16 Blocks Bruce Willis and Mos Def and a bloke who looks like Simon Pegg

I watched 16 Blocks on Bluray the other day. It's an action movie starring Bruce Willis as an alcoholic cop, Mos Def as the 'baddie' and a bloke called David Morse who looks so like Simon Pegg it made me laugh all the way though the film. Below is a brief synopsis of the film from IMDB.

'New York police detective Jack Mosley (Bruce Willis) is on his way home when his lieutenant assigns him a simple task of escorting a petty criminal, Eddie Bunker (Mos Def), from lockup to the courthouse which is only 16 blocks away. Jack has been a police officer for over 20-years, and now he is over the hill with a bad leg and a drinking problem. All Jack wants is to get a bottle and go home. What Jack doesn't know is that Eddie made a deal with the District Attorney to testify against a fellow police officer at his station before a grand jury. A van with two hit men are following Jack as he leaves the station, and their job is to kill Eddie before he can testify. Jack prevents the assassination, and they escape the scene and run into a bar. Jack calls for backup, and his ex-partner Frank Nugent (David Morse) and his team are the first to arrive at the bar. Unfortunately for Eddie, one member of the team is the cop Eddie is about to testify against. Jack must choose between his fellow cops or protecting the life of a criminal.'

I won't spoil the movie or give any plots away. I really enjoyed the film. It was a random pick from Lovefilm.com. I bought a bluray player a couple of months ago but didn't want to amass a collection of blurays so decided to join lovefilm.com. They send me 2 discs at a time to watch. Brilliant!!!

Anyway, Bruce Willis is really good in this film, he looks like he smells real bad. Whiskey seems like it's wafting from every pore of his body. The funniest thing is that he shakes a packet of Mint Tic Tacs and pops one in his mouth before speaking to anyone. I don't even buy Tic Tacs because they are the worlds mildest mint. How Bruce can think a solitary Tic Tac will mask the smell of Canadian Club on his breath is beyond me. I've tried extra strong Lockets on a morning after the night before and people can still smell beerios. Tic Tacs my arse...

It's always good to spot gratuitous product placements in movies, this film had a few. Canadian Club Whiskey, Tic Tacs, Motorola Phones, Sony Dictaphone, Casio Wristwatch.

It's a really good action movie, cops gone bad etc, the ending actually made me cry. Funniest line in the film is from Mos Def when he realises Bruce is an alcoholic.

'I thought he smelt funny...'

One amusing aspect of the whole film is to imagine that David Morse is actually Simon Pegg from Hot Fuzz, How to Lose Friends, Run Fat boy Run etc. It made me chuckle all the way though.

I'm listening to the Adam F album called 'Kaos' whilst writing this, more on that later