STAR RATINGS EXPLAINED

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Good

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FILM DETAILS

Certificate 15

Cast Bruce Willis Madeleine Stowe Brad Pitt Christopher Plummer

Directors Terry Gilliam

Screenwriters Chris Marker David Webb Peoples Janet Peoples

Running Time 124 minutes

EMPIRE ESSAY: Twelve Monkeys (15)

Plot
A convict, sent back in time to stop a devastating plague, is sent too far back and is hospitalized as insane.

Verdict
A curveball of a script, coupled with Willis', Stowe's and Pitt's excellence, not to mention Gilliam's trademark visual flair marks 12 Monkeys as one of the outstanding science fiction films of the 90s.


Reviewer: Kim Newman

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