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Actors: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston, Paul Rodriguez, Wanda de Jesus
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Blood Work |
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A serial killer plays a game of 'catch me if you can' with a detective.
During a chase, the detective has a heart attack and is forced to retire in need of a heart transplant.
Missing the game, the killer finds a woman with the detective's blood type and murders her so the detective can have her heart.
Some time later, the retired detective is approached by the sister of the woman who's heart he received. She wants him to find her sister's killer. Feeling obligated, he agrees to help her.
During his investigation, the ex-detective discovers that the woman's killer is the same man that he tried to catch before and he learns why he killed her.
After the pieces begin falling into place, the detective discovers that the killer is actually his neighbor who's been helping him with the case.
--Brandon Swenson, Resident Scholar
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An old cop gets a heart attack while hunting down the "code killer". 2 years later he recovers. A woman asks him for his help in finding her sister's killer, which was perpetrated by the code killer. He now finds himself searching for the killer, while struggling with his old age and sickness.
--Jack Bauer, Resident Scholar
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BLOOD WORK is a movie produced and directed by Clint Eastwood in 2002. The picture is one of the best American movies of that year.
FBI profiler McCaleb suffers from a heart attack while pursuing the "code killer". Two years later, McCaleb has a heart transplant and is soon contacted by Graciella Rivers, the sister of the murdered woman whose heart beats in his very own chest. Graciella hires McCaleb in order to find the identity of her sister's murderer. But as soon as Mc Caleb takes an interest in the case, violent deaths strike the people related to the murder.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 23.3%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 43.3%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 33.3%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Difficult, but some clues given
- Moderately Challenging
Time/Era of Movie:
- present (2000-2010)
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 60%
Misc. Plotlets
- local police have IQ of houseplant
Special suspect?
- best friend
Kind of mystery?
- hard boiled/private eye
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- catching/stopping killer
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 60's-90's
Hair color?
- white
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Hair color
- blonde
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Water?
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- drowned
- perforation--bullets
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