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8	''16 Blocks'' is a crime 2006 thriller directed by Creator/RichardDonner, starring Creator/BruceWillis, Music/MosDef, and Creator/DavidMorse.
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10	Det. Jack Mosely, an alcoholic [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkCityCops NYPD]] cop, is given the job of escorting a witness named Eddie from lockup to the courthouse so he can testify. It's only [[TitleDrop sixteen blocks]], but there's a lot of traffic, the witness doesn't trust the police, and the people he's supposed to testify against want him dead...
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12	The problems start when two goons try to kill Eddie in traffic when Mosely stops to get a bottle at a liquor store. Things escalate from there.
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15	!!This film provides examples of:
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17	* AffablyEvil: Detective Nugent is polite, friendly, and rather sympathetic to Jack even while trying to kill him.
18	* TheAlcoholic: Jack, who is seen to drink heavily. He stops off to buy liquor he's bringing Eddie to court, and comes out just in time to save him from a hitman.
19	* AtonementDetective: Jack, [[spoiler: who used to be a part of the group of dirty cops trying to kill Eddie]], but who turns against them and goes to great lengths to foil them.
20	* BittersweetEnding: The ending that was originally filmed before the RevisedEnding took its place: [[spoiler:Nugent has a HeelFaceTurn and tries to call off the hit on Jack--only for Torres to ignore or not hear him and Nugent attempts to save Jack only to fail when Torres shoots and kills Jack. The recording still plays though, meaning that Jack still brings the corrupt cops down with him. Sometime later, Eddie--having reunited with his sister and opened the bakery--sends Diane a cake he meant for Jack. He reveals in narration that he'd not heard about Jack right away, but still expresses gratitude for what he did for him.]] The theatrical one is an outright happy ending: [[spoiler:Nugent orders Jack killed, but a police sniper takes Torres out before he can do it. The recording plays and Jack testifies successfully. The movie then ends with Jack celebrating his birthday some time later after getting out of prison--with Diane and friends, discovering the cake was made by Eddie at his new bakery and reading his letter while looking at the pictures he sent.]]
21	* CoversAlwaysLie: Some posters depict Jack carrying a USP, a pistol which doesn't appear anywhere in the film (nor is it approved for use by the NYPD).
22	* CowboyCop: {{Deconstructed}}. The villains were cowboy cops, not willing to have the law stop them putting criminals away. However, their methods became steadily more brutal as they needed to cover themselves, escalating to threatening witnesses and finally trying to kill them.
23	* ClickHello: Twice. The first time, Eddie keeps talking, allowing Jack to get the drop on one of the corrupt cops chasing him. The second time, Jack [[ISurrenderSuckers pretends to surrender]] to Nugent while Eddie gets the drop on him.
24	* DirtyCop: The villains trying to kill Eddie, who [[spoiler: once included Jack]].
25	%%* DoesntKnowTheirOwnBirthday: Eddie.
26	* EngineeredPublicConfession: [[spoiler:Jack secretly records Nugent admitting to his past corrupt dealings.]]
27	* FreezeFrameEnding: The last shot is a freeze frame where the hero holds up a photograph.
28	* HeroicBystander: [[spoiler:The ESU Marksman who kills the last bad guy before he can assassinate Jack.]]
29	* HeroInsurance: [[spoiler:Jack]] gets only two years in prison even though he took an entire bus full of people hostage, plus whatever other crimes he committed in the past. {{Justified\|Trope}} as he was the prosecution's star witness and thus got a deal for testifying.
30	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:As one of the corrupt cops, Jack decides to testify in Eddie's place, allowing Eddie to escape to Seattle while Jack himself is sent to jail for his involvement (though he receives a reduced sentence for his help).]]
31	* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler:The maverick cops themselves succumbed to this trope prior to the events of the movie]].
32	* LiveActionEscortMission: The movie. Jack is tasked with bringing Eddie, a criminal witness, into court. Little does he know Eddie is testifying against a gang of dirty cops [[spoiler:of which he used to be part]], and they're hell-bent on seeing that it doesn't happen.
33	* KnightTemplar: Nugent and his crew. They decided to put criminals behind bars even if that meant breaking the law themselves, but by the time of the film are more concerned with covering up what they've done, even if it means killing a witness.
34	* MotorMouth: Eddie, who hardly stops talking when he's with Jack for most of the film.
35	* NextSundayAD: The movie takes place in 2005, as evidenced by a ''Wedding Crashers'' billboard, but the ending takes place a couple of years later.
36	* PrecisionFStrike: "FUCK THE TRUTH!" Nugent tells Jack exactly what he thinks about the idea of coming clean in no uncertain terms this way.
37	* RabidCop: The villains [[spoiler:turn out to be the maverick cops who succumbed to HeWhoFightsMonsters.]]
38	* RevolversAreJustBetter: {{Subverted}}. Jack goes to his sister's apartment to get his backup weapon, but takes Glocks from several of the cops he disables along the way, preferring to use them.
39	* ASimplePlan: More than one. Sixteen blocks have never seemed so long.
40	* TookALevelInJerkass: Jack tries to do the right thing for most of the film, until he [[spoiler:threatens to kill innocent bus passengers at the end, just to get Eddie out safely]].
41	* TheMole: The District Attorney's office has one that feeds information to the dirty cops.
42	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Nugent’s arguments sound reasonable until you consider the bloodshed they require. He doesn't even seem to ''realize'' he's the villain.

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