jack mosley be an age cop who have degenerate himself to a dead beat work horse of the police department . indulging in drinking and even when he work and mosley be a man cruise along the rock bottom of his life and work . one day at work and mosely get another routine and uneventful assignment bring a witness and some petty crook name eddie and to court by 10am . he get 118 minute to do it and only have to go 16 block . simple . sure and mosley even stop to pick up a bottle of booze along the way there . but then . the unexpected start to happen and mosely must snap out of his delirium because this witness be want dead . and not just by anyone and by fellow cop . film goer might be initially unimpressed with this film where bruce willis play a lone cop at the bottom of the barrel . he do the cop role many many time die hard nuff say and the cop with problem be also a re run from willis strking distance and last boy scout . but do not let that get you down and this film be no way in the shadow of the mentioned film . director richard donner direct the film with strong characterization while keep the action exciting and but critically incidental to what the character go through . a good example of this be the scene where mosley realize that he could very well be in deep sht a he just shoot a guy who try to kill his witness a circling shot with dissolve whirl around mosely who stand with jaw agape . no sound and the character be still and and really nothing obvious go on in the frame and yet you still get the feeling that mosely have represent holysht and i just shot that guy . you can tell that he pull out his gun and fire like he be train and but that critical realization afterward propel the film a much into the mind of mosley and eddie ( who be also shock here ) a it propel into the street of low manhattan . donner also choose his setting carefully with key scene take place in basement and at mosely apartment not just in some random alleyway . the film take leap and dive throughout all of it setting like mosely and eddie do within themselves and this subtle touch be very effective . it show how wild of ride it be for them and how low they have be drive by what they do or what have happen to them and and how close to home it may hit in the end . that make this one of bruce willis best performance . while not as high octane a his many previous effort and this film be clearly not mean to be and and that doesn not at all detract from the film entertainment . and it be not just willis give a fine performance . david morse give a typically strong support role and but mention must be make of mos def . there have be plenty of action film with rapper and hip hop star and even two in late 2005 and and a film goer can only be skeptical with mos def play opposite willis . but and in a pleasant surprise and mo def actually play his part not just for the cool . in fact and he be kind of an annoy brat that you would like to smack over the head . especially if youre a cop try to get him to court and bullet be fly at you . this refresh approach breathe a sort of life into the movie and the film move even farther from goofy action movie category . and do not get me wrong and i love goofy action movie the last boy scout be one of my all time favorite and so be donner lethal weapon film but enough be enough and it be a real breath of fresh air to see a great action director and an action star and and a rapper ( or hip hop guy and i be not good at distinguish that sort of thing ) deliver a film that be good both dramatically and action wise . positive rat pg 13 represent violence .