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The great Terry Gilliam's dystopic (of course!) vision of a future where we can't tell what's real or not seems disturbingly prescient.

The received wisdom is that science fiction is always, when you get right down to it, about the period in which it is written, but in the grim Spring of 2020... 12 Monkeys looks startlingly prescient, even if the dates are wide by a decade or two.

...12 Monkeys looks back fondly to a cleaner air world, before the virus wars began and societal norms collapsed, and can't help but strike a chord now...

The fact that we, the audience, begin to question whether or not Cole is a time traveler at all, whether the apocalyptic future he claims to be from is real within the scope of the film, speaks to the talented screenwriters, direction, and editing.

I didn't care largely because of the lack of authenticity that Willis brings to the character of James Cole.