For a New York cop and his witness the distance between life and death just got very short! Boozy and disillusioned aging cop Jack Mosley (Bruce Willis) is assigned the seemingly ordinary task of escorting a fast-talking witness (Mos Def) from police custody to a courthouse. However even with 2 hours to make 16 blocks this is now ordinary court case and there are forces inside and outside the police who will do anything to prevent the duo from reaching their destination alive...