16 Blocks

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16 Blocks

PG-13

2006

1h 42m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

Crime

Drama

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Boozy and world-weary, NYPD Detective Jack Mosley (Bruce Willis) draws a routine assignment to transport trial witness Eddie Bunker (Mos Def) to the courthouse by 10 a.m. The task quickly becomes a deadly game of cat-and-mouse when some of Jack's fellow officers arrive to kill Eddie so that he cannot testify against them. Jack sees a way to redeem his wasted life by protecting the affable Eddie from the would-be assassins.

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Critics Consensus

Despite strong performances from Bruce Willis and Mos Def, 16 Blocks is a shopworn entry in the buddy-action genre.

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Brian Tallerico

UGO

03/24/2007

There's a fine line between old-fashioned and cliched.

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David Edelstein

New York Magazine/Vulture

05/12/2006

A happier surprise is the smart work of director Richard Donner: 16 Blocks is all jumble and jangle-crowds, snarled traffic, and discordant car horns.

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Neil Smith

BBC.com

05/06/2006

3/5

Fast-paced, tense and intermittently exciting, Donner's latest will keep genre fans engaged with its polished blend of tried and tested elements.

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Joshua Starnes

ComingSoon.net

03/03/2011

6/10

Told in nearly real-time 16 Blocks stops and starts, putting in buffers for decent character moments between Jack and Eddie. It's necessary to understand why they do what they do, but it makes what they're doing occasionally dull.

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

08/30/2009

B-movie done with shrewd aplomb

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Ross Anthony

Hollywood Report Card

08/20/2007

2.5/4

At its heart, this is actually an excellent film. But, as filmmakers seek to escalate the big action, believability suffers severely.

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Cork B

@RT87142816 Apr 14

Started out somewhat decently but just cratered from there. Bruce is great, I love Bruce, but he sometimes picks dogs, and this is one. Bruce made his chops playing troubled characters - and here the director REALLY leaned in... "look worse, Bruce! Racoon eyes. More flop sweat!" Couldn't understand a word Mos Def was saying. I think he couldn't do an American accent, so he tried channeling Urkel. Had to turn on captions. Morse is a decent bad guy I guess, but the whole thing collapses under the weight of its ridiculously stupid and unbelievable plot and stupid ending. I mean, yeah Die Hard does some similar things, but this is a PAPER thin imitation of those movies with almost none of the suspense or character empathy.

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Mark A

@RT51801532 Sep 4

Couldn't understand a word yasiim was saying

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Aug 31

Success in 1 hour and 42 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $36,900,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Eye C

@ECinc Jul 28

A fine last work from Mr. Donner. A police thriller with amazing performances and good story. Richard Donner is gonna be missed.

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Shay W

@RT24244689 Jun 7

It's a likeable good movie. More character than action driven. While there is little action, some of the scenes are quite tense. Reading some audience reviews, they didn't like Mos Def's voice, but not knowing how he actually talks, it didn't bother me and seemed to suit the character. David Morse is excellent and it's a nice restrained performance by Bruce Willis.

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Larry L

@RT53584283 03/08/2025

This maybe one of Bruce's best unknown movies.

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Synopsis

Boozy and world-weary, NYPD Detective Jack Mosley (Bruce Willis) draws a routine assignment to transport trial witness Eddie Bunker (Mos Def) to the courthouse by 10 a.m. The task quickly becomes a deadly game of cat-and-mouse when some of Jack's fellow officers arrive to kill Eddie so that he cannot testify against them. Jack sees a way to redeem his wasted life by protecting the affable Eddie from the would-be assassins.

Director: Richard Donner
Producer: Randall Emmett, Avi Lerner, Arnold Rifkin, John Thompson, Jim Van Wyck, Bruce Willis
Screenwriter: Richard Wenk
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: Millennium Films, Nu Image, Cheyenne Enterprises, Emmett/Furla Films, Equity Pictures Medienfonds
Rating: PG-13 (Some Strong Language|Intense Sequences of Action|Violence)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 3, 2006, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 24, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $36.9M
Runtime: 1h 42m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)