Saturday, August 19, 2006

Blood Work (2002)

Synopsis: A retired FBI agent with a transplanted heart gets back in action as a private investigator.
Appraisal: An easily watched film is not necessarily a rewarding one, as BW comes to show. Its plot manages to keep the viewer's eye open, but in the end he will possibly prefer to forget he saw it, since none of the characters has any depth to it, and the mise-en-scene/camerawork/editing are very much reminiscent of a TV series. Some philosophical issues are raised about organ transplants, and about the thin line separating perpetrators and investigators. It's not deep enough to distress your meals or your sleep or your love-making or whatever you do besides watching films like this one. Speaking of love-making, this film features one of the most unnecessary and unmotivated love scenes ever.
Rating: 49

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