Blood Work [WS]

Director: Clint Eastwood

Overview

A retired detective must battle former colleagues and his own failing health in order to bring a murderer to justice in this action drama produced and directed by its star, Clint Eastwood. Terry McCaleb (Eastwood) was one of the best and most thorough detectives at the FBI's Southern California office, until a massive heart attack sidelined him from police work for good. Following a heart transplant which saved his life, McCaleb has resigned himself to living quietly on a houseboat for the rest of his days, observing a strict health regimen prescribed by his cardiologist, Dr. Bonnie Fox (Anjelica Huston). However, McCaleb is persuaded to take on one last case through the insistence of a woman named Graciela Rivers (Wanda De Jesus). Rivers's sister was murdered in cold blood by a mugger, and her heart was used for McCaleb's transplant; now, Rivers wants McCaleb to find her sister's killer. McCaleb agrees to take on the case, but he quickly discovers his weakened physical condition makes the rigors of handling an investigation far harder and more difficult than its ever been before; he also can no longer drive a car, and must persuade his oddball friend from the marina,Buddy Noone (Jeff Daniels), to ferry him around town. Before long, despite these drawbacks, McCaleb discovers evidence which suggests the murderer may be a serial who uses random street robberies as a cover, but he finds that Ronaldo Arrango (Paul Rodriguez) and John Waller (Dylan Walsh), the police detectives assigned to the case, are not especially interested in sharing the glory (or their legwork) with the former FBI point man. Blood Work was adapted from the novel by Michael Connelly; Brian Helgeland wrote the screenplay.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/01/2010
UPC:	0883929075690
Original Release:	2002
Rating:	R
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:50:00
Sales rank:	19,979

Special Features

Closed Caption; Get to the heart of this thiller's production in making Blood Work; A conversation in spanish with Clint Eastwood, Wanda De Jesus and Paul Rodriguez (With English Subtitles); Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Clint Eastwood	Terry McCaleb,Reporter No. 1
Jeff Daniels	Buddy Noone,Jasper ?Buddy? Noone
Wanda De Jesus	Graciella Rivers
Anjelica Huston	Dr. Bonnie Fox
Tina Lifford	Jaye Winston
Paul Rodriguez	Det. Ronaldo Arrango
Dylan Walsh	Det. John Waller
Mason Lucero	Raymond
Gerry Becker	Mr. Toliver
Rick Hoffman	James Lockridge
Alix Koromzay	Mrs. Cordell
Igor Jijikine	Bolotov
Beverly Leech	Reporter No. 2
June Kyoko Lu	Mrs. Kang,Actor
Chao-Li Chi	Mr. Kang
Glenn Morshower	Captain
Robert Harvey	Restaurant Manager
Mark Thomason	James Cordell
Maria Quiban	Gloria Torres
Brent Hinkley	Cab Driver
Natalia Ongaro	Receptionist
Amanda Carlin	Office Manager
Ted Rooney	Forensics #1
P.J. Byrne	Forensics #2
Sam Jaeger	Deputy
Derric Nugent	L.A.P.D. Officer
Craig Hosking	Helicopter Pilot
James W. Gavin	Helicopter Pilot
Bryan Hanna	Front Desk Cop
Greg Stechman	Dock Crew
Craig Hoskins	Helicopter Pilot
Matt Huffman	Young Detective
Lennie Niehaus	Composer

Technical Credits

Brian Helgeland

Michael Connelly

Clint Eastwood	Producer
Brian Helgeland	Screenwriter
Phyllis Huffman	Casting
Robert Lorenz	Executive Producer,Producer
Stephen Riley	Special Effects
Buddy Van Horn	Stunts
Michael Connelly	Screenwriter
Judie Hoyt	Producer
Camille Geier	Special Effects
James Ashwill	Sound Effects
Bub Asman	Sound Effects
Beau Borders	Sound Effects
Christopher Boyes	Sound Effects
Bradley Clouse	Sound Effects
Patrick McGoohan	Producer
H. Barclay Aaris	Special Effects
Todd Bryant	Stunts
Walt Martin	Sound/Sound Designer
Harry Cohen	Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Blood Work
1. Catch Me [3:46]
2. End of the Chase [3:29]
3. Circle Around the Heart [3:05]
4. Graciella Rivers [3:15]
5. Donuts With Friends [5:20]
6. Not the First Time [3:05]
7. Observations [1:49]
8. The Cordell Case [4:45]
9. Atm Activity [2:19]
10. Fever Dream [1:57]
11. No Choice [4:38]
12. Bolotov Plays Rough [5:35]
13. What's the Average? [1:30]
14. A Souvenir [5:48]
15. Feeling Connected [1:51]
16. Like Stalking [3:43]
17. For the Full Ride [4:41]
18. Blood Tie [:42]
19. Losses and Gains [3:13]
20. Matter of Timing [4:55]
21. Shooting Up the Valley [4:04]
22. Grim Discovery [1:53]
23. All Except One [1:39]
24. Night Companions [3:18]
25. They're Both Back [2:24]
26. The Following Sea [4:12]
27. Freighter Prison [6:00]
28. Armed and Deadly [3:00]
29. Ramming Speed [3:30]
30. Not Needed [2:47]
31. Having Someone [1:29]
32. End Credits [2:06]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Blood Work
Features
Cast & Crew
Clint Eastwood/Terry McCaleb
Jeff Daniels/Buddy Noone
Anjelica Huston/Dr Bonnie Fox
Wanda De Jesús/Graciella Rivers
Tina Lifford/Jaye Winston
Paul Rodriguez/Det Ronaldo Arrango
Dylan Walsh/Det John Waller
Making Blood Work
A Conversation In Spanish With Clint Eastwood, Wanda De Jesús and Paul Rodriguez
Teaser Trailer
Theatrical Trailer
Languages
Spoken Languages
English
Français
Subtitles
English
Français
Español
Subtitles: Off
Scenes
Movie

Editorial Reviews

When the deconstructive Western Unforgiven brought Clint Eastwood unprecedented respect, it was tempting to hope the newly minted auteur would reserve himself for superior projects and artistic themes close to his heart. What an appropriate metaphor for his career, then, that Eastwood's latest, Blood Work, is about a transplant of that essential organ. It's as though what makes Eastwood tick has been supplanted by a foreign presence his body can't reject, leaving him content to toe the (assembly) line and glumly perpetuate his Absolute Power-True Crime school of pedestrian thrillers. It's also tempting to suggest that this aging treasure of tough guy machismo has "still got it," but Blood Work returns quite the opposite verdict. Eastwood is finally starting to look fragile and elderly -- in fact, thank goodness his character is weak following major surgery, because it provides a narrative explanation why the actor's voice is more gasp than rasp. But Blood Work is depressing in so many ways that aren't traceable to Eastwood's frailties. Tops on the list is the utter conventionality of the script, which follows the familiar path of the umpteen thrillers in which serial killers taunt celebrity FBI agents for the purpose of aggrandizing and fetishizing their crimes. Brian Helgeland has fallen far from his days as writer of L. A. Confidential if this soap opera dialogue and ham-fisted foreshadowing is all he can muster. The tone is schizophrenic, caught between the misplaced gravity of Eastwood's recent films, the ludicrous renegade posturing of his Dirty Harry days, and a cops-and-donuts style of comedy (embodied by pesky irritant Paul Rodriguez) that was never fashionable. Long before the laughable finish, the test results of this Blood Work have already come back negative.