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16 Blocks (2006)

★ 6.5 · 2,086 ratings on TMDB

1 witness… 118 minutes…

16 Blocks poster★ 6.5

An aging cop is assigned the ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness from police custody to a courthouse, but they find themselves running the gauntlet as other forces try to prevent them from getting there.

DirectorRichard Donner
CastBruce Willis, Casey Sander, Cylk Cozart, David Morse, David Zayas, Jenna Stern
GenresAction, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
The emergence reading

16 Blocks keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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