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Blood Work (2002)

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Reviews Counted:33

Fresh:24

Rotten:9

Average Rating:6.4/10

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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It's mostly a pro forma police procedural spiced by a baroque twist that Eastwood doesn't really know what to do with.

Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
09/26/02
Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
New York Magazine
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It doesn't sound bad...but Bloodwork is bad, oh, lordy, yes, it is.

Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | comment 1 Comment
08/20/02
Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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It can be argued, I suppose, that Blood Work was designed from the outset not so much as a whodunit as a why-and-how-dunit, and here the film becomes metaphysically ingenious.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
08/16/02
Andrew Sarris
Andrew Sarris
New York Observer
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Even as it ends in a flurry of absurd plot twists, Blood Work holds you in a vise.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
08/11/02
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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It's always nice to see Clint.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
08/09/02
Michael O'Sullivan
Michael O'Sullivan
Washington Post
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The actors manage to make it all seem plausible enough.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
08/09/02
Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
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There are certain old friends who are fun to have around, but Blood Work does its best to reduce Clint Eastwood to something like the houseguest you struggle to tolerate after he overstays his welcome.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
08/09/02
Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today
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Clint's aim may not be as straight as it once was, but it's still true.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
08/09/02
Peter Howell
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
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This is the Eastwood of old, and the fact that he can still pull off such heroics tells us how far he had to stretch to play nervous and frail.

Full Review Source: San Jose Mercury News | comment Comment
08/09/02
Glenn Lovell
Glenn Lovell
San Jose Mercury News
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Far-fetched and trite.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
08/09/02
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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Blood Work is laughable in the solemnity with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from Eastwood's Dirty Harry period.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
08/09/02
Jan Stuart
Jan Stuart
Newsday
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You don't know whether to admire the film's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace. Or both.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
08/09/02
Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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Clint Eastwood's most accomplished movie in nearly a decade.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
08/09/02
Eric Harrison
Eric Harrison
Houston Chronicle
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For all its plot twists, and some of them verge on the bizarre as the film winds down, Blood Work is a strong, character-oriented piece.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
08/09/02
Susan Stark
Susan Stark
Detroit News
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For a movie about a heart, this is all saggy flesh and bare bones.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
08/09/02
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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A vital, exciting work.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
08/09/02
Steven Rosen
Steven Rosen
Denver Post
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Blood Work needs a transfusion...

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
08/09/02
Rick Groen
Rick Groen
Globe and Mail
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It's not an important picture, and probably not even a memorable one, but I had a good time.

Full Review Source: Salon.com | comment Comment
08/09/02
Charles Taylor
Charles Taylor
Salon.com
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The movie has plenty of twists and surprises.

Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
08/09/02
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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An intriguing setup, filled with colorful characters, lots of humor and well-developed scenes.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
08/09/02
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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