Told in nearly real-time 16 Blocks stops and starts, putting in buffers for decent character moments between Jack and Eddie. It's necessary to understand why they do what they do, but it makes what they're doing occasionally dull.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Mar 3, 2011

B-movie done with shrewd aplomb

| Aug 30, 2009

At its heart, this is actually an excellent film. But, as filmmakers seek to escalate the big action, believability suffers severely.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 20, 2007

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 14, 2007

There's a fine line between old-fashioned and cliched.

Full Review | Mar 24, 2007

The most high-octane action-- pyrotechnics, fisticuffs, gunplay, car crashes, back alley dashes and fire escape leaps-- ever crammed into a pressure-cooked chase lasting less than a mile.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 17, 2007

The action is fast paced and the story throws in a couple of twists to keep you on your toes.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 13, 2006

El oficio del director Richard Donner convierte a este policial de rutina en un digno entretenimiento. Ni ms ni menos.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 4, 2006

Willis and Def are wonderful...Donner (Lethal Weapon) unleashes a tight, effective yarn

| Sep 9, 2006

The story has been cobbled together from familiar elements; however, it arranges these elements in ways that are occasionally surprising, and in ways that accord nicely with Christian ideas about sin, repentance and redemption.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 1, 2006

Richard Donner (Superman, Lethal Weapon/s) is a respected old pro who knows how to make an action movie that delivers thrills and maybe something to chew on as well.

| Jul 17, 2006

Willis salvages what is essentially a routine thriller and elevates it to something worth watching.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jun 8, 2006

A happier surprise is the smart work of director Richard Donner: 16 Blocks is all jumble and jangle-crowds, snarled traffic, and discordant car horns.

| May 12, 2006

The movie pays off generously and just as expected.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 12, 2006

A solid, bare-knuckle action-thriller from Richard Lethal Weapon Donner that avoids most of the genre's clichs and boasts a commendably dishevelled performance from Willis, as a washed-up NYPD flatfoot dissolving in self-loathing.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 6, 2006

Willis has been playing slight variations on this role for years now, and though the films don't get better, his performances do.

| May 6, 2006

Clunky, solid, enjoyable.

| May 6, 2006

Fast-paced, tense and intermittently exciting, Donner's latest will keep genre fans engaged with its polished blend of tried and tested elements.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 6, 2006

It's like those cartoon chase sequences where the scrolling background is on a loop. Here, the characters are on a loop, and the backgrounds change.

| May 4, 2006

16 Blocks can happily sit alongside Inside Man as an example of a well-made, superbly-acted, intelligent thriller. More of these, please.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 27, 2006