Could this really happen?

Rating: 8/10 (21 September 2005)

Usually, we expect Bruce Willis to only act in the stupidest kinds of movies, but he does a different kind of role here in "Twelve Monkeys". Sometime in the future, a virus has wiped out much of the human population. There are some convicts locked up in a facility, including James Cole (Bruce Willis). Cole is hired to go back in time to find the cause of the virus. But several unexpected things happen in the course of his adventure back in time. Things which may or may not bring him closer to the truth than he realizes.
Terry Gilliam, always one for the bizarre, created something really interesting here. More than simply a "disease story", "Twelve Monkeys" looks at the virus from the future, giving one a tingly feeling. Good support from Madeleine Stowe as Kathryn Railly, trying to help Cole find out what caused the virus, and Brad Pitt as Jeffrey Goines, who may or may not be associated with the virus. Not like any movie that you've ever seen.