12 In A Box review

A cynical cash-in on Miranda Hart’s current comic success

Why you can trust GamesRadar+ Our experts review games, movies and tech over countless hours, so you can choose the best for you. Find out more about our reviews policy.

Writer/director John McKenzie's tale of 12 awful people who must stay in a mansion for 96 hours in the hope of winning £1 million is, essentially, a cynical cash-in on Miranda Hart’s current comic success.

The clues are obvious: it was made in 2007, it features a big ol’ picture of Hart on the poster and, of course, she’s hardly in it.

Stephen is a freelance culture journalist specialising in TV and film. He writes regularly for the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, the i, Radio Times, and WIRED.