Product Description

A former FBI profiler who has recently undergone a heart transplant comes out of retirement to track down the serial killer who has recently begun killing victims with the former agent's blood type.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #70252 in DVD
• Brand: Warner Brothers
• Released on: 2004-06-01
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English, French
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish, French
• Dubbed in: French
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 110 minutes

Amazon.com
Clint Eastwood's Blood Work is a refreshing reminder that Hollywood's young Turks can still learn a lesson from good old-fashioned craftsmanship. Settling into an easygoing groove that recalls his early work in Play Misty for Me, the 72-year-old producer-director-star acknowledges his age by playing a retired FBI profiler and recent heart-transplant recipient. He's recruited by his heart donor's grieving sister (Wanda De Jesus) to find her dead sibling's killer, and personal obligation compels his dutiful but health-risking investigation. From a sharp, sensible script by L.A. Confidential Oscar® winner Brian Helgeland (from Michael Connelly's novel), Blood Work consistently plays to Eastwood's no-nonsense approach, elevating the mystery while giving Jeff Daniels (as Eastwood's neighbor and amateur sidekick) a substantial role in the suspenseful proceedings. Some may chuckle at a brief Eastwood-De Jesus love scene, but there's ample proof here that Clint's still got all the right moves. --Jeff Shannon

From The New Yorker
An absorbing thriller that is really about Clint Eastwood's body-both frail and strong, seventy-two years old and scarred for the occasion, but looking good at any age. Eastwood, who directed, plays a retired Los Angeles F.B.I. agent who, after a heart attack, received the transplanted organ of a recently murdered woman. Against the advice of his doctor (Anjelica Huston), he decides to track down the murderer. The movie unfolds slowly and methodically, with great attention to the details of the plot; understanding slowly gathers in the mind of the hero. With Jeff Daniels as the shamefaced yacht-bASIN bum who lives on the same pier as Eastwood. Brian Helgeland, a specialist in tangled webs, adapted the Michael Connelly novel. -David Denby
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