Jack Mosley, a burnt-out detective, is assigned the unenviable task of transporting a fast-talking convict from jail to a courthouse 16 blocks away. However, along the way he learns that the man is supposed to testify against Mosley's colleagues, and the entire NYPD wants him dead. Mosley must choose between loyalty to his colleagues and protecting the witness, and never has such a short distance seemed so long...
Jack Mosley, a burnt-out detective, is assigned the unenviable task of transporting a fast-talking convict from jail to a courthouse 16 blocks away. However, along the way he learns that the man is supposed to testify against Mosley's colleagues, and the entire NYPD wants him dead. Mosley must choose between loyalty to his colleagues and protecting the witness, and never has such a short distance seemed so long...
WARNING: MAJOR SPOILER!! if you read the following it will ruin the movie---the main theme of the movie is that there is a group of crooked cops, and they are trying to kil a witness being escorted down the street by Jack Mosley. It turns out the man escorting the witness was a crooked cop but has since changed and wants to wash himself clean. He lets the witness go, and ends up testifying against the bad cops.
several scenes with gunplay, with guilty and innocent people getting hurt/killed
(some characters are shown with blood because they came in contact with people who were bleeding)
there is a hostage scene with may upset some people. (all hostages end up being ok)
profanity
16 S**t words, and 2 F**k words.
alcohol
Jack Mosley is an alcoholic, and is shown drinking several times during the beginning of the movie
frightening
the "hostage" scene is very rough, however no one gets killed
