Wednesday, March 15, 2006

16 Blocks

All he wanted to do was go home and get a drink. But at 8:02 a.m., hungover NYPD detective Jack Mosley is assigned a seemingly simple task. Petty criminal Eddie Bunker is set to testify before a grand jury at 10:00 a.m. and needs to be taken from lock-up to the courthouse, 16 blocks away. What Jack doesn't realize is that there are many crooked cops who don't want Eddie to ever get there.

Well spring seems like a good month for regurgitated ideas apparently. Bruce Willis as a disgruntled cop, what a surprise! That being said, I enjoyed his performance in this film, though it's not a big stretch for him. What really surprised me was Mos Def's performance. While I'm not a big fan of "musicians" playing actor, Mos Def really did a good job as Eddie Bunker and had me really caring about what happened to him towards the end. I also really enjoyed the way that the director made you think something was about to happen bad to the main characters and then it is revealed that they fooled everyone.

Language and violence are what gives this its PG-13 rating. Though really the language more than the violence.

I was surprised at this movie as it really did almost feel like more of a drama than an action movie. The characters were very well developed and you really cared what happened to them toward the end. While breathing a bit of fresh air into a tired genre, 16 blocks is enjoyable.


3.8 out of 5

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