Blood Work

Blood Work (2002)

  • 53% of critics liked it
    (150 reviews)

  • 41% of users liked it
    (21,701 ratings)

A retired detective must battle former colleagues and his own failing health in order to bring a murderer to justice in this action drama produced and directed by its star, Clint Eastwood. Terry McCaleb (Eastwood) was one of the best and most thorough detectives at the FBI's Southern California… More

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Aug 9, 2002 Wide
Warner Bros. Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Geoff Andrew, Time Out

    Typically for Eastwood, there are modest touches to savor.

  • Peter Rainer, New York Magazine

    It's mostly a pro forma police procedural spiced by a baroque twist that Eastwood doesn't really know what to do with.

  • Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

    It doesn't sound bad...but Bloodwork is bad, oh, lordy, yes, it is.

  • Andrew Sarris, New York Observer

    It can be argued, I suppose, that Blood Work was designed from the outset not so much as a whodunit as a why-and-how-dunit, and here the film becomes metaphysically ingenious.

  • Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

    Even as it ends in a flurry of absurd plot twists, Blood Work holds you in a vise.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Al S


    A crafty, old school and first-class edge of your seat suspense thriller. Clint Eastwood is magnificent, he still has all the right moves as a director and performer. One of the best performances of his career. A well made mystery of the best standards. A gritty, sharp, edgy,… More

  • Emil K


    Unbelievably lazy and cliched film that has nothing new to add for thriller genre. Clint Eastwood is highly over-hyped director and this one again proves that he has done mostly these by the numbers cop-films ifor all his career. You only have to look back to 80s to see how bad he can… More

  • Melvin W


    Terry McCaleb: Remember how you said I was your friend, and I could tell you the truth? Well I don't need you at all.  "He's a heartbeat away from catching the killer" Blood Work gets a lot of shit and it is easy to see why. This is a predictable and lazy… More

  • Luke B


    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,… More

  • Jim C


    A chilling movie with a predictable plot, good acting, great concept, interesting conclusion. So basically, Im glad I saw it.

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