16 Blocks DVD

Advantages: Some good performances in a reasonable thriller
Disadvantages: Too opened out, and the baddy realy does stink

...Superman returning, and the actual 16 Blocks itself, and the only extras amount to 26 minutes. These are director Donner and the film's writer introducing and talking annoyingly over several deleted and extended scenes, and introducing a very different ending. It's a little hard to judge as this version isn't scored, colour-corrected or completely polished, but clearly the right one was seen in the flicks. What we're told is very little - we infer ...
...his shoe for the shoot, but otherwise there's little in the way of learning to be done. The film-makers talk about chopping lots out to save an itchy bum, but the film is only 100 minutes or so, and OK, some of the cropped scenes are unneeded, but one trimmed as unworthy riffing shows the case again that Willis and Def together are the good reason for watching this film. The disc comes with German dubbing, and hard of hearing subtitles for both ... Read review

Advantages: Mos Def's character Eddy
Disadvantages: Mod Def's character's voice

...but I couldn't help it. 16 Blocks caught my eye and thus I starved in its name. The Story The film starts at a crime scene, some latin gangsters have been murdered and the police officer in charge wants to get an "unimportant" officer to cover the crime scene, an aged out of shape Bruce Willis walks in with a newspaper and plants himself on a seat and takes out a hip flask of whiskey. He plays a charcter called Jack Moseley, an old tired police ...
...testimoney, just the shortdistance of 16 blocks. Here we meet Eddie Bunker, played by Mos Def, that might mean alot to some hiphop fans, I didn't know of him until this film. His charcter is so annoying at first he is really hard to make out with his weird cartoon charcter chatty voice. You get used to it after a while sort of but it is annoying and it would have been better if they had a character you could understand. So Jack and Eddy are on their ... Read review

Advantages: Some good Co-stars, Well Directed
Disadvantages: Very slow in places. Expected more from Bruce Willis.

16 Blocks (2006) Directed by Richard Donner & written by Richard Wenk. A what seems to be coming up to Retirement Cop Jack Mosley (Willis), heads off to work looking half dead. He gets an assgnment that he really doesn't want, but annoyingly accepts. He needs to transport a Witness to the Court in time for a hearing, but due to the nature of the hearing, the other cops are not on their side. Eddie Bunker (Mos Def) is witness to some dodgy cop dealings, ...
...to the Court which is 16 Blocks away (hence the film title), doesn't go to plan. A chase entails with Mosley and Bunker doing about all they can do to get to the Court in time for the 10 O'clock hearing. By the way they have less than 2 Hours to do this. To cut a drawn out story short, just when you think things are starting to get moving the film slows down yet again. The pair get caught in a few situations that you think they can't get out of, ... Read review

Advantages: Fantastic performance, great directing
Disadvantages: Quite hard to understand at first but gets easier through the film

Hung-over, has-been cop Jack Mosley (Bruce 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. One of his assignments is Eddie Bunker (Mos Def), a witness who has to testify before a grand jury at 10:00am. Unbeknownst to the two, a black van was trailing the pair, and after stopping off at a nearby liquor store to pick up some breakfast, Mosely emerges from the store ...
...of a determined assassin. When backup arrives in the form of Detective Frank Nugent (David Morse), Mosely quickly realizes 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, Mosely gets his act together so can keep Bunker alive long enough to get him before the judge and ensure that justice is served. After blessing ... Read review

Advantages: Passes the time
Disadvantages: Implausible

...Bunker shut up. 16 Blocks is a fast paced action thriller that starts off well but soon descends into implausibility. I enjoyed the interplay between Willis and Mos Def despite Def adopting an accent that resembles Porky Pig. David Morse is fine as the leader of the cops on the trail of the duo. But something just doesn't sit right within the plot of the film. I would have thought that if you had a witness whose testimony could clean up corruption ...
...a great deal. Finally you get to see the theatrical trailer. I'd put 16 Blocks down as a decent rental, fans of Willis may like have it in their collection. I didn't hate it but it could have been better had the story been a little more plausible. ... Read review