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Article: FILM: ALSO SHOWING BLOOD WORK CLINT EASTWOOD (15) TROUBLE EVERY DAY CLAIRE DENIS (18) TAKE CARE OF MY CAT JEONG JAE-EUN (PG) 11'09"01 - SEPTEMBER 11 VARIOUS DIRECTORS (12A)
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- December 27, 2002
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Clint Eastwood, 72 this year, graciously acknowledges his body's
frailty in his new thriller, Blood Work. He plays Terry McCaleb, an
FBI veteran who, chasing a serial-killer suspect on foot through the
back streets of LA, looks mighty short of puff. He collapses from a
heart attack, and his quarry escapes. Cut to two years later, and
McCaleb is retired with a great scar across his chest from the
surgery that narrowly saved him. Although virtually rattling with the
pills he's required to take, McCaleb begins a private investigation
into a murder case, to the chagrin both of his doctor (Anjelica
Huston) and the LAPD, who don't like outsiders on their turf.
It's personal, you see: the woman ...