12 MONKEYS

(Terry Gilliam; 1996)

IS THIS THE PRESENT?

IS THIS THE PAST?

An unknown and lethal virus has wiped out five billion people in 1996. Only 1% of the population has survived by the year 2035, and is forced to live underground. A convict reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to 1996 to gather information about the origin of the epidemic, which is thought to have been spread by a mysterious "Army of the Twelve Monkeys.”