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Action starring Bruce Willis. Aging cop Jack Mosley (Willis) has seen better days, and all that the force expects out of him these days is to stay out of trouble while he's on the clock. Eddie Bunker (Mos Def) is set to testify before a grand jury at 10am, and it's up to Mosley to make sure that Bunker makes it to the courthouse in one piece, a job that Mosley estimates will take a maximum of 15 minutes. However, a black van has been trailing the pair and after stopping off at a nearby liquor store to pick up some breakfast, Mosley emerges from the store just in time to save Eddie from the lethal bullet of a determined assassin. When backup arrives in the form of Detective Frank Nugent (David Morse), Mosley quickly realises that the detective on Nugent's team is the same cop that Bunker is set to testify against. Now faced with the tough task of dodging bullets and eluding a massive onslaught of corrupt cops, Mosley must keep Bunker alive long enough to get him before the judge and ensure that justice is served.
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Bruce Willis, Mos Def, David MorseDirector: Richard Donner
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21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
By J. D. Naylor
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Format:DVD
In my opinion a pretty decent thriller with Willis giving one of his better performances of recent years.The story takes place in New York with Willis transporting a prisoner the "16 Blocks" to get him to his court hearing.Given the relatively restricted location the film makers have done a decent job of constructing a plot that isn't insulting and obvious and have coaxed good performances out of a weary looking Willis and a cool mean looking David Morse as Willis's adversary.The plot development and it's little twists and turns come fairly evenly paced to keep you interested with a couple of those "there's no way he can get out of this one scenarios" to ratchet up the suspense factor.All in all a pretty decent thriller that deserved more of a fanfare on it's release and should hve earned Willis a little credit for his acting skills for once.
Enjoyable stuff.
Enjoyable stuff.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Joao Dias
Format:Blu-ray
Spec for this BLU RAY EDITION.
- AUDIO: English/German 5.1 Dolby Digital + English 2.0 Audio Descriptive Service
- SUBTITLES: English/German
The specs above are as listed on the back cover of the BLU RAY.
Hope this helps
Cheers/João Dias
- AUDIO: English/German 5.1 Dolby Digital + English 2.0 Audio Descriptive Service
- SUBTITLES: English/German
The specs above are as listed on the back cover of the BLU RAY.
Hope this helps
Cheers/João Dias
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
By Adam
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Format:DVD
16 BLocks isn't a rubbish film, I have to admit that before I continue with this review. The acting was good, and the story wasn't that bad but boy, was it slow. It started off at a normal pace. A bit of gunfire, a few laughs, first impressions of different characters. But suddenly it just went. The whole atmosphere that had been around in the first 30 minutes suddenly vanished and the next hour or so was really boring. And I don't know why?! Bruce Willis and Mos Def worked really well together and the story was going somewhere but I found it just got to a point where I was looking out the window, thinking of other things and not paying attention because it had got to the point where it was really, really slow and dull. Now I like Bruce Willis and I am a fan of edge of your seat thrillers but this one didn't do it for me. As I said before, not a bad film but to slow and boring for my liking.
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GREAT.. JUST GREAT!
Willis's acting in this is one of the strongest I've ever seen him. The movie has a really fantastic plot that keeps your eyeballs sticking out.. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mel
4.0 out of 5 stars
Bruce Willis
I found this a good film with Bruce Willis in an unusual part for him. Liked the two different endings
Published 2 months ago by david daysh
5.0 out of 5 stars
16 Blocks.
Dont go pass has a lot to say with great action scenes, the story keeps on rolling on and has something to say at ever corner. Nice to have in your dvd collection for sure. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mrs. Barbara J. Petersen
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DVD 16 Blocks (used)
DVD arrived well packaged before allotted date, in excellent condition, and enjoyed film, with Bruce Willis playing less of an action hero,with elements of his character having a... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Morebrightness
3.0 out of 5 stars
Get him to the courthouse
Bruce Willis (Die Hard) stars as World weary & burnt out poilce detective Jack Mosley, who is tasked with taking a mediocre prisoner, Eddie Bunker (Mos Def - Hitchhikers Guide), to... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Jules
3.0 out of 5 stars
The Gauntlet
Was this a remake of THE GAUNTLET (Clint Eastwood, 1977)??
Anyhoo, 16 BLOCKS gives us a standard Bruce Willis action film which is fast-paced and very entertaining. Read more
Anyhoo, 16 BLOCKS gives us a standard Bruce Willis action film which is fast-paced and very entertaining. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Billy Ray Cyrus
1.0 out of 5 stars
Feels like the 16 Miles.
Bruce Willis plays a burnt out cop with the sole purpose of taking Mos Def( who sports one of the most annoying fake voices in history) for a predictable and near awful 16 blocks... Read more
Published 20 months ago by ekb
1.0 out of 5 stars
Just Awful.....
Now, I'm quite capable of suspending disbelief when watching Hollywood films, but 16 Blocks has to be the least credible "thriller" I've ever seen. Read more
Published 22 months ago by FiTP
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic Thriller
What an utterly brilliant, tense and compact thriller.
True, this is a familiar story, old soak detective taking a witness to court, dogged by corrupt cops, but the... Read more
True, this is a familiar story, old soak detective taking a witness to court, dogged by corrupt cops, but the... Read more
Published on 6 May 2011 by fat man on a bicycle
3.0 out of 5 stars
"The shattering machine-gun rattle"
Alcoholic cop Bruce Willis has to take jailbird Mos Def 16 blocks down New York so he can testify at a courthouse against some corrupt cops, but the men Def is going to grass on... Read more
Published on 23 May 2010 by Master Ds Cholerton
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