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Blood Work (2002)

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Reviews Counted: 146

Fresh: 78

Rotten:68

Average Rating: 5.6/10

Consensus: Blood Work is a routine, but competently made thriller marred by lethargic pacing.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for violence and language

Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Aug 9, 2002 Wide

Box Office: $26,118,847

Synopsis: Someone’s got Terry McCaleb’s number. A veteran FBI profiler, McCaleb (CLINT EASTWOOD) is unrelenting in his pursuit of justice and unequalled in his success at tracking and catching murderers.... Someone’s got Terry McCaleb’s number. A veteran FBI profiler, McCaleb (CLINT EASTWOOD) is unrelenting in his pursuit of justice and unequalled in his success at tracking and catching murderers.

But as he closes in on his latest adversary – a psychopath dubbed “The Code Killer” by the media – McCaleb is felled by a massive heart attack and forced into early retirement.

Two years later, a beautiful stranger (WANDA De JESÚS) reveals a secret that compels McCaleb to re-examine his recovery: his life was saved by someone else’s death – the victim of a murder that remains unsolved.

Against the advice of his cardiologist (ANJELICA HUSTON) and with the help of an eager neighbor (JEFF DANIELS), McCaleb literally puts his life on the line to track down a murderer who has forced him to take this case personally.

He’s a heartbeat away from catching the killer.

Warner Bros. Pictures presents the suspense thriller Blood Work, a Malpaso Production starring CLINT EASTWOOD, JEFF DANIELS, WANDA De JESÚS, TINA LIFFORD, PAUL RODRIGUEZ, DYLAN WALSH and ANJELICA HUSTON.

Produced and directed by CLINT EASTWOOD from a screenplay by BRIAN HELGELAND, based on the best selling novel by MICHAEL CONNELLY, the film is executive produced by ROBERT LORENZ. The co-producer is JUDIE G. HOYT.

The editor is JOEL COX; the production designer is HENRY BUMSTEAD; the director of photography is TOM STERN; and the music is composed by LENNIE NIEHAUS.

Blood Work will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, an AOL Time Warner Company.

This film has been rated “R” by the Motion Picture Association of America for “violence and language.” [More]

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Wanda De Jesus, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Wanda De Jesus, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston, Tina Lifford, Paul Rodriguez, Dylan Walsh

Director: Clint Eastwood

Director: Clint Eastwood
Screenwriter: Brian Helgeland
Producer: Clint Eastwood
Composer: Lennie Niehaus
Studio: Warner Bros.

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The pivotal teaser is a numerical code that baffles experts but gets cracked in one curious gaze by a schoolboy.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Mark Halverson
Sacramento News & Review

Eastwood's sharpest filmmaking since the gig that won him an Oscar.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/23/07
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

Master filmmaker Clint Eastwood continues in the classic Howard Hawks/John Ford tradition with unobtrustive direction, relaxed pacing, and strong characters and storytelling.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Typically for Eastwood, there are modest touches to savor.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

The movie could have used a heart transplant of its own, for its ultimate undoing is its minuscule, phoned-in energy level.

Full Review Source: Mr. Brown's Movies | comment Comment
01/07/05
Michael Dequina
Mr. Brown's Movies

If you like genre films, Blood Work will not disappoint.

Full Review Source: tonymedley.com | comment Comment
10/07/04
Tony Medley
tonymedley.com

The talent just isn't there to raise the level of this film past television drama.

Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | comment Comment
02/01/04
Charlie Brown
FilmStew.com

It's still fun to watch [Eastwood] chase the bad guys, and he still has that indescribable aura about him.

Full Review Source: Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) | comment Comment
01/06/04
Greg Maki
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)

Very silly: sometimes almost enjoyably so, often just in a tired way.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
06/20/03
Kim Newman
Empire Magazine

Blood Work is a lot like a well-made PB & J sandwich: familiar, fairly uneventful and boasting no real surprises – but still quite tasty and inviting all the same.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
02/25/03
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

I'm sorry, the guy may be tough, or good-looking, or a respected Hollywood elder, but CLINT EASTWOOD IS NOT A VERY GOOD ACTOR. There, I said it.

Full Review Source: Film Quips Online | comment Comment
02/08/03
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online

Eastwood should spend the next five years gargling to get rid of the taste.

Full Review Source: RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) | comment Comment
01/16/03
Harry Guerin
RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

The murder mystery develops in engaging fashion, but disappointment comes when Blood Work intermittently leaves its clever roots to honor dull Hollywood conventions.

Full Review Source: Reno Gazette-Journal | comment Comment
01/10/03
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal

Clint still has presence, but he now looks very elderly, with stunt doubles to do fights and running and, for all I know, walking and breathing too.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
01/06/03
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]

It's badly made, the plot is ridiculous and what's more, it confirms that Clint, like Woody Allen, is now much too old for love scenes of any kind.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
01/04/03
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Efficient but fairly unexciting.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
12/23/02
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

...a throwback to an earlier age of more-relaxed mystery films.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
12/14/02
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

A classy item by a legend who may have nothing left to prove but still has the chops and drive to show how its done.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
11/16/02
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Urban Cinefile

Sure, Eastwood's made bad movies before, but as with his fellow great director-star Woody Allen, there's a feeling that this time the creative decline is irreversible.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
11/11/02
Nev Pierce
BBC

Distinctly lesser Eastwood. See it if you're like me, and will see anything he's in or has directed.

Full Review Source: San Diego Metropolitan | comment Comment
10/21/02
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan
 
 
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