16 Blocks
(USA/Germany, 2006, 102 minutes)
A burned-out, alcoholic cop is assigned to transport a prisoner to the court, but finds his charge being hunted down by corrupt cops that want to eliminate him before he testifies against them. Taut, impressively scripted and handled urban thriller that makes good use of its limited setting and timeframe, featuring a stellar, against-type lead performance.
Alcon Entertainment and Millennium Films present an Emmett-Furla Films/Cheyenne Enterprises production, in association with Contentfilm, for Equity Pictures & Medienfonds and Nu Image Entertainment. Starring Bruce Willis, Mos Def, David Morse. Directed by Richard Donner; produced by Jim van Wyck, John Thompson, Arnold Rifkin, Avi Lerner and Randall Emmett; written by Richard Wenk; music by Klaus Badelt; director of photography, Glen MacPherson; production designer, Arv Greywal; costume designer, Vicki Graef; film editor, Steven Mirkovich.
A burned-out, alcoholic cop is assigned to transport a prisoner to the court, but finds his charge being hunted down by corrupt cops that want to eliminate him before he testifies against them. Taut, impressively scripted and handled urban thriller that makes good use of its limited setting and timeframe, featuring a stellar, against-type lead performance.
Alcon Entertainment and Millennium Films present an Emmett-Furla Films/Cheyenne Enterprises production, in association with Contentfilm, for Equity Pictures & Medienfonds and Nu Image Entertainment. Starring Bruce Willis, Mos Def, David Morse. Directed by Richard Donner; produced by Jim van Wyck, John Thompson, Arnold Rifkin, Avi Lerner and Randall Emmett; written by Richard Wenk; music by Klaus Badelt; director of photography, Glen MacPherson; production designer, Arv Greywal; costume designer, Vicki Graef; film editor, Steven Mirkovich.
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