12 12 12 Review

Apple TV’s *12 12 12* follows a retired thief drawn into one last heist and the FBI agent pursuing him, using a three-part timeline built around 12 months of planning, 12 hours of action and 12 days before the trail goes cold. The review of its first two episodes says that structure repeatedly interrupts the action, weakening the suspense the series is meant to create.

Jamie Dornan plays thief Paul Galvin, whose target is a Swiss bank holding the equivalent of one billion US dollars, while Anthony Mackie plays agent Jack Strickland. The review criticises the familiar plot and dialogue, and says the actors’ performances cannot overcome the material; it also notes that the characters repeatedly allude to a past botched job in Newark without explaining it.