Blood Work

He's a heartbeat away from catching the killer.
Blood Work (2002)
6.4/10
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Budget
$50 000 000
Revenue
$31 794 718
Director
Scenario
Photo Michael Connelly
Michael Connelly
Author
Composer
Producer
Actors
Photo Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
Terry McCaleb
Photo Jeff Daniels
Jeff Daniels
Jasper 'Buddy' Noone
Photo Anjelica Huston
Anjelica Huston
Dr. Bonnie Fox
Photo Wanda De Jesus
Wanda De Jesus
Graciella Rivers
Photo Tina Lifford
Tina Lifford
Detective Jaye Winston
Photo Paul Rodríguez
Paul Rodríguez
Detective Ronaldo Arrango
Photo Dylan Walsh
Dylan Walsh
Detective John Waller
Mason Lucero
Raymond Torres
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Short description

Retired FBI profiler Terry McCaleb is living on his boat in San Diego while recovering from a heart transplant. A woman named Graciella Rivers approaches him with a troubling connection: the heart he received came from her sister, whose death was treated as a robbery but which she believes was murder. Against the advice of his cardiologist, McCaleb begins looking into the case, aided by his neighbor Buddy, and finds links to a killer he once pursued while still with the Bureau. The investigation draws him back into work his health may not allow.

Clint Eastwood directed and stars as McCaleb. The film is the twenty-third he directed, following Space Cowboys and preceding Mystic River, and he produced it with Judie Hoyt from a screenplay by Brian Helgeland. The cast includes Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston, Wanda De Jesus, Tina Lifford and Paul Rodríguez, with 37 credited performers and 60 credited crew members. It is based on a novel by Michael Connelly.

Made for a budget of 50 million dollars, Blood Work took in about 32 million dollars worldwide. On IMDb it holds a rating of 6.4 from 51,000 votes, and on TMDB 6.2 from 925 votes. A critics' score of 5.7 from 150 reviews places it below both audience figures.

What's left behind the scenes

  • The film takes place in the same universe as Brad Furman's thriller “The Lincoln Lawyer” (2011).
  • The film's production took 38 days.
  • Dina Eastwood, Clint Eastwood's wife, producer, director, and lead actor from 1996-2013, plays the reporter in this film. She was, in fact, a reporter for KSWB channel in Salinas, California.
  • The film and the novel on which the script is based are titled "Blood Work," which is a medical term that can be translated as "blood analysis."

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