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Det. Jack Mosely, an alcoholic [[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 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...

* AtonementDetective: Jack, [[spoiler: who used to be a part of the dirty cops trying to kill Eddie]], but turns against them and goes to great lengths in saving him.
* 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 NYPD).
* CowboyCop: {{Deconstructed}}. The villains were this, not willing to have the law stop them putting criminals away. However, they're methods became steadily more brutal since they needed to cover themselves, escalating into threatening witnesses and finally trying to kill them.
* ClickHello: Twice. The first time, Eddie keeps talking, allowing Jack to get the drop on one of the corrupt cops chasing him. The second, Jack [[ISurrenderSuckers pretends to surrender]] to Nugent while Eddie gets the drop on him.
* DirtyCop: The villains trying to kill Eddie, and they [[spoiler: once included Jack.]]
* EngineeredPublicConfession: [[spoiler: Jack secretly records Nugent admitting to his past corrupt dealings.]]

* 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. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] as he was the prosecution's star witness and thus got a deal for testifying.

* 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: whom he used to be part of]], and they're hell-bent on seeing that it doesn't happen.

* 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.]]

Det. Jack Mosely, an alcoholic cop, is given the job of escorting a witness named Eddie from lockup to the courthouse so he can testify. It's only 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...

''16 Blocks'' is a 2006 thriller directed by Creator/RichardDonner, starring Creator/BruceWillis, Mos Def, and David Morse.

Jack Mosely, alcoholic cop, is given the job of escorting a witness named Eddie from lock up to the courthouse so he can testify. It's only 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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* KnightTemplar: Nugent and his crew.

%%* TheAlcoholic: Jack.
%%* AtonementDetective: Jack.

%%* CowboyCop: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}.

%%* DirtyCop: All over the place, [[spoiler: including Jack.]]
%%* EngineeredPublicConfession

* 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 confession).]]

%%* LiveActionEscortMission: The Movie.
%%* KnightTemplar: Nugent.
%%* MotorMouth: Eddie.
%%* PrecisionFStrike: "FUCK THE TRUTH!"
* RabidCop: The villains [[spoiler:turns out to be the maverick cops who succumbed to HeWhoFightsMonsters.]]
* RevolversAreJustBetter: Subverted. Jack goes to his sister's apartment to get his backup weapon, but takes Glocks from several of the cops he diables along the way, preferring to use them.

%%* TheMole: The Prosecutor's office has one.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: The main villain's arguments sound reasonable until you consider the bloodshed they require. He doesn't seem to ''realize'' he's the villain.

* CoversAlwaysLie: Some posters depict Jack carrying a USP, a pistol which doesn't appear anywhere in the film.

* TheAlcoholic: Jack.
* AtonementDetective: Jack.

* CowboyCop: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}.

* DirtyCop: All over the place, [[spoiler: including Jack.]]
* EngineeredPublicConfession

* LiveActionEscortMission: The Movie.
* KnightTemplar: Nugent.
* MotorMouth: Eddie.
* PrecisionFStrike: "FUCK THE TRUTH!"

* TheMole: The Prosecutor's office has one.

'''''16 Blocks''''' is a 2006 thriller directed by Richard Donner, starring Creator/BruceWillis, Mos Def, and David Morse.

16 Blocks is a 2006 release directed by Richard Donner, starring Bruce Willis, Mos Def, and David Morse.

!!'''Contains examples of these tropes''':
* TheAlcoholic: Jack
* AtonementDetective: Jack

* WellIntentionedExtremist: The main villain's arguments sound reasonable until you consider the bloodshed they require. He doesn't seem to ''realize'' he's the villain.

The problems start when two goons try to kill Eddie in traffic when Mosely stops to get a bottle at a liqour store. Things escalate from there.

* ClickHello: Twice. The first time, Eddie keeps talking, allowing Jack to get to get the drop on one of the corrupt cops chasing him. The second, Jack [[ISurrenderSuckers pretends to surrender]] to Nugent while Eddie gets the drop on him.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler:The maverick cops themselves have already succumbed to this trope, prior to the events of the movie]].

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler:The cowboy cops themselves have already succumbed to this trope, prior to the events of the movie]].

* HeroicBystander: [[spoiler:The SWAT-sniper who kills the last bad guy before he can assassinate Jack.]]

* EscortMission

* PoundOfFleshTwist