This is a better Die Hard sequel than Die Hard's 2, 4, and 5 (I don't care if that last one hasn't come out yet; it's gonna suck).

If this was titled "Die Hard 4 or 5", this would be a great finale to the franchise, but it still manages to be great on it's own, especially thanks to Bruce Willis giving his best John McClane performance since Die Hard and probably the best performance he's given.

Hugely under-rated movie. More than your average action flick. In fact, the action is probably the weakest part.

Part of my final countdown challenge (films with a race against time)

16 Blocks has decent performances (although I found Mos Defs accent irritating) and a decent premise. However there were a few too many coincidences where they seem to have fled the pursuers only for the bad guys to get lucky and pick them up again. I also can't see why Willis didn't just hail a cab or car using his badge rather than walking/subway etc. Good but not great.

I remember seeing this when it was new to DVD and being distracted by Mos Def's unusual performance. Sometime this year, though, someone cited it as "the movie that should've been the fourth Die Hard," which is an interesting way to put it, so I figured I should give it a re-watch. This time, it was Willis' performance that stood out: I like his palpable exhaustion as he tries to deal with this conflict that's springing up around him. Morse feels kind of like easy casting -- he's so well-known as the slimy minor villain in lesser action movies that it's hard to take him seriously -- but Donner keeps the tension up regardless. I don't think it's got Die Hard DNA, but it's a solid picture in Willis' resume.

This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.

This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.

One of the final few films to feature Bruce Willis with natural hair (bar a bad wig here and there), '16 Blocks' is a very simple action film which doesn't break any boundaries and is quite forgetful after a screening.

Willis must escort criminal Mos Def 16 blocks across New York to testify in court dead on 10am. This of course isn't going to go well, with corrupt police officers working below the law, and those criminals wanting to silence the star witness, ambush and attack our hero and his man as they battle to cross 16 blocks alive.

Not too bad. A very respectable cast, including Bruce Willis and Mos Def. The plot was decent as well. My biggest complaint, and a sizable one at that, is the timing and sequencing of events in the film. Certain things that happened in 5-7 minutes in the movie took place in a 12-15 minutes scene. Yeah, that bugs me too. And some stuff that happened in 5 minutes are UNFATHOMABLE to possibly occur in that short time span. Those nitpicks aside, it wasn't that bad and is worth a viewing.

Willis ist richtig stark. Genau wie der Film. Die Chemie zwischen Bruce und Mos Def ist super und die Geschichte, die an einem Morgen in New York spielt ist mitreißend. Kleiner, aber sehr feiner Thriller.

A fair action movie that offers good chemistry between Willis and Def. After watching a lot of his movies – you realize Willis really can act and makes a drunk loser cop actually likable.

I don't think this got very good reviews, and I'll admit it drags in the transition from 2nd act to 3rd (I looked at the timer during the bus stand-off and was surprised to see there was still something like 20 minutes left.

But I enjoyed this small-scale actioner, in the vein of The Negotiator. The acting was decent (although I waffled between thinking Mos Def was brilliant and distracting), as were the stakes. A worthy DVR redording.

Entertaining turn for Bruce Willis as a beat-up, old cop assigned to transfer a witness to the courthouse seemingly not knowing that most of his partners want the guy dead so he won't rat on them. Willis shows a little versatility on his role, but IMO, Mos Def and David Morse stole the film. Near the end it kinda stretched a bit, but it was still fun to watch.

Mos def should not be acting... When casting is bad it takes away from a movie that otherwise might have been good