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Release Date: December 27, 1995 (LA/NY)
January 5, 1996
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action
Director: Terry Gilliam
Writer: Chris Marker, David Webb Peoples, Janet Peoples
Cast: Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt
Studio: Universal Pictures
Running Time: 129 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for violence and language

In 1997, 99 percent of the world's population will die from a mysterious virus. The remaining one percent will be forced underground and only several years later, in 2035, will man be able to determine what happened. With the power of time travel, the remaining humans have the ability to send men back in time and figure out, and stop, the virus. All they know is that a gang called the 12 Monkeys is responsible...

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The sci-fi genre... aliens, space travel, phenomenons... and time travel. That's what 12 Monkeys is about: time travel, although it's not as sci-fi related as it appears. Bruce Willis is a time traveler, which makes 12 Monkeys a sci-fi movie, but the entirety of it is not as complex as one would think. In fact, every scene that takes place in 2035 is just a souped-up shell that makes 12 Monkeys look a lot more technical than it is. Full movie review »

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