| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | BLOOD WORK (2002) |
| Director | Clint Eastwood |
| Writer | Brian Helgeland (screenplay), Michael Connelly (novel) |
| Lead Actor | Clint Eastwood |
| Cast | Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Wanda De Jesús, Anjelica Huston, Tina Lifford, Paul RodrÃguez, Dylan Walsh |
| Genre | Mystery, Thriller |
| Release Date | August 9, 2002 |
| Duration | 1h 50m (≈ 110 minutes) |
| Budget | $50 million |
| Language | English |
| IMDB Rating | ~6.5-7/10 (mixed) |
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BLOOD WORK
As actor and director, Clint Eastwood (now 72) has evolved into one of the few American filmmakers whose name on a movie is a guarantee of good or at least solid work. Like Woody Allen, he keeps busy (seven films on varied subjects in the 10 years since Unforgiven), usually novel adaptations cast with strong actors.
His latest effort is in that mold, a Los Angeles police story based on Michael Connelly’s clever 1998 novel, with Clint cast age-appropriately as a retired F.B.I. profiler who’s just had a heart transplant. (He still chases and battles bad guys but holds his chest while he does it.)
The heart belonged to a young Latina mother killed in a robbery. Her sister makes a plea that’s hard to resist to pay back the life-giving donor by finding the culprit, who turns out to be a wacko game-playing serial killer. The heart donation remains central to all that happens.
This clearly fresh twist on a familiar genre mostly involves just old fashioned, brainy sleuthing, low-key humor and minimal hi-tech effects. (Clint doesn’t even use a cell phone.) The locales, especially the Long Beach harbor, are well used.
Jeff Daniels offers key support as a chummy marina neighbor, and newcomer Wanda De Jesùs impresses as the anxious client and eventual love interest. Such well-tooled genre movies used to be common, now are rare as low taxes satisfactory for mature audiences.
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