16 Blocks
2006
**½
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Bruce Willis, Mos Def, David Morse, Cylk Cozart, David Zayas
This crime drama is heavily influenced by Clint Eastwood's The Gauntlet. Bruce Willis plays an alcoholic detective who is assigned to escort a witness to the court house. As it turns out, the witness is about to testify against corrupt police officers, who in turn want him dead. The film is snappy and entertaining, but its plausibility is close to zero.
