i watched The Zero Theorem -
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2333804/
which is Terry Gilliam's last "trilogy" film, together with Brazil and 12 Monkeys.
I obviously watched this the day it came out and, just as obviously, hated it. Like 12M it has the style, but doesn't seem to go anywhere. And TZT is even worse at trying to establish a plotline.
Some guy with a terrible accent is a computer program stuff thingie dude. He computer program stuff thingies daily, over and over. He's trying to find teh ultimate computer thingie program stuff that will solve all the other thingie stuffs. It's left purposely vague what these thingies are.
The same exact character, abstract dream woman, from every film like this, all the way down to Dark City, shows up to titillate him and promise him happiness should he succeed at his task. While this is going on, several circus-sized weird people (midgets, comically-huge moustachees, stripey-beachwear strongmen, etc..) show up just to be seen. The entire film is a visual gag, just random assortments of colors and shapes.
What this film fails at where Brazil succeeds, is that Brazil tries to paint a world which is realistic, but cannot because it's a dystopia. I'm not sure what TZT tries to be, but it's nothing that i can relate to IRL.
I should disclose that i wasn't happy with 12M either; it tries to point towards a big revelation, a big final secret that never comes, and instead ends with a completely mundane explanation. Idk, maybe you guys will like it more than i did.
It stars the incredibly gorgeous Melanie Thierry as the "dream woman"
a terribly miscast Matt Damon as the evil company director, the german guy from Django as the lead, and a whole bunch of weirdos, including Tilda Swinton in the same character as she was in Snowpiercer.
wouldn't recommend. 6/10