Console best movie i've ever seen.

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Byrdz 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.

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

statuskuo What starts off as a traditional detective hot on the case of serial killer becomes something more when the donor heart of a victim is put into the body of the detective. Yes, this is far- fetched but in the hands of Eastwood, it's just enough to be this side of mediocre.What doesn't translate so well, are the uneven moments between his detective McCaleb and the other two L.A.P.D. officers with one played inexplicably by Paul Rodriguez. Not only is his "comedy" inappropriate for the subject matter, a lot of the times it sticks out like a sore thumb. Most of it, as you can imagine, are various versions of which body part he thinks McCaleb should receive next. Just terrible. You almost feel that Eastwood allowed Rodriguez to come up with a lot of his own jokes. They fall flat.The actual plot itself is set up finw, but falls apart towards the end. There are a lot of poorly choreographed shoot outs. Should I say clumsy. And the discovery of new evidence feels like really bad exposition. Specifically when we realize a certain tape and call from 911 is relayed to victim's sister and played like she's the only one in the room who doesn't get it. This is an easy trick so that the actor and blurt this out without seeming like exposition. Or for the audience who is too dumb to put it together. The bigger issue is how lame the discovery is.Overall though, it is a little more unique than your detective movies. A nice twist, a few good moments between actors. On a slow night, it isn't a bad watch.

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