16 Blocks
An aging police officer is assigned a routine task: escorting a fast-talking witness from custody to the courthouse. Yet what should be a simple mission spirals into a perilous gauntlet as shadowy forces converge, determined to stop them from reaching their destination.
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Richard Donner
Kathryn Buck
Jim Van Wyck
Tim Singh
Karen Young
Tudor Jones
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r96sk
Iffy at times, but <em>'16 Blocks'</em> produces a fine enough thriller - one that I can say I enjoyed. Bruce Willis and Mos Def double up well as Jack and Eddie. I particularly like Willis' look for the majority of the film, he genuinely looks how his character supposedly is - good acting, but also some nice make-up etc. Mos Def is solid, I remember liking him when he appeared on <em>'Dexter'</em> - I rate him less here, just because of the annoying voice he has; which grates hard at times. Speaking of that Showtime television show, Angel Batista himself (David Zayas) also appears which is cool. David Morse, meanwhile, makes for an OK villain - the casting perhaps could've been greater for the antagonist, mind. None of the plot is all that shocking or surprising, every crossroad that appears is pretty simple to predict where it's heading. Also, maybe I'm the only one who felt this, but there's one moment on a bus where it seems as if Jack is about to unleash some unbelievable secret plan but it just fizzles out into oddly nothing. Might be just me. All in all though, I reckon you'll be able to find a satisfactory 105 minutes with this - I did, at least.
Rob
16 Blocks is an incredibly atmospheric movie with some quite incredibly done street scenes. Its intensity draws you in and makes you quickly form strong opinions of each character. I initially considered Mos Def's character to be annoying, but after a number of watches I realised if he hadn't given his character so much character then he would have been inconsequential and that would have weakened the movie severely. I think Bruce Willis was very brave to take the part of Jack Mosley and commit to it in the way he did. He makes this film what it is.
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The directors of 16 Blocks are Richard Donner, Kathryn Buck, Jim Van Wyck, Tim Singh, Karen Young, and Tudor Jones.
The cast of 16 Blocks includes Bruce Willis as Jack Mosley, Ed Cuffe as Pedestrian (uncredited), David Morse as Frank Nugent, Cylk Cozart as Jimmy Mulvey, Steve Kahan as Resturant Owner, Cece Neber Labao as Restaurant Waitress, Paul Tuerpe as Diane's Boyfriend, Victor Formosa as Businessman (uncredited), David Zayas as Robert Torres, Joseph DeBona as Detective (uncredited), Patrick Garrow as Touhey, Toni Ellwand as Subway Commuter, and more.
The duration of 16 Blocks is 1h 45 mins.
Yes. You can watch the 16 Blocks trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
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16 Blocks was released on 01 Mar 2006.
16 Blocks is listed under Action, Adventure, Crime, and Thriller on Fanbiz.
16 Blocks has 2 reviews on Fanziz, with an average rating of 8.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "Iffy at times, but <em>'16 Blocks'</em> produces a fine enough thriller - one that I can say I enjoyed. Bruce Willis and Mos Def double up well as Jack and Eddie. I particula..."
