It's mostly a pro forma police procedural spiced by a baroque twist that Eastwood doesn't really know what to do with.
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.
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.”
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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Reviews for Blood Work
It doesn't sound bad...but Bloodwork is bad, oh, lordy, yes, it is.
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.
Even as it ends in a flurry of absurd plot twists, Blood Work holds you in a vise.
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.
Clint's aim may not be as straight as it once was, but it's still true.
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.
Blood Work is laughable in the solemnity with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from Eastwood's Dirty Harry period.
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.
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.
It's not an important picture, and probably not even a memorable one, but I had a good time.
An intriguing setup, filled with colorful characters, lots of humor and well-developed scenes.
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