I put off watching this movie for a long time. Tonight my mother and I decided to sit down and watch a movie. This was first in the list of OnDemand movies so I picked it. We both enjoyed it. There was some good action, a little suspense, a twist here and there, and over all left us smiling. Definitely what I’d call a quality rental!

Bruce Willis has done the “cop on the edge” roll so many times, he could have sleep-walked through this part as Jack Mosley, an alcoholic has-been detective with nothing to live for and no one to care. But he delivers, as he always does, an audience-involving performance while fighting to do one job right, getting a felon to court to testify against the misdoings of another police officer.

A couple of things bothered me: The bus scene is reminiscent of a 1977 Clint Eastwood movie, Gauntlet, and the motor-mouth witness (played by Mos Def) mumbles in a way that is hard to understand at times. I am very glad, however, that director Richard Donner chose to re-shoot the ending for theatrical release. The so-called “alternate” ending was what I guessed it would be; the one that was actually used was by far the better of the two and makes this worth watching. Yes, people can change, and so can movie endings.

People can change ….

That was the statement from “16 Blocks” movie. It was not a drama movie. In fact it was a suspense thriller movie, where the story always end up with a good guy be a hero.

However, this time, it’s different. It was the bad guy who became a Hero. A happy ending movie where my tears were waiting to see the world.

I had tried to find a similar story in my real life but still can’t find one. Or is there one left outside that I did not know ?

Anyway… the statement at the end, made me contemplate

“contemplate”…