This movie is an insult to viewers' intelligence. Almost every scene is so implausible and childish that I couldn't believe it was directed and produced by the great Clint Eastwood. At the beginning of the movie a policeman warns Eastwood, who is now a retired FBI agent, that making investigations without private detective license is a crime in California. However, Eastwood not only investigates without a proper license. He's also shooting at some car that just stands across the street. He also shoots at his neighbor. Later he gravely wounds him, and Eastwood's new girlfriend helps to submerge the wounded man into the water to finally kill him. This is apparent first degree murder, and the pair commits crime after crime while the viewer should believe that they will get no punishment for that. The most funny thing Eastwood-director pulled out with the mysterious code that the murderer leaves for him. Specialists tried to crack it. It was run on the FBI computer. Everybody came out empty handed. But a little child just looked at the code and immediately found the solution which later helped to apprehend the killer. What a pity! And this is the famous Clint Eastwood?

Clint Eastwood ... even OLD Clint Eastwood is worth watching. He's retired from the FBI but finds himself drawn into another case.Reading the other reviews I see that there were plot holes galore but I tend to get so engrossed in the story as it unfolds that they really go quite over my head.Good story. Not too much gratuitous violence or gore. The concluding battle went on a bit too long. Only annoying character was Paul Rodrigues who seemed to be there purely to swear and to be a burr under Eastwood's saddle... he could and should have been eliminated early on.All in all, worth seeking out and taking a look.

Disclaimer: If you are a viewer that mainly prefers art-house-type movies, then you might as well ignore this review. In addition, if you're not able to take a an action mystery movies, filed with intense and getting a view an intention, than ignore this review, as well. We'll both be better off.Blood Work (2002) is a good solid action thriller from Clint Eastwood based on the novel Blood Work from Michael Connelly. In my opinion this movie is very underrated, is not one of my favorite Clint Eastwood flicks but it is still watchable and I will still watch it. The film is about a retired FBI Director Terry McCaleb (Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner Clint Eastwood), having recently undergone a heart transplant, retires to his boat in the L.A. harbor. However, he is soon coaxed out of retirement to assist a woman (Wanda De Jesus) in tracking down the person who killed her sister. As fate would have it, it was the woman's dead sister who gave Terry his new heart. While investigating the murder, Terry discovers that it may have been committed by a serial killer that he had been tracking while with the FBI -- a killer who has recently begun killing victims with Terry's blood type.The movie starts mostly with the murders, Terry McCaleb FBI agent was hunting down for years a killer who a psychopath dubbed "The Code Killer". A veteran FBI profiler, McCaleb is unrelenting in his pursuit of justice and unequalled in his success at tracking and catching murderers. But as he closes his latest adversary--a psychopath dubbed "The Code Killer" by the media--McCaleb is felled by a massive heart attack and forced into early retirement. Two years later he gets tracked down by a woman who her sister was killed down on a Valentine's Day and he got heart transplant by her, while Terry starts investigating a new lead too another murder drags him. This film has a lot of twists, a lot of action and really intense great mystery who is the killer and this movie and how many are they. It is filled with great suspense and intense. Whilst this is not one of Clint Eastwood's best or more well known movies, it is still a decent outing with a good plot and some good action on occasions. However be warned, it is very toned down in action and language in comparison with his other movies. If you like your movies extremely violent, this probably isn't the one for you.I will still gave it a watch, even tough is not my favorite Eastwood movie but it is in my Blu-ray collection and I don't have a lot of Eastwood's movies mostly classics one that he directed like where Tightrope another awesome mystery thriller from the 80's tough Clint Eastwood did not direct that movie it is closely similar to this one Blood Work, just the movies are both different from each other. I hope someday I will get Tightrope on Blu-ray. I still like it for been one of Clint Eastwood's fans, I will always enjoy this flick even tough is not that good as other movies I enjoy. Retired FBI Director Terry McCaleb is one of Eastwood's best characters tough. Clint Eastwood does everything in this movie: he produces, directs and stars in this edgy, acclaimed mystery based on Michael Connelly's novel and scripted by Brian Helgeland. With a superb cast brought to a hard bail playing characters to quicken your pulse and hold you spellbound, Blood Work works exceptional well.Jeff Daniels did a wonderful job as Jasper 'Buddy' No one as Terry McCaleb'a neighbor and friend. Jeff is terrific playing his character and the chemistry between two men's work. I love Jeff in Dumb & Dumber (1994) my favorite best classic comedy from Jim Carrey. A lot of people like Absolute Power (1998) my best favorite Clint Eastwood movie doesn't like, I thought Clint did a wonderful job directing and filming the last good mystery action thriller. Sorry people but I like it a lot especially because it is Clint Eastwood's movie. It has some flaws but it held my interest from beginning to end and left me satisfied. Not the greatest one or the best one it still a good performance from everyone including whole cast. I am giving it an 8/10. Still a good film! Blood Work is a 2002 American mystery thriller film produced, directed by, and starring Clint Eastwood. The film co-stars Jeff Daniels, Wanda De Jesús, and Anjelica Huston. It is based on the novel of the same name by Michael Connelly.8/10 Grade: B Studio: Malpaso Productions, Warner Bros. Starring: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston, Wanda De Jesús, Tina Lifford, Dylan Walsh, Paul Rodriguez, Dina Eastwood Director: Clint Eastwood Producer: Clint Eastwood Screenplay: Brian Helgeland Based on Blood Work by Michael Connelly Rated: R Running Time: 1 Hrs. 50 Mins. Budget: $50.000.000 Box Office: $31,794,718

A run of the mill procedural cop/serial killer movie. The low rating is because of how low on surprises this was. Honestly, it was ridiculously easy to solve. If I'm watching a film about an FBI profiler I shouldn't be 1 hour ahead of him. I worked out the plan, the motive, and the killer within the first 45 minutes. It was annoying watching Clint being so dim and behind the times. It wasn't even represented as him being too old anymore, he was supposed to be one of the best. I guess profiling has come along way in 9 years, or maybe I've just seen too many episodes of Criminal Minds. The lines are cheesy, with Paul Rodriguez giving an awful performance of your run of the mill antagonist cop. Wanda De Jesus was simply selfish in asking for Eastwood's help, and there's even a scene where a child is ahead of Eastwood in the investigation. I'm very surprised that Eastwood directed this, as it was so plain. I hear they changed details from the books, which is no big deal, but they even changed the identity of the killer. Probably why it was so obvious, as no thought had been put into the reveal.