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Article: 'Blood Work' will drain you: Clint Eastwood flick has dragging plot, unbelievable twists
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- August 15, 2002
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Blood Work
(R)HH
By CHERYL CASWELL
DAILY MAIL MOVIE REVIEWER
Clint Eastwood as a gasping, weak heart patient trying to solve
one last crime? Having blood work done is more fun than sitting
through "Blood Work."
Terry McCaleb (Eastwood in his 44th film) is an aging ex-FBI agent
who gives pathetic chase after a serial killer, but is felled by a
heart attack and is out of action for two years.
He undergoes a heart transplant but jumps right back into the fray
to solve the murder of his organ donor. He spends most of the movie
grimacing and clutching his heart. This is an anemic and plodding
wannabe thriller with a too-bizarre twist.
And Eastwood's geriatric take on the cop who leaves ...