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Firewall., Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Village Roadshow Pictures a Beacon Pictures/Jon Shestack/Thunder Road production ; produced by Armyan Bernstein, Basil Iwanyk, Jonathan Shestack ; written by Joe Forte ; directed by Richard Loncraine ; 16 blocks / Warner Bros. in association with Alcon Entertainment and Millennium Films presents an Emmett/Furla Films and Cheyenne Enterprises production for Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III & Nu Image Entertainment GmbH ; produced by Randall Emmett, Avi Lerner, Arnold Rifkin, John Thompson, Jim Van Wyck, Bruce Willis ; written by Richard Wenk ; directed by Richard Donner, Widescreen ;

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Firewall., Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Village Roadshow Pictures a Beacon Pictures/Jon Shestack/Thunder Road production ; produced by Armyan Bernstein, Basil Iwanyk, Jonathan Shestack ; written by Joe Forte ; directed by Richard Loncraine ; 16 blocks / Warner Bros. in association with Alcon Entertainment and Millennium Films presents an Emmett/Furla Films and Cheyenne Enterprises production for Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III & Nu Image Entertainment GmbH ; produced by Randall Emmett, Avi Lerner, Arnold Rifkin, John Thompson, Jim Van Wyck, Bruce Willis ; written by Richard Wenk ; directed by Richard Donner, Widescreen ;
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Firewall: MPAA rating: PG-13; for some intense sequences of violence16 blocks: MPAA rating: PG-13; for violence, intense sequences of action, and some strong language
Main title
Firewall.
Responsibility statement
Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Village Roadshow Pictures a Beacon Pictures/Jon Shestack/Thunder Road production ; produced by Armyan Bernstein, Basil Iwanyk, Jonathan Shestack ; written by Joe Forte ; directed by Richard Loncraine ; 16 blocks / Warner Bros. in association with Alcon Entertainment and Millennium Films presents an Emmett/Furla Films and Cheyenne Enterprises production for Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG III & Nu Image Entertainment GmbH ; produced by Randall Emmett, Avi Lerner, Arnold Rifkin, John Thompson, Jim Van Wyck, Bruce Willis ; written by Richard Wenk ; directed by Richard Donner
Runtime
207
Summary
Firewall: Bank security expert Jack Stanfield specializes in designing infallible theft-proof financial computer systems. But there is a hidden vulnerability in the system he didn't account for - himself. When a ruthless criminal mastermind kidnaps his family, Jack is forced to find a flaw in his system and steal $100 million. With the lives of his wife and children at stake and under constant surveillance, he has only hours to find a loophole in the thief's own impenetrable system of subterfuge and false identities to beat him at his own game16 blocks: Jack Mosley is a burnt-out detective who is assigned the unenviable task of transporting a fast-talking convict from jail, 16 blocks to the 100 Centre Street courthouse. However, as the two head off, Mosley learns that the man is supposed to testify against Mosley's colleagues, and the entire NYPD want the witness dead. Mosley must choose between loyalty to his colleagues and protecting the witness
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
16 blocksSixteen blocks
resource.version
Widescreen ;
Classification
resource.screenwriter

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