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16 Blocks (2006) -- An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse. There are however forces at work trying to stop prevent them from making it.
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Overview

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6.7/10   37,129 votes
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Writer (WGA):
Richard Wenk (written by)
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Release Date:
3 March 2006 (USA) more
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For a New York cop and his witness, the distance between life and death just got very short. more
Plot:
An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse. There are however forces at work trying to stop prevent them from making it. full summary | full synopsis
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I underestimated 16 Blocks more (275 total)
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Also Known As:
16 Blocks (Germany)
Sixteen Blocks (USA) (alternative spelling)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence, intense sequences of action, and some strong language.
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USA:105 min | Philippines:110 min
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Several of the phones used by characters in the movie were the Nextel Motorola i670. more
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Revealing mistakes: After the hostages are released and Eddie runs back to the bus, Jack opens the front doors to let him back on. Before he touches the door handle, it is pointed all the way towards the back of the bus. With the handle in this position, both the front and rear doors of the bus would be open already. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Jack Mosley: [tape recording] This is Detective Jack Mosley, Shield number 227. I guess this will be my last will and testament. This is for Diane. Now, they're gonna come talk to you and they're gonna tell you things. But what they tell you isn't really what happen. So Diane, I think you should know what really happened. I was trying to do a good thing.
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142 out of 191 people found the following comment useful.
I underestimated 16 Blocks, 3 March 2006
10/10
Author: tankeredbell from Canada

I wasn't entirely sure this movie would stick out from the rest but I chose to go since I had nothing else to do. Hell am I glad I was bored. 16 Blocks is a wonderful thrill ride with lots of action/suspense and mild comedy. Any Bruce Willis fan would love this like they did Hostage. Willis plays Jack Mosley, a drunk/hungover cop that seems to have lost his touch. He gets all the scrap jobs that no one wants and one of these jobs brings him straight to Mos Def who plays Eddie, a very hard to understand, very talkative guy who has apparently witnessed something and is due to testify at 10 sharp. It's about 2 hours until he has to be at the court house which is 16 blocks away and a hell of a lot of cops standing in the middle. Mosley doesn't entirely know what to believe, the kid or his ex partner of 20 years but he puts his faith into the kid and the thrill ride begins. Hands down the best dirty cop film I've seen in a while.

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