Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to the Army of the 12 Monkeys; thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.
- biological weapon
- philadelphia
- pennsylvania
- schizophrenia
- stockholm syndrome
- airplane
- world war i
- underground
- insanity
- asylum
- paranoia
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Bruce Willis
James Cole
Madeleine Stowe
Dr. Kathryn Railly
Brad Pitt
Jeffrey Goines
Christopher Plummer
Dr. Goines
- David Morse — Dr. Peters
- Jon Seda — Jose
- Christopher Meloni — Lt. Halperin
- Joey Perillo — Detective Franki
- LisaGay Hamilton — Teddy
- Matt Ross — Bee
- Annie Golden — Woman Cabbie
- Michael Chance — Scarface
- H. Michael Walls — Botanist
- Bob Adrian — Geologist
- Bill Raymond — Microbiologist
- Directed
- Terry Gilliam
- Written
- David Webb Peoples, Janet Peoples
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 9,292 ratings
- Studio
- Universal Pictures, Atlas Entertainment, Classico, Twelve Monkeys Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
