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Blood Work (2002)

Rate: 4
Viewed: 1/03, 5/08

5/08: After seeing Blood Work for the second time, my rating hasn't changed.

Clint Eastwood is almost vintage Dirty Harry. I'm thinking of how he acted and moved better compared to how dead and tired he looked in The Dead Pool. Unfortunately, the most annoying part is Paul Rodriguez. He takes the fun away with his irritating presence and loudmouth talk. When he disappears, the film is considerably improved.

When Clint Eastwood's character got his mojo back after starting to investigate cold cases, Blood Work was on the verge of being a great detective picture until the identity of the killer became obvious. It's frustrating because I'll be yelling at him, "It's staring right in front of your face!" or "It's that dude!"

There's one small problem which defies logic. The killer, as we know, is babysitting Torres' godson, but I'm taken to a later scene that shows Clint Eastwood's character pulling out his shotgun and shooting at the car that had been following him. In other words, how can the killer be in two places at the same time? The last thirty minutes is a letdown because I already knew who the killer was, making it all pointless.

All in all, Clint Eastwood is back in his Dirty Harry form, and what he should've done in Blood Work is to recite the "the most powerful handgun in the world" to Paul Rodriguez and how his head would be blown clean off.

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