16 Blocks

16 BLOCKS (2006) - Mar. 1, 2006
A decent thriller about a detective who must escort a suspect to the courthouse, running up against a group of corrupt cops on the way (led by a very sinister David Morse). Bruce Willis gave a good performance, though he was essentially playing the standard grizzled, alcoholic cop we've seen about a billion times before. Mos Def gave a bizarre and somewhat grating performance, seemingly channeling Anton Jackson from In Living Color. I sort of figured the character was supposed to be mentally retarded at first, but as the movie went on that didn't seem to be the case. The film was pretty much entertaining, but as much as it was trying to be it was never all that gripping. **1/2