An aging alcoholic cop is assigned the task of escorting a witness from police custody to a courthouse 16 blocks away. There are, however, chaotic forces at work that prevent them from making it in one piece.
This is Detective Jack Mosley. Shield number 227.
I guess this'll be my last will and testament. This is for Diane.
When this day is over, they're gonna come and... talk to you about this, and they're gonna... they're gonna tell you what happened, Diane. But what they tell you is not really what happened here. So I hope that you get this. I was trying to do a good thing.
— Chuck Berry. Chuck Berry. Chuck Berry... he got locked up for armed robbery. He changed. He changed. Barry White, he stole 300 ties. Can you pic... Can you picture big Barry White stealing 300 ties?
He changed. You said, you said people don't change.
People change.
— Eddie...
— What?
— You're killin' me.