16 Blocks
Boozy and world-weary, NYPD Detective Jack Mosley draws a routine assignment to transport trial witness Eddie Bunker to the courthouse 16 blocks away by 10 a.m. There are, however, chaotic forces at work that prevent them from making it in one piece.
21 October 1973, Tel Aviv, Israel
24 October 1966, Madrid, Spain
4 March 1962, Sollihull, England, UK
20 March 1980, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
19 March 1950, New York City, New York, USA
14 April 1973, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
20 June 1973, Dohna, German Democratic Republic
14 April 1953, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
3 December 1985, Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
August 30, 2009
B-movie done with shrewd aplomb
August 20, 2007
At its heart, this is actually an excellent film. But, as filmmakers seek to escalate the big action, believability suffers severely.
March 24, 2007
There's a fine line between old-fashioned and cliched.
March 03, 2011
Told in nearly real-time 16 Blocks stops and starts, putting in buffers for decent character moments between Jack and Eddie. It's necessary to understand why they do what they do, but it makes what they're doing occasionally dull.
March 06, 2006
I thought this film is one long corny cliché.
April 22, 2016
It's a satisfying piece of genre filmmaking and an underrated American crime story...
March 03, 2006
Hiding among all the uniforms and bullets, it turns out, is an actors' movie, and two actors more than capable of hitting their marks.
May 06, 2006
Clunky, solid, enjoyable.
July 06, 2010
16 Blocks is a good watch thanks to the performances of Bruce Willis and Mos Def.
March 09, 2006
Willis and Def -- funny even if he overdoes the whiny shrieking -- are a terrific team.
March 03, 2006
Another urban action thriller that's better than some, worse than most and so forgettable that it's possible to forget it while watching it.
May 12, 2006
A happier surprise is the smart work of director Richard Donner: 16 Blocks is all jumble and jangle-crowds, snarled traffic, and discordant car horns.
