Professional due diligence dictates that this writer must begin to provide a plot synopsis sooner rather than later but, readers, that is frankly beside the point here.
Suffice to say that this nonsensical story involves 12 master thieves – played by, and named after, the Mirror members – who are given a rare group mission: to steal a world-threatening mosquito zapper at a science award ceremony held in a Hong Kong hotel, which is guarded by the evil security manager Johnny (Yeung Wai-lun).
The group’s secretive boss begins by declaring that these young men are sorely lacking team spirit – a quip on Mirror’s real-life activities – and this statement immediately raises another question in the viewers’ minds: why should these 12 be anywhere near a world-saving mission in the first place?
As another illustration of the scattershot nature of this mess, every protagonist has been supplied with a special ability, like “lock-picking”, “lip-reading” or “hypnosis”, although quite a few read like unintended jokes: “agility” and “strategic planning” being two, while the guy with “sixth sense” is lauded for being lucky.
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Witless, lifeless, amateurish, nonsensical and boring, this film starring all 12 members of Cantopop boy band Mirror is meant only for their most devoted fans
In a production meant to capitalise on the boy band’s immense popularity, the eccentric Yeung Wai-lun provides much of the little fun there is to be had
1/5 stars
All 12 members of Hong Kong’s reigning Cantopop boy band Mirror star in a movie together for the very first time in We 12, an unabashedly hollow piece of fan service masquerading as a mainstream commercial feature made for general consumption.
In the past few years, the city’s faltering film business has occasionally been enlivened by the acting of several Mirror members, including Anson Lo Hon-ting (It Remains), Keung To (Mama’s Affair), Edan Lui Cheuk-on (Hong Kong Family), Anson Kong Ip-sang (Back Home) and Lokman Yeung (Mad Fate).
Sadly, their individual charisma is swept aside for this publicity exercise for the collective, which adopts an ill-advised, equal-opportunity approach to idol making: each member gets roughly the same screen time and all 12 of them enjoy top billing – their names are even listed in alphabetical order in the credits in case anyone’s feelings might be hurt.