History Film / Twelve2007

The jurors convene not in a cramped jury room as in the original, but in the gym of the next-door high school, because the courthouse is being renovated. As with the 1957 movie, the most insistent Guilty vote is #3, though this Juror #3 is an obnoxiously racist cab driver and old-school Russian who hates Chechen Muslims and Jews. Other jurors include a businessman who was educated in America, an elderly Jew, a surgeon, an actor, a gravedigger, a TV producer--a broad cross-section of (male) Russia. #3's offensive personality starts to sway more jurors to the Not Guilty side, as does the calm logic of #1, who casts more and more doubt on what seemed an open and shut case.

* CuffsOffRubWrists: As is mandatory movie law, the young man rubs his wrists after he's returned to his cell and his cuffs are removed.

* EaglelandOsmosis: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judiciary_of_Russia#Criminal_procedure Actually]], juries are not required to reach unanimous verdicts in the Russian legal system.
** Sort of. If less than 3 hours have passed in deliberations, the verdict must be unanimous. After three hours though, they just need a majority.

* BuxomIsBetter:

* TitleByNumber: Not ''13'', that would be silly.

The jurors convene not in a cramped jury room as in the original, but in the gym of the next-door high school, because the courthouse is being renovated. As with the 1957 movie, the most insistent Guilty vote is an obnoxiously racist juror, here #3. Juror #3 is a cab driver and old-school Russian who hates Chechen Muslims and Jews. Other jurors include a businessman who was educated in America, an elderly Jew, a surgeon, an actor, a gravedigger, a TV producer--a broad cross-section of (male) Russia. #3's offensive personality starts to sway more jurors to the Not Guilty side, as does the calm logic of #1, who casts more and more doubt on what seemed an open and shut case.

* Sort of. If less than 3 hours have passed in deliberations, the verdict must be unanimous. After three hours though, they just need a majority.

Besides directing the film, Mikhailov also stars as juror #2, the foreman.

It is a remake of the American all-time classic ''Film/TwelveAngryMen''. Twelve angry Russian men are the jury in the trial of Chechen youth who is facing life imprisonment for the murder of his Russian adoptive father, who took the boy home from the Chechnya war. As with the 1957 movie, the jury seems to be poised for a quick Guilty verdict, but one holdout--in this film juror #1--surprises the rest by voting Not Guilty. As with the 1957 movie, #1, after first simply insisting that they should take more time to deliberate, starts to poke holes in the prosecution case.

The jurors convene not in a cramped jury room as in the original, but in the gym of the next-door high school, because the courthouse is being renovated. As with the 1957 movie, the most insistent Guilty vote is an obnoxiously racist juror, here #3. Juror #3 is a cab driver and old-school Russian who hates Chechen Muslims and Jews. Other jurors include a businessman who was educated in America, an elderly Jew, a surgeon, an actor--a broad cross-section of (male) Russia. #3's offensive personality starts to sway more jurors to the Not Guilty side, as does the calm logic of #1, who casts more and more doubt on what seemed an open and shut case.

* {{Flashback}}: Part of the Adaptation Expansion that makes this movie a full hour longer than the first one, as the young man's backstory is filled in through a series of flashbacks.

* LetMeTellYouAStory: A lot. Starts with #1 telling a long story about how his wife was nice to him when he was an alcoholic wreck, so he wants to slow things down and vote guilty. Then another juror tells a long story about how his uncle was let off the hook for having a breakdown and taking people hostage, so he's voting not guilty. Pretty much every juror gets in Let Me Tell You A Story mode at some point.

* SettingUpdate: From America in the 1950s to 2007 Russia.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judiciary_of_Russia#Criminal_procedure Actually]], juries are not required to reach unanimous verdicts in the Russian legal system.

* StockLegalPhrases: One juror mentions "beyond a reasonable doubt", admits that it's an ''American'' Stock Legal Phrase, but still uses it to justify his not guilty vote.

* RogueJuror: Just as in the original, the skeptical juror conducts his own investigation, including undercutting the prosecution's case by producing a knife that's identical to the murder weapon.

* BuxomIsBetter: The jurors are impressed when they find a very capacious bra in one of the gym restrooms.

* TheBladeAlwaysLandsPointyEndIn: It certainly does when one of the jurors flings the syringe at the dartboard.

* OrbitalShot: As noted above, the first jury vote, the 11-1 vote for conviction, is shown using a camera take that does a full circle completely around the jury table.

''12'' is a 2007 film from UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}, directed by Nikita Mikhalkov (''Burnt by the Sun'').

* StockLegalPhrase: One juror mentions "beyond a reasonable doubt", admits that it's an ''American'' Stock Legal Phrase, but still uses it to justify his not guilty vote.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: You'd think that changing the title from ''12 Angry Men'' to ''12'' would have freed the filmmakers to put some women on the jury, dammit. Nope. The only female part in the film is that of the boy's mother, seen in the opening dream sequence and a couple of flashbacks.

* CuffsOffRubsWrists: As is mandatory movie law, the young man rubs his wrists after he's returned to his cell and his cuffs are removed.

As with the 1957 movie, the most insistent Guilty vote is an obnoxiously racist juror, here #3. Juror #3 is a cab driver and old-school Russian who hates Chechen Muslims and Jews. Other jurors include a businessman who was educated in America, an elderly Jew, a surgeon, an actor--a broad cross-section of (male) Russia. #3's offensive personality starts to sway more jurors to the Not Guilty side, as does the calm logic of #1, who casts more and more doubt on what seemed an open and shut case.