Footsteps echoing underground and the labored breathing behind gas masks. The only thing left of that bleak future, where the earth has been stripped of its people, is the journey through the labyrinths of the past. In this sci-fi thriller directed by Terry Gilliam, we witness the mental breakdown of a prisoner lost amid the twisted lines of time. On this nonlinear journey stretching from the cold corridors of a mental hospital to the streets of Philadelphia, the will to track down a deadly virus is tested by paranoia. The 1990s, where memories and nightmares blur into one another, become silent witnesses to the approaching apocalypse.