Blood Work (film)

Blood Work
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Clint Eastwood
Written by	Screenplay: Brian Helgeland Novel: Michael Connelly
Produced by	Clint Eastwood
Starring	Clint Eastwood Jeff Daniels Wanda De Jesus Tina Lifford Paul Rodriguez Dylan Walsh and Anjelica Huston
Cinematography	Tom Stern
Edited by	Joel Cox
Music by	Lennie Niehaus
Production company	Malpaso Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	August 9, 2002
Running time	110 mins.
Language	English
Budget	$50 million (estimated)
Box office	$26.2 million

Blood Work is a 2002 mystery suspense thriller produced, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. The film co-stars Jeff Daniels, Wanda De Jesus and Anjelica Huston.

Eastwood won the Future Film Festival Digital Award at the Venice Film Festival. Blood Work is loosely based on the 1998 novel by the same name from Edgar Award-winning writer Michael Connelly.

Plot

Terry McCaleb is an ailing veteran FBI agent who's been given a second chance at life by receiving the heart of a murder victim. Terry is visited by the murder victim's sister, Graciella Rivers, who informs him that he is alive only because of receiving the deceased's heart and asks him to investigate who killed her.

McCaleb defies the advice of his physician, Dr. Bonnie Fox, and sets out to find the killer with the help of his neighbor Buddy Noone, who lives on a houseboat near his, and a local police detective, Jaye Winston.

Cast

• Clint Eastwood as Terry McCaleb
• Jeff Daniels as Jasper "Buddy" Noone
• Anjelica Huston as Dr. Bonnie Fox
• Wanda De Jesus as Graciella Rivers
• Tina Lifford as Detective Jaye Winston
• Paul Rodriguez as Detective Ronaldo Arrango
• Dylan Walsh as Detective John Waller
• Mason Lucero as Raymond Torres
• Gerry Becker as Mr. Toliver
• Rick Hoffman as James Lockridge
• Alix Koromzay as Mrs. Cordell
• Igor Jijikine as Mikhail Bolotov
• Dina Ruiz Eastwood as Reporter #1
• Beverly Leechas Reporter #2
• June Kyoto Lu as Mrs. Kang

Reception

Blood Work received mixed reviews from critics. It has a score of 54% on Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus being that it was "a routine, but competently made thriller marred by lethargic pacing". But the New York Times reviewer, though admitting that it was similar to many other of Clint Eastwood's films, thought that "there is something comforting in seeing this old warhorse trot gamely out of the gate for yet another run on familiar turf."

The film was not a box-office success, grossing $26.2 million on a budget of $50 million.

External links

• Blood Work at IMDb
• Jeff Daniels interview for Blood Work