Good plot destroyed by mediocre actors

Rating: 7/10 (14 September 2001)

If you like Terry Gilliam films, you'll like this one too. Although I enjoyed most of it I must admit I find it hard to believe, that it has it's place on the top 250 of all time. Actually I found big parts of the movie destroyed by really bad acting from Bruce Willis and ESPECIALLY Madeleine Stowe who always seem to play these kind of confused, hysteric characters you end up hating after 5 minutes. Brad Pitt is terrific though, maybe the best role of his career, and he prevents it all from going down the drains. The story is really good and there's a lot of very interesting scenes portraying the mind of James Cole on the edge of madness. All in all a good flick, but it has it's flaws, most notably the acting. 6/10.