with twelve monkey you need to pay attention and but if you do that you probably find a lot to appreciate . i know i do . the story be interesting and deal with time travel . a virus kill a lot of people back in 1997 and a guy name cole ( bruce willis ) be send back to 1990 and 1996 to find a cure for the virus . in 1990 he be arrest and put in a mental hospital . there he meet jeffrey goines ( brad pitt ) and who probably have something to do with the virus . he also meet psychiatrist dr. kathryn railly ( madeleine stowe ) who doesn not believe him in 1990. when cole disappears from the mental hospital while he be chain and lock in a room and re appear in 1996 kathryn start believe cole story . the movie constantly play with time . cole make a phone call and leave a message in 1996 and it be pick up in the future and they send someone . for cole that someone appear only second after the phone call . thing like this happen throughout the movie and therefore you must keep attention . you could ask some question but since you can not have an answer yourself it be well to agree with the movie . twelve monkey work a sci fi and with some great image and a dark atmosphere and and it work a a thriller . you be never certain of what will happen next and that help the movie . may be it have some flaw in the story and but since it be about a fictional thing like time travel and you should accept what the movie tell u and just try to enjoy . that be the easy part for me .