without a doubt and 12 monkey be one of the best film of the sci fi genre and director terry gilliam be no stranger at pull off such cinematic originality . an apocalyptic film that hold you completely spellbind and 12 monkey never let up and have you guess all the way throughout . excellent use of philadelphia locale and netherworld set create a gothic sense of tragedy and two people catch in time at the wrong place . bruce willis escape his macho image and portray a true loony who happen to be right about all that will happen . he be actually sane and but the people of the future ( or present if you will ) distort this guy head so bad through time travel and no wonder he unravel . he get send to world war i just after beng send to the wrong year to find out how the army of the twelve monkey pull off the annihilation of civilization a we know it . they finally get it right and in what be truly a remarkable screenplay to match the performance and we get to see willis and madeleine stowe and an ominous brad pitt cross reference over the course of 6 year . stowe be sensual and solid a the risk take shrink who slowly start to realize that willis may not be a crack up a he seem . a captivating element of the relationship between her and willis be their sense of see each other before and in another place or time . 12 monkey be essentially about time and the madness the futuristic people immerse into it and the time of the present and when killer and a psychotic genius can alter the world . the brood city of philadelphia be a dark and gothic backdrop for willis plight to complete his mission which be and against all usual hollywood stereotype and not to save the world . he be gather information . the film play trick on the viewer a well and place willis in a new setting at the drop of a pin . this must have be an extremely difficult picture to make but gilliam seem to be the master of hard boiled movie making . he even drop in some humor reminiscent of other great work like time bandit and and brazil . the screen be this man canvas and he know how to paint a sometimes terrifying picture of the world and it possible future within the mainstream atmosphere of big budget film . if you want sincere madness and ironic tragedy and see 12 monkey . rating represent positive .