16 BLOCKS
RYAN: We’re making a very rare appearance on the East side of Manhattan tonight.
CAROLINE: Yes, it’s quite unusual for us.
RYAN: At the AMC/Loews Kips Bay Theater, which is a great, clean, all stadium-seating theater.
CAROLINE: It’s a nice theater, but, OMG, who wants to haul over to 2nd Avenue?
RYAN: And though the movie opened number 2 at the Box Office this weekend, the theater was only about a third filled, would you say?
CAROLINE: Two fifths.
RYAN: (laughs) Exactly accurate. Ok. Wow. “16 Blocks.”
CAROLINE: A pleasant surprise.
RYAN: Who knew?
CAROLINE: A very exciting, edge of your seat, action/thriller.
RYAN: I do believe I turned to you at one point and was, like, “My adrenaline is pumpin’.”
CAROLINE: Oh, yeah. It is like awesome action. And there are some incredibly well-shot scenes. That first shooting incident, OMG! It was positively cinematic!
RYAN: And the lighting and the camera movement…
CAROLINE: Bruce Willis is back in his game.
RYAN: A little heavy in the lid – but the b*tch is back.
CAROLINE: He’s got such a good “cop” look. He’s totally believable as a paunchy, balding cop.
RYAN: Right.
CAROLINE: He has seen better days…
RYAN: Mos def.
CAROLINE: (snickers)
RYAN: Speaking of, I think Mos Def is really cute.
CAROLINE: Yes. Cute and good. He was also good in that mew-vie “The Woodsman,” I saw, which starred Kevin Bacon… and he was good in this.
RYAN: I saw that movie with you.
CAROLINE: Oh, that’s right.
RYAN: He was really good in this and his voice was funnily affected. You thought he was playing autistic.
CAROLINE: I thought he had a little “Rain Man” in him.
RYAN: No. I thought he was just a corny, kind of…
CAROLINE: He was a special “Rain Man” type.
R: Really…
CAROLINE: Just a touch.
RYAN: The movie’s a little long. I could have done without some of the sentimental moments that detract from the action. And there were a couple movie-magic moments where I was thinking, “Now in real life, they couldn’t have actually made it outta that building.”
CAROLINE: There were definitely a couple of those. But it’s a good chase action, slash, little bit of “Speed” thrown in there. I don’t mean the drug, I mean the movie.
RYAN: Say no to drugs.
CAROLINE: But this movie was good stuff, for a March release. Not too shabby.
RYAN: Yeah. Good. Nary a woman in the film.
CAROLINE: Well, there’s that one woman.
RYAN: Right, but practically speaking, she’s in it for only, like, 3.2 minutes.
CAROLINE: Yeah, it’s a guy film.
RYAN: A total guy film.
CAROLINE: And action packed.
RYAN: I didn’t expect it to be this enjoyable. And I do enjoy a night at the movies, let’s be honest.
CAROLINE: And Bruce’s paunch? Fake.
RYAN: Oh, that was fake?
CAROLINE: I’m thinking so. Oh, c’mon. He’s a slim guy.
RYAN: Really?
CAROLINE: It looked a little like a pillow, a moi.
RYAN: He looks so much like mon frere. I couldn’t tell it was fake. I thought he looked pregnant. Final thought?
CAROLINE: I thoroughly enjoyed this. It was an action/thriller. It’s up there with some of the really good action flicks. And I like to see Bruce back in the game. I had a good time. It did drag out a bit, at the end; but, overall, I liked the ending.
RYAN: Yes. Although the movie was long, the pace was very good during the action sequences. I was definitely kept at the edge of my seat during most of it. And David Morse is in it, who played Jodie Foster’s Papa in the movie “Contact.”
CAROLINE: He was very good.
RYAN: I think this is his largest film role to date.
CAROLINE: Big part.
RYAN: Overall, get out and see this. You will enjoy “16 Blocks.”