Clint Eastwood

Jeff Daniels

Anjelica Huston

Wanda De Jesus

Tina Lifford

Paul Rodríguez

Dylan Walsh

Mason Lucero

Gerry Becker

Rick Hoffman

Alix Koromzay

Igor Jijikine

Dina Eastwood

Beverly Leech

June Kyoto Lu

Chao Li Chi

Glenn Morshower

Robert Harvey

Matt Huffman

Mark Thomason

Maria Quiban

Brent Hinkley

Natalia Ongaro

Amanda Carlin

Ted Rooney

P.J. Byrne

Sam Jaeger

Derric Nugent

Craig Hosking

James W. Gavin

Dan Andreiu

Todd Bryant

Bryan Hanna

Ted Hollis

Michael Keyes

Greg Stechman

Sandie West

Joel Cox

Judie Hoyt

Robert Lorenz

Brian Helgeland

Tom Stern

Lennie Niehaus

Michael Connelly

Merie Weismiller Wallace

Jack G. Taylor Jr.

Buddy Van Horn

Beau Borders

Henry Bumstead

Mable Lawson-McCrary

Jason King

Richard C. Goddard

Deborah Hopper

Phyllis Huffman

Stephen S. Campanelli

Eileen Horta

Steve Mann

Tom Johnson

Gary D. Roach

Howard Neiman

Doug Jackson

Glenn Hoskinson

Michael Cipriano

Christopher Boyes

Paul C. Warschilka

Denise Horta

Thomas J. O'Connell

Juno J. Ellis

Shawn Sykora

Lucy Coldsnow-Smith

John T. Cucci

James Ashwill

Karen Spangenberg

Michael Sexton

Gloria D'Alessandro

Stephen Janisz

Donald L. Warner Jr.

Joe Divitale

Dan O'Connell

Walt Martin

Tania McComas

Juliet Loveland

Carol A. O'Connell

Patricia DeHaney

Francisco X. Pérez

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Blood Work

Malpaso Productions

Warner Bros. Pictures

United States of America

English

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***Dirty Harry’s final case (not really, but seems like it)***

Recovering from a heart transplant, a retired FBI profiler (Clint Eastwood) takes a case as a private investigator because of his amazing link to one of the victims. Jeff Daniels plays his amusing neighbor, a dock bum, while Wanda De Jesus appears as his potential girlfriend.

“Blood Work” (2002) was based on a Michael Connelly novel and his corresponding protagonist, Terry McCaleb, but the movie comes across as Dirty Harry’s final case after retirement, sorta like “Gran Torino” (2008) was akin to “Dirty Harry, the Golden Years.” 

Eastwood was 71 during shooting, but his character is roughly eight years younger and he pulls it off. I point this out to stress that he’s no longer kick-axx Dirty Harry. This is an aged, retired and recovering detective working on what is likely his last case. A lot of dialog is devoted to emphasizing how over-the-hill he is and how horrible he looks.

So, while this is a gritty big city detective flick in the mold of Dirty Harry, it’s way more subdued and mature. It’s more dramatic and less compelling. If you can roll with that, it’s a decent detective movie. It’s relatively realistic until the ending, which features a twist that I didn’t foresee (although others say they did). The climax is unlikely and smacks of a typical Hollywood ending. “A Simple Plan” (1998) did the same thing: a believable story that takes a “Yeah, right” turn at the close.

The film runs 1 hour, 50 minutes and was shot in the Los Angeles area. Anjelica Huston also appears as a doctor while Paul Rodriguez is on hand as a cranky Hispanic detective.

GRADE: C+/B-

Good entertainment.

I like the plot of <em>'Blood Work'</em>. I'm unsure if it would hold up if you went through with a fine-tooth comb, but it certainly gave me the required enjoyment levels. Clint Eastwood gives a sturdy performance, as do Jeff Daniels and Wanda De Jesus; elsewhere on the cast, neat to see Anjelica Huston and Rick Hoffman, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Suits_characters#:~:text=Faye%20to%20leave.-,Louis%20Litt,-%5Bedit%5D" rel="nofollow">Louis Litt</a> himself, appear in smaller roles.

It's not as unpredictable as it perhaps thinks it is, due to the casting more than anything, but I had a fun enough time with it.

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