16 Blocks
An aging alcoholic cop is assigned the task of escorting a witness from police custody to a courthouse 16 blocks away. There are, however, chaotic forces at work that prevent them from making it in one piece.
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Released
- 2006
- Country
- United Kingdom, Germany, Canada, United States
Details
Release year: 2006
Storyline
An aging alcoholic cop is assigned the task of escorting a witness from police custody to a courthouse 16 blocks away. There are, however, chaotic forces at work that prevent them from making it in one piece.
Top credits
Bruce Willis — Jack Mosley
Yasiin Bey — Eddie Bunker
David Morse — Frank Nugent
Jenna Stern — Diane Mosley
Did you know
• In order to make Detective Jack Mosley's limp look realistic on screen, Bruce Willis put a pebble in his shoe and kept it there throughout the length of the shoot.
• Yasiin Bey's character has the name "Edward Bunker". Edward Bunker is a real-life criminal turned actor (thus proving that people can change, in line with the theme of the movie), who appeared as Mr. Blue in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1992) and as Jonah in Runaway Train (1985) which he also co-wrote. When he was sent to prison, Bunker was the youngest man there.
• Bruce Willis originally wanted Ludacris to play the role of Eddie.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $36,895,141
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $11,855,260 (2006-03-05)
User reviews
A few hair-pin turns before the 16 blocks are traversed
Surprisingly decent for a familiar Hollywood cops 'n' bad guys thriller
excellent suspense
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- Color
- Color, Black and White
