twelve monkey be odd and disturbing and yet be so clever and intelligent at the same time . it cleverly jump between future and the past and and the story it tell be about a man name james cole and a convict and who be send back to the past to gather information about a man make virus that wipe out 5 billion of the human population on the planet back in 1996. at first cole be send back to the year 1990 by accident and by misfortune he be take to a mental institution where he try to explain his purpose and where he meet a psychiatrist dr. kathryn railly who try to help him and a patient name jeffrey goines and the insane son of a famous scientist . be provocative and somehow so sensible and deal with and between reason and madness and the movie be a definite masterpiece in the history of science fiction film . the story be just fantastic . it so original and so entertaining . the screenplay itself write by david and janet people be inspire by a movie name la jetée ( 1962 ) which i haven not see and but i must thank the director and writer of the movie and chris marker and for give such an inspiration for the writer of twelve monkey . i read a little about la jetée and it not the same story but it have the same idea and so this be not just a copy of it . david and janet people have transform this great deal of inspiration to a modernized story and which tell about this urgent need for people to find a solution for maintain human existence and it do it in a so beautiful and a realistic way that it a guarantee thrill ride from the beginning till the end . the music use in the film be odd and somehow so funny and amuse it doesn not really fit until you really get it and when you do you realise that it so compelling and compose by paul buckmaster . terry gilliam and who we remember from monty python and a the director of the movie be a real surprise for me and a i really never think him a a director type of a person . i know he have direct movie before and but i really couldn not believe that he could make something this magnificent . it shouldn not be a surprise though and a he do an amazing job . you can still sense that same weirdness a in the python and but for me the directing be pretty much flawless though in it odd way of describe thing it also make some scene strangely disturb . yes and it be indeed odd and weird and bizarre and disturbing and so it also make the movie a bit heavy too and so the weak minded viewer will probably find it hard to watch the movie all the way through . it not as heavy a you could imagine and but it just have these certain thing which in their own purpose be sometimes pretty severe to watch . despite that and the movie hold this pure intelligence inside it and through flashback and dream and jump between the past and the future it mix up the whole story in a very clever way and it doesn not even make the plot messy in any part and though it do need concentration from the viewer after all . what come to act and well the movie doesn not even go wrong there . the role of james cole be play by the mighty bruce willis and who probably do his best role performance yet to date . now people may disagree with me and a he do some fine job in for example the sixth sense a well and but for me the role of james cole be so ideal for willis and he perform it incredibly well . the character be very well write too and yet perform even well . cole start to question his own existence and he deal with himself and start to question his actual time of living and try to survive and find the crucial miss piece of the puzzle . by hardship he start to loose his faith and question if he can even trust or believe himself . other role performance worth mention be the performance of madeleine stow and brad pitt . stow play the role of kathryn railly and the psychiatrist of james cole and who see something strangely familiar in cole and decide to help him to deal with his madness . she somehow start to believe cole story but a a believer of science she try to find solution through it and try to deal with reason when it come to unbelievable thing . brad pitt be so good in the role of jeffrey goines and he also do one of his best role performance yet to date . the insane yet hilarious personality of the character bring pitt even an oscar nomination for it and so i guess i be not praise the honestly fabulous performance for nothing . all in all and twelve monkey be a great science fiction experience and it will surely be a recommendation for everyone and especially for the sci fi fan . it include brilliant character and superb role performance and especially from willis and pitt and and an original and an entertaining story which form a plot that so intelligent and clever . yet be that already mention weird and disturb it definitely capture the viewer attention by make it interesting and witty . it also an explosive thriller and it have romance in it too and so it all that in same package and that make it one of the best sci fi motion picture i have ever see . through the odd yet terrific vision of terry gilliam it manage to keep itself in balance despite the somewhat bumpy yet somehow stable ride . hard to explain really and but that how it be and it mind blowing .