One of the great mind-benders of all time

Rating: 9/10 (25 February 2003)

Terry Gilliam is a mad genius who in a wickedly clever way combines sci-fi, the ennui of an impending apocalypse, film noir, and star-crossed romance in this classic mind bender that needs to be watched over and over to be enjoyed. Will Bruce Willis save society and discover who unleashed the virus that killed millions and forced survivors to live underground in his erratic court appointed trips through time? Is Brad Pitt simply an insane rich kid with too much time and medication on his hands or the potential cause of the fall of civilization? Will Madeleine Stowe crack the case of the patient she has fallen in love with before she herself becomes insane? Will the people of Philadelphia ever get another movie that utilizes the city to such madcap and insane lengths? (Only in Philadelphia could this film exist). Will I forever have nightmares about the Philadelphia International Airport? Will the viewers be sucked into an elliptical vortex of darkly comic, hauntingly sad, and ultimately tragic ends to our beloved mind tripping characters? SEE THIS MOVIE!