'12 12 12' Review: Anthony Mackie, Jamie Dornan Play a Game of Cat-and-Mouse
With three timelines, the occasionally thrilling Apple TV drama introduces new tricks to the high-stakes heist genre.
How Hollywood loves a heist — the best of which task a crew of disparate and distinctly skilled individuals with defeating uncrackable security measures in the name of absconding with abundant booty. The Sting, with its pair of con men conspiring to fleece a formidable mark, remains hugely rewatchable due the intricacy of the caper at hand. Ditto the likes of The Usual Suspects, Ocean’s Eleven, and Inside Man.
With the advent of streaming and the looser rules it lives by, TV saw and seized the opportunity to take such grand thefts to the next level. Because if you can uncork a twist or two over the course of a film’s two-hour running time, imagine the opportunity presented by an eight-episode season. There’s also the freedom to really run the gamut with gimmicks — and Apple TV’s 12 12 12 knows it.
My full review of the Apple TV heist drama comes to you courtesy of The A.V. Club. Follow the link below to see if 12 12 12 (premiering Friday, Nov. 13) addds up to a good time.
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