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Retied FBI agent Terry McCaleb, who has recently had a heart transplant, is asked to investigate the death of his heat-giver. He gradually discovers that the case is related to a series killer. But could the elderly and feeble McCaleb save the day?
It doesn't sound bad...but Bloodwork is bad, oh, lordy, yes, it is.
August 20, 2002
Combustible Celluloid
Master filmmaker Clint Eastwood continues in the classic Howard Hawks/John Ford tradition with unobtrustive direction, relaxed pacing, and strong characters and storytelling.
This vehicle—the cinematic equivalent of a supermarket paperback—plays like the best-ever episode of Matlock rather than a truly distinguished feature film. [Blu-ray]
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 16, 2002
Boston Globe
Even as it ends in a flurry of absurd plot twists, Blood Work holds you in a vise.
August 11, 2002
TheMovieReport.com
The movie could have used a heart transplant of its own, for its ultimate undoing is its minuscule, phoned-in energy level.