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Blood Work (2002)

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Reviews Counted:147

Fresh:79

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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Eastwood and Daniels are in top form.

Full Review Source: Greenwich Village Gazette | comment Comment
08/08/02
Eric Lurio
Eric Lurio
Greenwich Village Gazette

Although the identity of the action thriller's culprit is painfully evident early in the movie, Mr. Eastwood's direction is skillful enough to keep the suspense percolating.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
08/08/02
Philip Wuntch
Philip Wuntch
Dallas Morning News
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...another one of Clint Eastwood's essays on the aging process disguised as a genre film.

Full Review Source: Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) | comment Comment
08/08/02
Josh Larsen
Josh Larsen
Sun Publications (Chicago, IL)

The professionalism of the direction does little to mask the banality of the product.

Full Review Source: Film Freak Central | comment Comment
08/08/02
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

A welcome relief from a summer of freaks, fools and flying saucers.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
08/08/02
Rex Reed
Rex Reed
New York Observer
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[The film] delivers the goods, in part because of Eastwood's iconic presence and in part because of Daniels' scene-stealing work in what could have been a hokey role.

Full Review Source: Dallas Observer | comment Comment
08/08/02
Andy Klein
Andy Klein
Dallas Observer

The pacing is glacial, the screenplay is stiff as a board, and things heat up only in the movie's final scenes.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
08/08/02
Ella Taylor
Ella Taylor
L.A. Weekly

Seems to have been influenced solely by TV cop shows, right down to its cliched humor.

Full Review Source: Citysearch | comment Comment
08/08/02
Ross Brooks
Ross Brooks
Citysearch

Has a lot of the virtues of Eastwood at his best.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
08/08/02
Michael Wilmington
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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A worthwhile thriller.

Full Review Source: FilmsInReview.com | comment Comment
08/08/02
Victoria Alexander
Victoria Alexander
FilmsInReview.com

This is a murder mystery in which fitting together the pieces of the puzzle takes precedence over the solution.

Full Review Source: Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN) | comment Comment
08/08/02
Bob Bloom
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Some say Eastwood could sleepwalk through detective thrillers of this nature. I say he just did.

Full Review Source: Eclipse Magazine | comment Comment
08/08/02
Sean O'Connell
Sean O'Connell
Eclipse Magazine

The Good, The Bad and the Elderly

Full Review Source: NY Rock | comment Comment
08/08/02
Spyder Darling
Spyder Darling
NY Rock

Twenty-three movies into a mostly magnificent directorial career, Clint Eastwood's efficiently minimalist style finally has failed him. Big time.

Full Review Source: Sun Newspapers of Cleveland | comment Comment
08/08/02
John Urbancich
John Urbancich
Sun Newspapers of Cleveland

A sturdy, if dawdling, old-fashioned adding-up- the-clues mystery that turns out to be one or two notches cleverer than you expect.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
08/08/02
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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Almost predictable enough to induce widespread eye-rolling

Full Review Source: Planet Sick-Boy | comment Comment
08/08/02
Jon Popick
Jon Popick
Planet Sick-Boy

Eastwood judiciously tempers the picture's more hackneyed elements. But so many scenes invite easy second-guessing of the hero...that the movie's strengths are often obscured.

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
08/07/02
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

A satisfying and engaging thriller, even if it does take you down the memory lane of previous serial killer scripts.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
08/07/02
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

Sometimes this 'Blood' seems as tired as its protagonist...Still, the pulse never disappears entirely, and the picture crosses the finish line winded but still game.

Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion | comment Comment
08/07/02
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

Blood Work is just no fun, it's so amazingly predictable, and it moves at a snails pace

Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | comment Comment
08/07/02
Geoffrey Kleinman
Geoffrey Kleinman
DVDTalk.com
 
 
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