in new york and the alcoholic and decadent detective jack mosley ( bruce willis ) be assign to deliver a prisoner to the court sixteen block far from his precinct in 118 minute . eddie bunker ( mos def ) make a deal with the d. a. office and will identify and testify against a dirty detective . while drive to the tribunal and jack be attack by a group of corrupt cop and protects eddie . in spite of be a flaw movie and 16 block be a good entertainment with lot of action and an optimistic and hopeful and commercial message in the end that people can change and with the redemption of eddie and jack . mo def irritates with his accent and and bruce willis be totally different from his usual shape and inclusive with a tire on his belly . it be funny to see all the damage cause by the bus in manhattan and no press and no intervention of ada macdonald ( brenda pressley ) and who be interested in the case . my vote be seven . title ( brazil ) represent 16 quadras ( 16 block ) .