Anthony Mackie is back on the small screen, and this time he is the one doing the chasing. 12 12 12, the eight-episode heist drama he stars in and executive produces with Jamie Dornan, premiered on Apple TV on Friday, November 13. The first two episodes are streaming now.
Mackie plays a disgraced FBI agent. Dornan plays an American career criminal. The two spend the season in a cat-and-mouse game across Europe that ends up at a bank vault deep under the streets of Zurich.
What the Numbers Mean
The title is the structure. Every episode moves between three clocks: the 12 months spent planning the heist, the 12 hours it takes to pull it off and the 12 days after.
That last number matters most to Mackie's character. In the show's teaser he lays out the math. If a thief is not caught within 12 days, he is not getting caught.
Dudi Appleton and Jim Keeble created the series. Kari Skogland, who directed Mackie in Marvel's The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, directed multiple episodes and is an executive producer. Paramount Television Studios and Anonymous Content produced it.
Kali Reis and the Rest of the Crew
Kali Reis, the former world champion boxer who broke out in True Detective: Night Country, is part of the ensemble. So are Jack Kesy, Agathe Rousselle, Sallie Harmsen and Jose Garcia.
For Mackie and Dornan, it is a reunion. They last worked together on Synchronic, the 2019 sci-fi thriller. Both are executive producers here too.
It is also a change of pace for Mackie, an Emmy nominee whose recent TV work includes Twisted Metal and who still carries the shield as Captain America. No wings here. Just a man with a badge he barely kept and a grudge.
Early reviews are not all kind. Variety's critic compared the show to a bad video game. Heist fans tend to make up their own minds.
When New Episodes Drop
After the two-episode premiere, one new episode arrives every Friday. The finale is set for December 25, so the vault opens on Christmas Day.
