A throwback to an age when action movies had room between shoot-outs and car chases for dialogue — real dialogue, not rim-shot-ready one-liners — and character development, veteran director Richard Donner's efficient urban thriller sends a cop on his last gimpy legs and a small-time crook looking to change his sorry life on a torturous journey that's no less epic for being three-quarters of a mile long. It's 8:02 am and alcoholic burnout Jack Mosley (Bruce Willis), an NYPD detective who's just marking time until he can retire and apply his pension to the task of drinking himself to death, is about to clock out after working a long, booze-soaked night shift. But befor...
Released:
2006
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
105 mins