the Army of the 12 Monkeys. It makes for a clever, if dour, couple of hours. With Brad Pitt and Madeleine Stowe.

The trail of a mysterious organisation called the “Army of the 12 Monkeys” leads Cole to a mental institution in 2015, where a patient holds the key to the dangerous plague.

They recruit an old friend, and manage to reveal the origins of the Army of the 12 Monkeys. A moral dilemma emerges.