Clint Eastwood,
Jeff Daniels,
Anjelica Huston,
Wanda De Jesus,
Tina Lifford
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A retired detective must battle former colleagues and his own failing health in order to bring a murderer to justice in this action drama produced and directed by its star, Clint Eastwood. Terry McCal... read more
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Release Date: August 9, 2002
Keywords:
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Clint Eastwood ,
Jeff Daniels ,
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Wanda De Jesus
DVD Release Date: December 27, 2002
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Flixster Reviews (689)
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December 30, 2011Terry McCaleb: Remember how you said I was your friend, and I could tell you the truth? Well I don't need you at all.
"He's a heartbeat away from catching the killer"
Blood Work gets a lot of shit and it is easy to see why. This is a predictable and lazy thriller from Eastwood... read more -
August 12, 2011A run of the mill procedural cop/serial killer movie. The low rating is because of how low on surprises this was. Honestly, it was ridiculously easy to solve. If I'm watching a film about an FBI profiler I shouldn't be 1 hour ahead of him. I worked out the plan, the motive, and t... read more
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March 27, 2011A chilling movie with a predictable plot, good acting, great concept, interesting conclusion. So basically, Im glad I saw it.
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December 31, 2010A good story which was set up well but it just didn't follow through. I wasn't too interested in the characters and their journeys but it was interesting to watch.
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July 24, 2010I watched this for the second time recently - the first time being perhaps 7 years ago. It didn't take long before I remembered who did the whodunit, and it became frustrating that it was taking so long for Clint's character to decipher the clues. It is worth watching once. At... read more
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July 22, 2010It might not have anything on Dirty Harry or most of the sequels, but this is still a really rewarding murder mystery. Clint Eastwood shows that he can still get the bad guys and strike fear into everyone with his new Mexican Heart. It's well written, well shot and not overly amb... read more
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November 22, 2009excellently written and very interesting, but at the same time it was a bit easy to figure out, contained a pointless and contrived romance, and featured a few actors that turned in sub par performances. overall definitely worth the watch, but its unbelievable how much eastwood ... read more
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November 21, 2009This was a good movie with a good script and good actors. It's very by the book and enjoyable. The only issue comes at the very end of the movie when the bad guy goes from cool and calculated to giggly and comical.
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July 1, 2009A retired FBI agent investigates the murder of the woman whose heart he received in a transplant operation. Clint continues the theme of tough guys dealing with old age he began in In The Line Of Fire and completed with Gran Torino. The ridiculous premise of this tired bag of gen... read more
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February 5, 2009i loved it its a brilliant action thriller wth twists really should watch the endding is so unexpected!!
Critic Reviews
September 26, 2002
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine
August 20, 2002
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
It doesn't sound bad...but Bloodwork is bad, oh, lordy, yes, it is.
August 16, 2002
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
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.
August 11, 2002
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Even as it ends in a flurry of absurd plot twists, Blood Work holds you in a vise. Full Review
August 9, 2002
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
The actors manage to make it all seem plausible enough. Full Review
August 9, 2002
Mike Clark, USA Today
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
August 9, 2002
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Clint's aim may not be as straight as it once was, but it's still true. Full Review
August 9, 2002
Glenn Lovell, San Jose Mercury News
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
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