16 Blocks

16 Blocks is a 2006 film directed by Richard Donner and released by Warner Bros. It was released in the United States on March 3, 2006. The main characters are played by Bruce Willis, Mos Def, and David Morse. The film is shot in the "real time" narration method. The film was rated PG-13 by the MPAA for "violence, intense sequences of action, and some strong language." The plot holds a strong resemblance to the story of the Clint Eastwood film Th... more

16 Blocks is a 2006 film directed by Richard Donner and released by Warner Bros. It was released in the United States on March 3, 2006. The main characters are played by Bruce Willis, Mos Def, and David Morse. The film is shot in the "real time" narration method. The film was rated PG-13 by the MPAA for "violence, intense sequences of action, and some strong language." The plot holds a strong resemblance to the story of the Clint Eastwood film The Gauntlet (also from Warner Brothers,) with both films being about an alcoholic detective escorting a loud-mouthed witness, only to find that the city's police force want said witness dead. Both films end with the protagonists driving a city bus through a gauntlet of police officers. The movie begins with Jack Mosley (Bruce Willis) sitting in a bus, where he is recording a message to "Diane", and he says he wants her to know what really happened here, despite what the police might claim happened. Jack is an alcoholic, burned-out NYPD... less