![]() Nugent offers to stage a mock hostage situation in which Eddie is killed and Jack does what he does best - walk away.īut this time, Jack has been pushed too far and seizes his last opportunity to do the right thing. And as Nugent is quick to point out to his old friend, Eddie’s testimony threatens to bring them all down. There’s a history between Jack and Nugent - a dark history that Jack has been desperately trying to forget. In an instant, Jack’s quickie trip downtown turns into the nightmare of a lifetime: the criminals that want Eddie dead are actually cops. Eddie suddenly goes pale - one of the detectives on Nugent’s team is the man he is supposed to testify against. When Jack calls for backup, homicide detective Frank Nugent (DAVID MORSE) and his team are first to arrive at the scene. Jack emerges just in time to prevent Eddie’s execution, killing one assassin and narrowly escaping a second. As Eddie waits inside the locked car, fuming at getting stuck with Jack as his escort, he’s suddenly faced with a much bigger problem - a loaded gun pointed at his head. His head throbbing, and Eddie’s flair for conversation only making it worse, Jack stops off at the local liquor store to pick up some breakfast. When Jack shoves Eddie into the back of his car and pulls out into the morning New York city rush hour, he doesn’t notice the van looming behind them. In Eddie he sees only a pathetic rat who was offered a sweet deal. Jack knows better, though - people don’t change. But beneath the punk in Eddie lies a man committed to turning his life around and constantly searching for “signs” that will lead him to a brighter future. ![]() He’s in no mood to deal with a punk who’s been in and out of jail for more than half his life. It should take Jack 15 minutes to drop him off at the courthouse and get home.īroken down, out of shape, with a bad leg and a serious drinking problem, Jack’s role on the force is simple - clock in, clock out and stay out of trouble in between. ![]() and needs to be taken from lock-up to the courthouse, 16 blocks away. Petty criminal Eddie Bunker (MOS DEF) is set to testify before a grand jury at 10:00 a.m. All he wanted to do was go home and get a drink.īut at 8:02 a.m., hungover NYPD detective Jack Mosley (BRUCE WILLIS) is assigned a seemingly simple task.
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