| Mo' Mos, Please! |
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| written by talltale |
June 9, 2006 - 3:08 PM PDT |
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Is Mos Def the world's greatest actor? That may sound like a silly question, but on the basis of his work in "Something the Lord Made," "A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and now 16 BLOCKS, this fellow is one amazingly talented dude, capable of creating vibrant characters who possess enormous warmth and spirit yet are completely different from each other. Mr. Def is the real thing.
Fortunately for this tight, funny and exciting little movie, he is surrounded by some other good people: Director Richard Donner (doing his best work since "Conspiracy Theory" and the original Christopher Reeves "Superman"), writer Richard Wenk (of the underrated Grace Jones vampire comedy "Vamp"), David Morse doing his usual yeoman job and co-star Bruce Willis (as good as he's been in a long while) all provide ideal chemistry to create an oddball and affecting buddy movie.
What makes "16 Blocks" work particularly well is that its heart and mind are in the right place regarding police, power and the people. It's not a great film (you can pick apart certain plot points), but it far better than most of the junk Hollywood is churning out in the action/thriller/cop mode. And mo' Mos, please: movieland's best directors and writers should keep the challenging roles coming. Clearly, Def's got the chops to rise to them. (Note: The alternate ending--which the director calls the actual "original" ending--is even better than the one they used for theatrical release.) |
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