16 Blocks Widescreen Edition 2006 Staring Bruce Willis and Mos Def

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16 Blocks (Widescreen Edition)

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Artist: Glen MacPherson, Klaus Badelt
Format: Widescreen
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: June 2006
UPC: 012569810402
List Price: ~~$14.98~~

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Fully recovering from the wretched flop Timeline, director Richard Donner brings seasoned skill to 16 Blocks, a satisfying thriller boosted by intelligent plotting and the stellar pairing of Bruce Willis and Mos Def in quirky, well-written roles. Making the most of minimal dialogue, Willis plays Jack Mosley, a boozy, disillusioned New York City detective who reluctantly accepts an assignment to transport squeaky-voiced chatterbox Eddie Bunker (Mos Def) to a grand jury hearing where he's scheduled to testify against a group of corrupt, drug-dealing cops. They've got two hours to travel 16 blocks, but the dirtiest cop (David Morse) is determined to kill Eddie before he can testify; what he doesn't know is that Jack (who is also under investigation) has had a crisis of conscience, and he senses something in Eddie's seemingly innocent, optimistic demeanor that he wants to protect. Working from a tight, twisting screenplay by Richard Wenk, Donner turns familiar material into an efficient potboiler that delivers tense urban action (like Donner's earlier Mel Gibson hit Conspiracy Theory) while leaving plenty of room for Willis and especially Mos Def (in a critically acclaimed performance) to develop their flawed yet admirable characters. 16 Blocks may be a standard-issue thriller in many respects, but as a showcase for its appealing cast, it quickly rises above its generic limitations.--Jeff Shannon

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Bruce Willis vs David Morse

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"16 Blocks" is an excellent good cop-bad cop-thriller: briskly paced, with an intelligent script, impressive performances by Bruce Willis, Mos Def and David Morse, intense big-city atmosphere and superb direction and production. It doesn't re-invent the cop thriller, but it most certainly delivers the goods.
The DVD also includes an alternate ending (a somewhat common practice nowadays and not a good one at that), which turns out to be overly melodramatic as regards Bruce Willis' character, still it offers another fine scene with David Morse.
In conclusion: "16 Blocks" is highly recommended.

A high-stakes race across town

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Though it doesn't feature a big terrorist/caper plot, "16 Blocks" in flavor and tone is not unlike Mr. Willis' entertaining "Die Hard" movies: there's tension, suspense, big action moments, and a personal issue or two thrown into the mix. On that last point, the personal issue here is the Willis character's sudden willingness to wake up and do something about all the corruption around him after years of looking the other way, and the repurcussions of this new commitment to do the right thing. One quibble: the various characters (good and bad) talk a bit too much about Willis' newfound conscience when it would have been more elegant to just let us see it in action without all the chatter about it. But, again, that's just a quibble. Overall, "16 Blocks" is a satisfying, solid piece of late-career work by director Richard Donner ("Superman" and the "Lethal Weapon" films). Extras are few but satisfying: a collection of deleted scenes introduced and narrated by Mr. Donner and his screenwriter; an alternate ending (interesting but not as good as the movie's actual ending, where David Morse's corrupt cop character stays corrupt instead of inexplicably developing a conscious during the movie's last minute or so); and a trailer. The DVD features a sharp widescreen image and good sound.

It felt more like a 100 blocks...

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Bruce Willis plays a beleaguered, alcoholic, lazy cop who looks so damn weary and tired, I felt my own bones ache when seeing every frame of Bruce Willis in this film. At most times he looks like he will just go of to sleep. To this man is entrusted the task of getting a key witness to court to testify in a particular case. If this witness reaches the court it will mean the downfall of a good number of crooked cops who have been into the business of evidence tampering and other murky unpolicmanly activities. The whole movie is about bruce getting the witness to safety. They are apparantely just about 16 blocks from the court but the hounding bad guy policeguys who are trying to get this witness killed (and then show it as an escape by the witness who is also a petty criminal) make those 16 blocks becomes a 2 hour excuse for this movie and to me it felt like a 100 blocks. The director is Mr Donner, the same guy who gave us leathal weapon. We do have a suprise ending but still the overall movie does not have that pace to propel it forward. The goal is very singular and there is no variety or parallel plot lines running. Also it doesn't help to see this tired Bruce Willis who looks like he would go to sleep with another sip of alcohol. He is portrayed as an out of shape cop who is just going through the motions to finish up with his job so as to enjoy the pension. Such an anti-heroic non-inspiring role of Bruce Willis kind of got to me. It doesn't look pretty and although I must say that the director made something different by trying to portray a non ideal aging cop who trudges instead of leaps like an action hero, it kind of gave this depressing brooding feel to the whole film. And the character Bruce plays has some skeletons of his own in the cupboard. We will get to know of all that at the end where we have a surprise in store.

regards, Vikram

Outstanding movie. Instantly became one of my favorite Bruce Willis flicks.

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It took me years before I took Bruce Willis movies seriously. I didn't go to see one at the theater until "Pulp Fiction." But after backtracking to peak at previous efforts that at their time of release I regarded as movies by a "flavor of the day", as well as his new ones to come including "16 Blocks," I became a bigger Bruce Willis fan increasingly with each performance I'm exposed to. 16 Blocks is one of my favorite acting jobs by Willis, ditto on David Morse's superb job as his former partner but now antagonist. With a great script as well as great direction, Willis tells us a lot about his character in the movie's first 5-6 minutes with minimal dialogue, laying the groundwork for the effective contrast with his co-star Mos Def. This pairing is the movie's heart, as Willis, in getting a witness (Def) to court has to continually outwit Morse, his fellow rogue cops, and all the obstacles a seemingly righteous group of police would be entitled to. This setting is pretty basic, but as it unfolds it allows several of the main characters to display many sides of themselves, especially Willis, whose character never stops evolving until the very end. Donner has unwittingly become one of my favorite directors. I don't go to see his movies. I see great movies that I later find out are Donner's. The combination of all the aforementioned ingredients to this movie make this a movie that I watch repeatedly on The Dish, even after i bought the DVD- it instantly became one of those movies for me. For me, that's the sign of an excellent movie. It's also a sign that my buying The Dish and all the movie channels available means that on any given day I'll trip over a pleasant surprise. I've found some of my favorite movies that way. If you like suspenseful movies with action in an urban setting with identities of their own, you'll love this movie. If you like great movies in general, you'll like it too.

"There are no lines!"

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16 Blocks brings to the screen the story of a down-on-his-luck NYPD detective charged with escorting a witness 16 blocks away to testify in court. All, however, is not what it seems in NYC and there might be just a little more to what looks like a routine transport...
Bruce Willis, Mos Def, David Morse, and the rest of the cast, have truly outdone themselves with their performances, which are outstanding to say the least! All the actors, without exceptions, give it their 100% and it really shows. Very well written and very well presented, the movie is without a doubt guaranteed to provide more than just a few thrills, not to mention a few tears.
The setting, the plot, the dialogues, and the music are all wonderful!
In conclusion, 16 Blocks is a movie definitely worth watching and one to seriously consider adding to your movie collection especially if you are a Bruce Willis fan.