Blood Work -- a movie/ DVD review

This is a humdinger of a detective flick, starring Clint Eastwood as the Good Guy (a character named Terry McCaleb), and Jeff Daniels as a definitive Bad Guy named Buddy Noone (a brilliantly devious serial killer -- who has cold-bloodedly assassinated a Hispanic woman Graciella Rivers (played by Wanda de Jesus) with the same rare blood type as former FBI agent MacCaleb -- and who arranges for the victim's heart to be donated for immediate transplant into McCaleb. Tina Clifford is the Black female sherrif, played by June Winston in another im;portant supporting role, The character played by Daniels wants to colonize the mind and heart of McCaleb in a fixation rooted in an overweening desire for revenge and mastery, quite conscious of his motivation to participate in a battle between Good and Evil.

The movie is marked by fast-paced action, despite the main character's age and status as a cardiac patient. The narrative is based on a novel by Michael Connelly. Eastwood is both producer and director, as well as lead actor. Color / 110 minutes / Dolby Digital sound / Restricted rating for violence and language. Warner Brothers Pictures (2002). "Vintage Eastwood: swift, surprising, and very, very exciting." says reviewer Jim Svedja on the DVD disc jacket. I agree.