12 Monkeys Themes
Madness
In 1982, Tears for Fears sang about our "Mad World." But is the world mad, or is songwriter Roland Orzabal's perspective of it just tinted with madness? We imagine that's the question 12 Monkeys pr...
Power
In "POWER," Kanye West warned that no one man should have all the power livin' in the 21st century. If he'd watched 12 Monkeys, he'd know that any one dude wasn't going to be the problem. The film...
Fate and Free Will
Philosophers love to argue. In fact, they've been enjoying some arguments for around 2,500 years now and are still no closer to reaching a consensus. Needless to say, the after-debate snacks have g...
Man and the Natural World
Humankind has a real love-hate relationship with the natural world in 12 Monkeys. On the one hand, nature is seen in almost villainous terms. Viruses and diseases have always been the movers and sh...