I had seen parts of 12 Monkeys (1995) before, but never really sat and watched the whole thing. Starring Bruce Willis, Madeline Stowe and Brad Pitt as a certifiable crazy loon, the movie is Sci-Fi strangeness, with an ecological/technological bent.
Willis is James Cole, from the future, time travelling back to 1990's to try and gather information that will enable scientists to stop the virus that made the earth's surface uninhabitable.
Of course, when he comes back he is treated like a crazy man, and put into a mental hospital where he meets Pitt, the son of a virologist. He also meets Stowe, Dr. Rally, a psychiatrist who first thinks Willis is delusional, but starts believing him after he seems to know too many things that have are in her future, but his past.
The movie is fairly intense, with strange visions of the dystopian future, and grim looks at today's mental hospitals. Willis does a good job here, and I always think Stowe is great. But Pitt, with his crazy man persona, is remarkable.
I am a fan of dystopian fiction and movies, and 12 Monkeys does not disappoint. Pointing to our actions today, and looking at repercussions for those actions, the movie melds that with a thriller like script, excellent visuals, and very good acting.
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