pull through to reveal a suspenseful end quarter of the movie and later build up to the somewhat shocking climax and where he try to stop the man carry the virus ( not actually brad pitt ) and be instead shoot by the police a the killer get away .