16 Blocks was released in the year 2006, and was directed by Richard Donner At first glance, 16 Blocks seems like a normal action film. But it’s not, and here’s why. 16 blocks follows a few hours in the life of a depressed, alcoholic New York cop named Jack Mosley (played by Bruce Willis ). His day to day life of taking the assignments noone else wants is suddenly interrupted - by an assignment noone else wanted. Jack is tasked with transporting a prisoner named Eddie (played by Yasiin Bey) from the police station to the courthouse, which happens to be 16 blocks away. He has to do it in 118 minutes, though, which becomes an issue. On the road they are attacked by unknown assailants. Chaos ensues. As I said before 16 Blocks looks like a standard action on the surface. Below the surface, however, there are several things going on. Firstly: The movie ask a question. The question is ‘Can people change?’. Secondly: There’s a clash between two different ethical models; Utilitarianism and deontology. The movie answers the question by saying ‘Yes, people can change’. It does this by having the main character (Jack) reveal that he used to be one of the bad guys. “The bad guys” are corrupt police officers (on of which is Jacks former partner) that want to stop Jack and Eddie from reaching the courthouse. The reason for this is that Eddie witnessed one of the corrupt policemen doing something illegal. This doesn’t stop Jack from doing his duty, though (i.e. bringing someone who