# 16 Blocks **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 16, 2016, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16-blocks/752337 "2016-04-16T04:29:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16-blocks/752337/1 "2016-04-16T04:29:45Z")
Just finished watching the film “16 Blocks”. I thought Bruce Willis did a remarkable job. Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16-blocks/752337/2 "2016-04-16T04:37:33Z")
I remember it being mildly entertaining, but I don’t remember anything specific about it so it can’t have been that memorable. Was there a bus involved somehow? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16-blocks/752337/3 "2016-04-16T05:23:40Z")
You remember right, **hogarth** , a bus does come into it. I thought Mos Def’s character was a hoot. Although he grows a bit less irritating later on, you spend at least the first half of the movie wishing the bad guys would just plug him already. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16-blocks/752337/4 "2016-04-16T05:34:09Z")
Aye, Mos Def’s voice was making me want him dead. I have no idea why he (or anyone) thought that would be a good idea. Other than that, I liked this film overall and thought Willis was very good in it. It’s not a great film, but it is a good movie. ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16-blocks/752337/5 "2016-04-16T06:13:45Z")
I wanted to slap Mos Def’s voice sideways at first. But it worked after a few scenes. Mr. Willis started strong but evolved into typical at the end. Kudos to Richard Donner and behind the lenses Glen MacPherson. Enjoyable film. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16-blocks/752337/6 "2016-04-16T06:18:00Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > I thought Mos Def’s character was a hoot. Although he grows a bit less irritating later on, you spend at least the first half of the movie wishing the bad guys would just plug him already. 😃 Yes. I was going to shoot him myself at the beginning. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16-blocks/752337/7 "2016-04-16T12:27:47Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Aye, Mos Def’s voice was making me want him dead. I have no idea why he (or anyone) thought that would be a good idea. I guess it was done to put Bruce Willis under even more stress: the guy he was struggling to protect was also bugging the shit out of him.