The screenplay is hectic and rambling, above all, in the beginning when it is difficult to follow different names and references to names and places changing fast (probably okay for those knowing New York / Manhattan well). Contrast between flashbacks, the main character's reflections, and the real street life is also too big. The best in this movie are Chase Crawford as White Mike, Rory Culkin as Chris Kenton and Kiefer Sutherland's voice (as narrator). The rest are rather ordinary, schematic... Well, the book the screenplay is based on was written by a 17-years-old guy, but the movie could have been more fluent.
Twelve can be a warning movie against drugs and addictions, but it is not a masterpiece - especially if considering the name of the director, Joel Schumacher.
Twelve can be a warning movie against drugs and addictions, but it is not a masterpiece - especially if considering the name of the director, Joel Schumacher.