Directed by:
Clint EastwoodScreenplay:
Brian HelgelandCinematography:
Tom SternComposer:
Lennie NiehausCast:
Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston, Wanda De Jesus, Tina Lifford, Paul Rodriguez, Dylan Walsh, Rick Hoffman, Glenn Morshower, Greg Stechman (more)Plots(1)
FBI detective Terry McCaleb (Clint Eastwood) has retired from police work after a massive heart attack led to him having a heart transplant operation. Resigned to quietly living out the rest of his days aboard his houseboat, he is persuaded to take on one last case by the sister of the murdered girl whose heart he has been given. The case soon escalates into a serial killer investiagtion - which may prove too much for the substantially weakened McCaleb, who has been advised by his cardiologist (Anjelica Huston) not to drive a car - let alone undertake the stress and arduous legwork required to track down a dangerous murderer. (Warner Home Video)
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Blood Work is and old-school and somewhat predictable mystery with a more or less satisfying point. The film is kept afloat by Clint Eastwood’s charisma, but it would have been a better fit for Jack Nicholson guided by Sean Penn as a director.
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The ideal three-star film, simply average, it doesn't suck or impress. The viewer spends a pleasant 110 minutes in the company of a guy with a heart transplant, Clint, who shows that he hasn't forgotten how to direct, although in this case he doesn't perform any miracles. True, the villain didn’t have to be so easily predictable, but in a one-view film, that's not a problem.
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A very unnecessary crime film in which a seventy-year-old Eastwood searches for an easily predictable killer with bulldog determination and even manages to acquire a partner many decades younger. I simply don't buy into this from the creators. Thankfully, Clint himself is behind the direction, so the pace hardly ever slackens, but everything is too predictable and visually surprisingly sterile.
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