The story is about a cop who has just done a full nights work and then is asked at the end of his shift to escort a witness to court, the court is 16 Blocks away from the precinct and he has less that two hours to get him there!
We find out that the character that Bruce is playing has a bit of a drink problem and is at the end of his police journey! Bruce carries the character really well - and its not like any other role that I have seen him in before, theres non of the usual Bruce grimaces or 'wrong move' looks on his face...
The co-star Mos Def has an annoying voice all the way through the film, it sounded very put on, apologies Mos if that's how you really talk... It did grate on me a little bit... And there are times throughout the film that I found myself shouting shut the f**k up at the TV, the tone does get better further on, especially when there is some gun battles :)
We find out during the film that it was a setup and that Mos Def is to be assasinated on the way to the court, the attempt to kill him is thwarted by a semi-drunk Bruce Willis, who makes a stop at a liquer store, while he is in the store they try and kill the witness, although Bruce is too quick for them and pops a cap in the back of one of the assasins head just before he was about to do the same to Mos Def! The film goes into slow-mo at this point and we see a fraction of that bad ass Bruce as he takes out the rest of the mob...
The rest of the film is a race against time to get Mos Def to the court on time with many twists and turns along the way... Its definatly one of those classic action suspense films that you have to watch with a slight tear jerker ending!
Awesome!
