Still recovering from a heart transplant, retired F.B.I. profiler Terry McCaleb returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer.Still recovering from a heart transplant, retired F.B.I. profiler Terry McCaleb returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer.Still recovering from a heart transplant, retired F.B.I. profiler Terry McCaleb returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer.
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Wanda De Jesus
- Graciella Rivers
- (as Wanda De Jesús)
Igor Zhizhikin
- Mikhail Bolotov
- (as Igor Jijikine)
June Kyoto Lu
- Mrs. Kang
- (as June Kyoko Lu)
Chao Li Chi
- Mr. Kang
- (as Chao-Li Chi)
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- TriviaThanks to Eastwood's no frills, fast-paced shooting style and editing skills, this movie was in theaters a mere four months after completing photography.
- GoofsWhen Dr. Fox is doing her blood work on Terry, an x-ray is used whilst performing the biopsy. Both times, neither she nor anyone around are wearing protective lead garments against radiation exposure, which is a standard practice in any medical establishment. In addition, an endomyocardial biopsy, as it is called, is not preformed in a medical office as shown in the movie. It is performed in a cardiac cath lab, which is effectively, an operating room. All personnel are in scrubs and a sterile field is required. Lead is worn underneath the surgical gowns. From an outside perspective, it may not be readily apparent that the staff in a cath lab are wearing lead IF they are wearing surgical gowns appropriately.
- Quotes
Terry McCaleb: If you can't protect the integrity of the system, then there is no system.
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All around enjoyable murder mystery and human interest drama
In "Blood Work" Eastwood plays an FBI agent, recovering from a heart transplant, who is asked by the sister of the murdered woman whose heart he received to find her killer. The result is surprisingly even and interesting murder mystery in which we see Eastwood piece together the evidence pointing to the killer while dealing with heart transplant issues and making nice with his pro bono client. The film has fewer plot holes than most murder mysteries; leans more toward human interest than derring-dos; and is another example of Eastwood successfully pushing out the age envelope in a self-directed film product. Recommended for more mature couch potatoes into murder mysteries. (B)
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- Also known as
- Huyết Hận
- Filming locations
- Long Beach, California, USA(pier at Shoreline marina)
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Box office
- Budget
- $50,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $26,235,081
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,312,413
- Aug 11, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $31,794,718
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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