16 Blocks Page #6

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


Oh no! This is not about

delivering the newspaper

It is about your mug shots

in the News tomorrow!

Boss, why are you standing? Sit down,

this is your house after all

What is that private matter?

You want to know, huh?

Early this morning a newspaper boy

was cycling past our Bharathi park

He suddenly heard the brakes

of a car screech to a halt

When he got off his cycle

and rushed to check...

...he saw 3 boys like you

Their car hit a guy, they threw him

into the trunk and they whizzed away!

That newspaper chap is damn decent

He has not informed

this matter to the police

If I had been in his shoes I would

have informed the cops definitely

Later an idea struck that chap

If he shares this information

with the police...

...he will not have any use

Those boys will also be

behind bars unnecessarily

But if he meets the concerned culprits

and discusses terms with them...

...and his wallet becomes fatter

...then the benefit is mutual

How is his idea, huh?

How much?

Staying awake for a whole month

and delivering newspapers he will save 3000

For a year, 2 x 50 x

He can only save Rs 20000

He is now 29 years old

He may anyways live for 40 more years

If you place 1 million on this table...

...I will just grab the pile and give him

He will not face you ever again

What do you say?

Come after 2 hours

Money will be ready

Can I trust you?

You can

When he blackmailed us

we should have thrown him out

Why get scared of him?

Think about it

Are you sure

only he knows this?

Let us first give in

to his demand

If he takes it

and keeps quiet...

...then no one else

is aware of this for sure

I know very well how to get back my money,

If something goes wrong

Until then just do what I say

Do not chicken out and die of fear

Hello, dad

- What son?

You withdrew cash from account?

- Yes, I did

We are buying a property at Amaravati, right?

I withdrew for that.

My salary has not been credited as yet

I urgently need 1 million, dad

Hey! Why so much? Hey Praveen

- Damn!

I have only 50,000 at the moment

Will pay the balance later

What is this, boss?

What boss, you promised in lakhs

and now giving in thousands?

Okay, what about the rest?

You do not be worried.

Come and collect it in a week

After we left the station...

he came again and demanded money, sir

After all it is an accident

I said it is better to confess to the cops

Then we do not have to pay him

and we will also be safe

Praveen got angry and hit me

I thought the police

should be informed of this

That is why I came

without their knowledge

Where did the accident take place?

Right here, sir

How did he look?

Can you recollect any details?

I was so petrified

nothing registered in my mind

You leave now

If your friends ask you...

...act as if the cops are

unaware, I will take care

Sir, that newspaper man

Hereafter he will not bother you

Sir, relax.

- Hey, I am cool. One minute

Arrange the information we have

got so far in chronological order

Last night Vaishnavi went

to the apartment at 11

The accident was at 2:00 am

Near the same park, same time,

Shrutis boyfriend was shot

Then

At 7:
00 am Vaishnavi has

complained to the neighbor

Finally, she escaped at 10:00 pm

That newspaper chap

was there in the accident spot

What are the possibilities he could

have witnessed the murder too?

Plenty, sir

Sir

- Hello...!

Can we come in?

Come in, sir

Sir, it is all shabby.

Please do not feel bad sir

What is this, sir?

Sir, what are you doing?

Sir

Even though it is a small place

he has maintained it very well

Do not stay here from now on

There are very nice apartments

for 800,000 near Mettuguda

Better shift there

With the balance 200,000

start something on your own

Life will be settled

I made a mistake

Please forgive me, sir

I will not trouble

those boys again, sir

I will confess

All truths to you, sir

The word all truths has a meaning

That is, to say what you saw exactly

Should not swallow some

and with the remainder...

...should not blackmail young boys

If you can convince us

you are being 100% honest...

...we will leave without

even uttering a single word

But in case it is not true...

...and if we think

you are lying to us

...we will tie you up

in the middle of the road

I will ask those boys

to run their car over you!

I will confess, sir

Tell me

I was on my way to the depot

to collect the newspaper

A white color car was parked there

Madan and Reshmi are now friends

- To check, I went closer sir

I am not that lame, okay?

He had been shot by someone

If you call me names

I will make mincemeat out of you

I heard a car stopping with sudden break then

I went running to see what happened...

...the car hit a pedestrian, the boys

tossed him into the trunk and left

Immediately I went to the police station

and informed only about the hurt guy

I did not utter a word about the accident I came

immediately after seeing and said in the Police station sir

I blackmailed those boys

only for money, sir

I swear I do not know

anything else, sir

So you did not remove

that body from the trunk?

What will I do

with a dead body, sir?

Was it this car

you saw at the park?

Same car, sir

You saw the car at the spot?

- No, sir

Does it take this long

to trace a car number?

Come, just cannot

trust these chaps

Did constable Rajaiah give

a car number to trace?

He did, sir

- I have messaged the details

- To whom?

Rajaiah sir One minute sir

Oh no sir, the message was not sent

Wait sir, I will check it right now and say

Goutham- Sir

- The killer must have seen boys hit the man

After they left, he must have

taken the car and followed them

He must be the one who

removed the body from the trunk

I thought of this too

But Vaishnavi lying to us

Traces of blood

in the apartment

What about all this?

Visualize what I tell you now

Cannot confirm this is what

would have exactly happened

With all the leads

we have received until now...

...all I am saying is it could

have happened this way

You can simply call this as Deepak's theory

While Shruti was celebrating her birthday with Krish

He is entering the apartment

We do not know how he looks and so

We can imagine him as an unknown killer

There must have been

a third person in that apartment

Maybe he is boyfriend of Vaishnavi

But as soon as the killer entered...

...he was assaulted

And then wents to Shrutis room

and assaulted Krish

This is the main reason behind the blood on

the wall and Shruthi is on the gun point

Exactly at that time...

...Vaishnavi may have entered

He points the gun at her and threatens

to kill her if she squeals to anyone

Just to make others believe...

...he leaves Vaishnavi out

He takes the 3 of them

at gun point with him in the car

When they are driving past the park...

...Krish must have tried to escape

You guessed it

Vaishnavi's boyfriend...

...tries to escape by jumping

over the park fence

Shruthi unconscious in the car of killer

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