I'm a long time iMDB user, letting myself be influenced by the user reviews here, but never actually signing in and writing one myself. After randomly encountering 12 Monkeys while searching through Hulu's listings, I remembered the film of the same name and was intrigued. I was initially put off by the 7.7 star rating, but upon reading the user reviews (which is what I normally do when I'm deciding if I want to watch something or not) I saw that it was mostly positive and acclaimed in contrast with the rating. I decided to give it a try, and boy am I glad I did. The story and writing is fantastic, filled with twists, action and creativity. It hits all the usual and necessary marks that comprises a gem, a great production value, acting and cinematography in addition to awesome action and the fantastic writing/story already mentioned. If it wasn't for pure luck I would've never heard of this show. Be it because Syfy as a network lacks the audience other more known networks have, it being on Hulu instead of Netflix, or whatever the reason, this show is criminally underrated. Because it is so unknown and frankly, in my opinion, rated wrongly on this website, I am compelled to write my first review ever on iMDB to help tilt the scales in favor of such a quality program. If only one person is intrigued and gives this show a chance after reading this, my job here is done, if not, the only failure is not trying (wink wink). I'm sure this series will have a cult following a few years from now regardless though.
Review of 12 Monkeys
