Not your average disaster film.

Rating: 10/10 (30 March 2001)

I remember seeing in 1985 the short film that 12 Monkeys is based on (La Jetee) and thinking the concept of a time traveling man who unwittingly witnesses his own death to be quite intriguing. Terry Gilliam does an excellent job of adapting the idea and building upon it in 12 Monkeys. In addition to giving us a riveting story, Gilliam also makes us look at our society from the perspective of a disastrous future, like reading about the Human race in a historical encyclopedia as if it was an extinct species. From beginning to end it's an excellent movie.