12 Suicidal Teens

Twelve teens go into an abandoned hospital to fulfill a suicide pact but on arrival, they find the body of a boy and set out to find out his circumstances.

Great representation of dark, moody teens. Each with their own stories and reasons for being where they are, they are unique and keep you interested.

I liked it. It was a bit slow starting out but it is well acted and written. Not a bad watch.

12 suicidal teens is not a light movie, but it has a nice ending. At least, a nice enough ending.

What I liked was the individual stories and how different each character was. The mystery thing was intriguing as well. However, the movie felt like there was no theme behind it and no point watching it. Plus, the main story got confusing.

The performances, however, were really good from all actors and actresses. Though one should expect that much from a cast packed with some of the best young stars of Japan.

So, overall, six out of ten.

Despite the negative reviews and some understandable critisism this movie truly is worth watching.

(Plot without any spoilers):

It tells a story of 12 teens meeting up in an abandoned hospital, all with the same plan of ending their lives. Before they are able to do so they are faced with a problem. Instead of there being 12 of them, theres 13, and one of the teens is already dead. Deciding they should figure out how this happened before going on with their plan, the mystery begins.

The mystery itself is interesting and is also the main plot of the movie. Its fun to play detective and try to figure out and discover what happened.

The acting and characters were great. Each individual character was unique and had their own reason of wanting to end their life, which was extremely interesting to learn about. Theres also quite a few great actresses: (Hana Sugisaki: Bleach, Blade of the Immortal...) and actors: (Mackenyu: recent One Piece live action..)

Most of the negative reviews talk about the movie not making much sense, which if you go full Gordon Ramsay mode might be true to some extent. For some people this might be a reason to not watch this movie, but for those able to ignore small details it definitely is worth watching despite the heavy subject!

A group of teenagers meets up in an abandoned hospital, when they encounter a mystery. A few of them wants to investigate the mystery, while others want to proceed with their original plan.

As the title suggests, it is inspired by the American movie 12 Angry Men. There are similarities, like the large amount of dialogue, but the plot is completely different. The Japanese movie is also different in that the characters use more than one room, and may move around inside and outside the hospital, creating more visual variation.

While the characters are fundamentally built upon clichés, there is an effort to make them come alive. Many of them are interesting in themselves, but the unique point is their multi-way interactions. How each one plays out differently against various other participants, and interjects into the heated group discussions.

It is hard to point out any one as the protagonist, because many of them makes active contributions, and are written like they are the hero, at least in their own mind. This makes it one of the most democratic movies. It can't be said that exactly everyone is a protagonist of course, because there would not be room to give everyone the exact same level of activity, and it would not feel realistic either.

The acting is generally good, with a few actors standing out. The most powerful character might be Anri, played by the very experienced actress Sugisaki Hana (e.g. Played Rukia in the Bleach live action movie). Some of the others were relative beginners at the time.

The suicide plot line is worthy of a movie in itself, and the junction with the orthogonal mystery plot line creates a field of complexity. The mystery even follows all the ten commandments of Ronald Knox. Enough clues are presented so that it in theory would be possible to guess the solution, or parts of it. With so much going on, this is difficult in practice, and I almost wish that it would have been just a little bit less complicated, to give us more of a chance. Still, it is one of the most reasonable and logically solvable mysteries.

To anyone looking for a challenge, I dare you to solve it. It would be allowed to rewatch the movie any number of times up to some point to look for clues. In that case, you should at the very most watch until the time when they close the door to the meeting room, before making your judgement and watching the end.

The story is a bit dark and heavy, so it is best to watch when in the right mood, and when not too tired to concentrate on the details.

The name gives away the premise, it's about 12 suicidal kids who gather at an abadoned hospital to commit suicide together but there is already a body of a boy nobody regonises. The movie becomes a mystery when they try to figure out who the boy is and how or who got him in while not trying to get caught at the hospital. I love that the characters weren't stereotypes and were unique and the important message at the end was a nice touch but other than that it was nothing special. A bit bland, just above average movie.