16 Blocks Page #2

Synopsis: Jack Mosley, a burnt-out detective, is assigned the unenviable task of transporting a fast-talking convict from jail to a courthouse 16 blocks away. However, along the way he learns that the man is supposed to testify against Mosley's colleagues, and the entire NYPD wants him dead. Mosley must choose between loyalty to his colleagues and protecting the witness, and never has such a short distance seemed so long...
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Richard Donner
Production: Warner Bros.
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Metacritic:
63
Rotten Tomatoes:
56%
PG-13
Year:
2006
102 min
$36,900,000
Website
521 Views


What are you doing?

- Get in

What?

We are already in a big mess

You dragged a new problem into it

Blaming me, huh?

I will dump the body in the road

You know how to manage, go ahead

Wait...wait

Making it worse

- Why did you hit that cop?

If I had kept quiet,

we will be holed up in a cell

We could have lost our future

If more delayed

I was talking to him. Why did you hit him?

He noted our car number

Listen! Hitting a traffic cop

is a case of no consequence

Even if the police tried to trace us

it will take them minimum 3 days

You know the car is

registered in Andhra, right?

In the 3 days meanwhile, it is enough

if we think of a plan to dispose the body

After that if they catch us, we are safe

He may thrash us in the station

At the worst, detain us for a week

This is much better than

eating gruel for a lifetime

You do not have to thank me for saving you

But you point a finger at me, I will kill you

I have not mentioned about the boys

and this accident in any of our records

How do you know this?

Do not think like a typical policeman

This is called fieldwork. So, did I surprise you?

Very much, what else do you know?

That is all

You must tell about the rest

I have no problem telling you the rest of it

But after that... if you say to quit your

Police dreams, I will not be responsible

Ok, let us see

Good morning sir

How can you be so sleepy

early in the morning?

Good morning sir

Why do you not arrange it

one at a time?

What is the rush now

to pile up everything?

We have been trying

your mobile from last night

I left it behind here

You could have tried my landline

Landline?

- Forgot to tell you

Yesterday I got a new connection

What is the matter?

- A suicide in our area, sir

Hanging or consuming poison?

Bharathi park road Gunshot, sir

Who?

- Boys name is Krish, sir

This is his license

Who gave you the information?

He is waiting outside. I will bring him in

You are under lock up. Do not forget that

What is that Mobile game

during duty hours, Suresh?

Hey! Sonny, Come here

There is a hell lot of dirt at the back,

Clean it

You complained to have lost your car, when?

One week sir

I will keep it on your table

He is the one

You! Tell our Inspector

what you saw early this morning

Sir, I deliver Enadu newspaper

On the way to the depot this morning

I saw a man lying by the roadside

Thinking he had fainted

I went up to him

He had a bullet wound in his head

What time was this?

Around 2:
30 am I think

I came and informed the station at once, sir

Give your address to the writer

Okay, sir

Has the body been cleared?

- Yes, sir

Mr. Aditya from Crime Squad cleared it

It is a residential area

Not wanting the residents to panic

we did it as fast as we could, sir

Good, have you informed his family?

Not yet, sir

Do that fast

Sir one minute, sir

You! Why are you

screaming your head off?

Sir, one minute. Come with me

What is the matter?

I saw a white car at the park this morning

It went past our station just now

Which car?

I know only the color as white sir

What are you blabbering?

Is this the only white car on the road?

It was parked outside

the station all this while, sir

Before I could come in

and tell you it sped past

Okay, we will take care of that

You go attend to your work

What is the problem?

- Nothing, sir

He saw a white car in the crime scene

He says he saw the same car in front

of our station and it sped past him now

Which car?

We did not see any such car

when we went, sir

Give me your mobile

Hello Aditya, this is Deepak here

I am calling from

my constables mobile

I am sorry sir. from early morning, I

have been trying to reach you

What happened to your mobile?

I have a very bad memory

I left it behind in the station

Hope, you got the news- That is why

I called you. Is the postmortem over?

No sir. Doctor says the report will

be ready only by this evening

I will ping you when it is done

I t is ok, Rajaiah thinks this is suicide

To what extent?

What?

To claim the victim shot himself

at the park seems a little odd, right?

The gun had fingerprints

of only the deceased

That too in the rain, it was really faded

So we thought this maybe a suicide

We too cannot say for sure sir

Ok fine, I am on the way to the crime spot

After checking, I will call you

if I need any other information

Sure sir- Whole of today I will be

using only this mobile

So next time,

do not ask me who this is!

Is this the crime scene?

Over there, sir in the cut road

Any police map?

- No, sir

Mr. Aditya vetoed it

not wanting to attract a crowd

Get me a glass of water

Did he say, he saw the white car here?

Sir, we did not see any car

when we arrived here

He has simply exaggerated

thinking he will get a reward

The media is not in the loop, right?

No, sir, we have not

informed anyone as yet

Case was filed by a newspaperman

Yes, sir

If it leaks out we will be in a mess

Do not worry, sir. I will take care

Gowtham, clean the car on that side

I cannot be sure who did this

But I have 3 suspects in mind, sir

Who...?

3 boys who live in this area, sir

They take this route

real late hours at night

I have seen them often

They look like affluent boys, sir

There is a good chance of them owning a gun

Either they should be

connected with this case

Or I feel if we interrogate them,

we will get some clues for sure

Do you think so?

- Just a gut feeling

Whatever a policeman believes

he must trust his intuition!

That is why

What if your intuition is wrong?

In most of the crimes with no clues...

...the criminal has to be caught within

48 hours is an unwritten rule, right?

But according to Crime Branch

this could be a suicide case

Shooting a man and placing a gun in

his hand is an outdated technique

We do not have any

evidence or clues as yet

How will we nab him?

Sir, I know I am crossing my limits

But if I do not ask you this,

my head will explode

Instead of just holding a stick...

...and doing a watchman job

I want to get involved in such cases, sir

Do what is only assigned

to you by your superiors

Do not unnecessarily

What is your name?

- Gowtham sir

I joined duty only yesterday

I was informed of the 2 new recruits

I could not meet them

Rajaiah, call our station

Ask someone else to come to the spot

- Ok sir

Gautham will be with us in this case

- Thank you sir- Get in

Are you sure this is the house?

- Yes, sir

The red Skoda is right there

Check the car thoroughly

- Ok sir

Can I come in?

- Come in

Do you know why we are here?

No

Nothing, there was a robbery

in the adjacent street yesterday night

It seems they have threatened

the owner with a gun

We do not possess any gun

I never asked you

Just wanted to check if the robbers

are hiding in your house

Who owns this house?

It is in my name

Your name means?

What is your name?

- Praveen

What about you both?

Sir, I am Madan and he is Mano

Only the 3 of you stay in such a big house?

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