By Bob Bloom The following titles are being released on Tuesday, Oct. 30, unless otherwise noted: Twelve Monkeys (Blu-ray) Details: 1995, Arrow Video Rated: R, violence, language The lowdown: Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt and Madeleine Stowe star in this strange, sometimes confusing, science fiction-time travel thriller directed by Terry Gilliam. Willis plays James Cole, a prisoner of the state in 2035, who can earn a parole if he travels back in time to thwart a devastating plague that wiped out much of mankind and forced the rest to move underground. Sent to 1990, Cole is imprisoned in a mental facility because of his warnings. There, he meets scientist Kathryn Railly (Stowe) and Jeffrey Goins (Pitt), the son of a famous virologist (Christopher Plummer). Cole is returned to 2035 and eventually ends up in 1996, where he reconnects with Railly and enlists her aid. Along the way, he discovers an animal rights activist group called the Army of the Twelve Monkeys, and, despite many obstacles, Cole must figure out how the group and Goins fit into this puzzle and stop whoever is behind the future pandemic. Despite its rather confounding and convoluted storytelling, the movie received an 89 percent fresh rating at Rottentomatoes.com.
New to View: Oct. 30
New to View: Oct. 30
New to View: Oct. 30
By Bob Bloom The following titles are being released on Tuesday, Oct. 30, unless otherwise noted: Twelve Monkeys (Blu-ray) Details: 1995, Arrow Video Rated: R, violence, language The lowdown: Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt and Madeleine Stowe star in this strange, sometimes confusing, science fiction-time travel thriller directed by Terry Gilliam. Willis plays James Cole, a prisoner of the state in 2035, who can earn a parole if he travels back in time to thwart a devastating plague that wiped out much of mankind and forced the rest to move underground. Sent to 1990, Cole is imprisoned in a mental facility because of his warnings. There, he meets scientist Kathryn Railly (Stowe) and Jeffrey Goins (Pitt), the son of a famous virologist (Christopher Plummer). Cole is returned to 2035 and eventually ends up in 1996, where he reconnects with Railly and enlists her aid. Along the way, he discovers an animal rights activist group called the Army of the Twelve Monkeys, and, despite many obstacles, Cole must figure out how the group and Goins fit into this puzzle and stop whoever is behind the future pandemic. Despite its rather confounding and convoluted storytelling, the movie received an 89 percent fresh rating at Rottentomatoes.com.