Blood Work

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Still of Clint Eastwood and Jeff Daniels in Blood WorkStill of Clint Eastwood, Tina Lifford and Paul Rodriguez in Blood WorkStill of Clint Eastwood and Anjelica Huston in Blood WorkStill of Clint Eastwood and Wanda De Jesus in Blood WorkStill of Clint Eastwood in Blood WorkJEFF DANIELS in Malpaso Productions' suspense thriller

Plot

Still recovering from a heart transplant, a retired FBI profiler returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer.

Release Year: 2002

Rating: 6.3/10 (20,900 voted)

Critic's Score: 64/100

Director:
Clint Eastwood

Stars: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston

Storyline
Retired FBI profiler Terry McCaleb (Eastwood), who has recently had a heart transplant, is hired by Graciela Rivers (De Jesus), to investigate the death of her sister, Gloria, who happens to have given McCaleb his heart. On the case, he soon deduces that the killer, who staged the murder to look like a random robbery, may actually be a serial killer Terry was trailing for years in the FBI. Can the elderly and feeble McCaleb, who had intended to spend his retirement living on his boat in the Los Angeles harbor, and who can't drive, and has to nap regularly, muster up the endurance to find the killer?

Writers: Michael Connelly, Brian Helgeland

Cast:

Clint Eastwood

Terry McCaleb


Jeff Daniels

Jasper 'Buddy' Noone


Anjelica Huston

Dr. Bonnie Fox


Wanda De Jesus

Graciella Rivers

(as Wanda De Jesús)


Tina Lifford

Detective Jaye Winston


Paul Rodriguez

Detective Ronaldo Arrango


Dylan Walsh

Detective John Waller


Mason Lucero

Raymond Torres


Gerry Becker

Mr. Toliver


Rick Hoffman

James Lockridge


Alix Koromzay

Mrs. Cordell


Igor Jijikine

Mikhail Bolotov


Dina Eastwood

Reporter #1


Beverly Leech

Reporter #2


June Kyoto Lu

Mrs. Kang

(as June Kyoko Lu)

Taglines:
He's a heartbeat away from catching the killer



Details

Official Website:
Warner Bros. [United States] |

Release Date: 9 August 2002

Filming Locations: Acton, California, USA



Box Office Details

Budget: $50,000,000

(estimated)

Opening Weekend: $7,312,413
(USA)
(11 August 2002)
(2525 Screens)

Gross: $26,199,517
(USA)
(13 October 2002)



Technical Specs

Runtime:



Did You Know?

Trivia:

Exists in the same universe as
The Lincoln Lawyer.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes:
When McCaleb is doing a newspaper search on a computer, both search results are labeled as "1 of 1" and the result ID is the same, even though the headline and article summary is different for each result.

Quotes:

[first lines]

Detective Arango:
[referring to McCaleb at crime scene]
Okay, listen. Whatever happens, it'll his face on the front page.



User Review

All around enjoyable murder mystery and human interest drama

Rating: 7/10

In "Blood Work" Eastwood plays an FBI agent, recovering from a heart
transplant, who is asked by the sister of the murdered woman whose heart he
received to find her killer. The result is surprisingly even and
interesting murder mystery in which we see Eastwood piece together the
evidence pointing to the killer while dealing with heart transplant issues
and making nice with his pro bono client. The film has fewer plot holes than
most murder mysteries; leans more toward human interest than derring-dos;
and is another example of Eastwood successfully pushing out the age envelope
in a self-directed film product. Recommended for more mature couch potatoes
into murder mysteries. (B)