Jakealope This movie has classic unreal serial killer plot, that alone makes it laughable. Serial killers toying with the people trying to track them is a hackneyed old plot line. But this one takes it to new heights. You see, our intrepid FBI profiler, Dirty Harry, almost nailed the serial killer, "The Code Killer" but had a heart attack during the cbase. But Harry winged the perp as the perp escaped. Well two years later Harry got a heart transplant, he gets approached by the pretty sister of the dead Hispanic woman whose heart saved his life. See her sister was murdered in a senseless looking store hold up. Now, a good human angle like that is a welcome plot element. So naturally, even though Dirty Harry is retired and is recovering from the heart transplant 2 months earlier, he agrees to help her find her sister's killer. This leaves a role for his cardiologist, Anjelica Houston, to get all concerned about his health and advice him to give it up. Then we are introduced with the amiable loafer who lives two boats down from him from the marina, the perennial nice white guy Jeff Daniels. Then we have an obnoxious local Hispanic cop, played by Paul Rodriguez, who is there to rail at and dog Harry's investigation. His performance sucked since his character's motivation was pointless. It was like "Here's a role, the bad officious cop who dogs our intrepid hero." So our serial killer spends two years laying low then decides he has to help his pursuer get a new heart. Which he does by cracking the blood bank system and finding someone with the same rare blood type as Harry's then kill them with a shot to the head so their heart can get harvested. Which makes no sense since Harry wasn't a G Man nor pursuing the Code Killer anymore. So was the killer counting on the dead heart donor's sister to find Harry then re-ignite the case? It made no sense. The killer actually physically meets Harry in disguise. Yet Harry, while physically frail but mentally sharp, doesn't notice that he is someone he knows? And why would the killer pull such a stunt except to move the plot along? Just too many dumb pointless plot elements can ruin a film

FilmBuff1994 Blood Work is a decent movie with a well developed storyline and a great cast.I certainly have come to expect from Clint Eastwood than this,it's nowhere near his finest work,but the movie is still a good crime film,it is quite slow for a long period of the movie,but once everything comes together it is very intense.Clint Eastwood's performance was great and I'm sure he had a field day playing that character,I also appreciated the acting from Wanda De Jesus and Tina Lifford,also Jeff Daniels character was great as comic relief for a very serious movie,although I didn't like any of Angelica Huston's scenes,she just didn't suit her character.The twist towards the end is very good and unexpected,it was certainly the movies highlight,once it happens it seems kind of obvious but you will likely never realise it until it happens.Not Clint Eastwood's finest film,but it's still very enjoyable and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good crime film or drama. A retired FBI agent is asked to track down the killer of a woman who donated her heart to him.Best Performance: Clint Eastwood Worst Performance: Angelica Huston

PeterMitchell-506-564364 A one off for Eastwood fans, this flick, not so good as his surrounding surefire hits. Eastwood plays a tamer character here in this, but for good reason. Surviving a heart attack while chasing a taunting code killer, he's given new heart, that of a gunshot victim in her last hours. When the victim's sister shows up on his boat, he is asked to track down the callous SOB/code killer. Feeling indebted to the woman and the surviving son of the the victim, as she gave him what Huston (Clint's physician) truly terms as a gift, retired cop, Eastwood, very good on this, does his own off the book investigation with a little help from some rival cops, which includes a chubbier looking Paul Rodriquez, bringing some humor into the film that we're thankful for, throwing some life into what is at most times, a rather dry drama. In fact, it's quite a good performance. Hey, if an ex cop showed up at the precinct with a box of Krispy Kreme's, I'd help him. Daniel's revels in his role so much, you wanna be him. He plays Terry's cooky, bum of a loser neighbor, who assists Clint in his quest to find the killer, for a price, while Huston is just great as always, though is sadly not used enough in this film. What I found wrong with Blood work, they're wasn't enough plot points, suspense, or action, one scene though showing promise, which became an actual shame. It's like the script held back on stuff, to make it simpler. Although I never ever guessed the killer as being the one revealed in the last twenty minutes, some of the shots spoiled by too much darkness, which at one point, the rescue scene becomes unclear. This isn't of the usual Eastwood, ilk. He's string of excellent quality movies from the late nineties, typified him as a directing god, with wonderfully told stories, fictional or non fictional, that were so impressive, this one, being one of Clint's failings, still not a bad entertainer.

Desertman84 Blood Work is a mystery suspense thriller film produced, directed by, and starring Clint Eastwood. The film also features Jeff Daniels, Wanda De Jesús, and Anjelica Huston. It is based off the novel of the same title by Michael Connelly.In the story,FBI agent Terry McCaleb goes outside to address the media when he spots the killer in the crowd during a murder investigation. But the chase ends after McCaleb suffers a heart attack.Now retired, he lives in a houseboat on the San Francisco bay. He is approached by a woman named Graciella Rivers, who's sister was killed during a robbery and asks him to solve the case. It gets personal when McCaleb realizes the victim was the woman who's heart was transplanted into him. Terry McCaleb is an ailing veteran FBI agent who has been given a second chance at life by receiving the heart of a murder victim. Terry is visited by the murder victim's sister, Graciella Rivers, who informs him that he is alive only because of receiving the deceased's heart and asks him to investigate who killed her.McCaleb defies the advice of his physician, Dr. Bonnie Fox, and sets out to find the killer with the help of his neighbor Buddy No one, who lives on a houseboat near his, and a local police detective, Jaye Winston.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 and John Waller, the police detectives assigned to the case, are not especially interested in sharing the glory with the former FBI point man.The movie was interesting from beginning up to the three-quarters of the film when Terry is near in solving the murder mystery and homicide case.But it becomes a routine Clint Eastwood film during the last quarter of the film when Terry is near in identifying the murderer.When he realizes that the murderer is an old enemy during his FBI days who happens to be "the serial code killer",the viewer may lose interest as it becomes an traditional action film wherein everything becomes predictable and clichéd.Too bad that the movie had a great premise about a murderer killing for blood and organ donation as it sounds interesting and refreshing especially for a murder mystery film.It was written very well and it never runs out of intelligence,suspense and tension in the first three-quarters but it loses steam when in the last quarter as I have stated earlier.What also does not work in the film is the romance between Terry and Graciella Rivers.It looks silly.Just like what I have said,when it became a routine action film,the hero needed a love interest which I believe isn't really necessary in the story. But overall,I still recommend this film inspite of its flaws for it never falls short in entertainment.