- Film Review
- Reviewed By Stephen Hughes
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2 out of 5
Life is not easy for Clint Eastwood fans - for those of us, anyway, who claim he is a great director and not just a cigarillo-smoking icon with a mean squint. For every Unforgiven, there's a Heartbreak Ridge or Sudden Impact, films that are not so much bad as just depressingly average. Sadly, this thriller is one of those. Clint plays an FBI agent who leaves the agency after a heart attack. While recovering from a transplant, he is brought out of retirement for one last case - the twist here is that the victim was his organ donor. Apart from that, it's a routine police thriller with an unconvincing romance (involving a much younger woman, of course) thrown in. Eastwood's stodgy direction doesn't help and the script from Brian Helgeland, co-writer of LA Confidential, fails to elevate this above the ordinary.
Plot Summary
Murder mystery thriller starring Clint Eastwood. As he recuperates from a heart transplant, retired FBI man Terry McCaleb is hired to track down the person who murdered the donor, and it isn't long before his investigations lead to a startling discovery.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Terry McCaleb
- Clint Eastwood
- Buddy Noone
- Jeff Daniels
- Dr Bonnie Fox
- Anjelica Huston
- Graciela Rivers
- Wanda De Jesús
- Jaye Winston
- Tina Lifford
- Det Ronaldo Arrango
- Paul Rodriguez
- Det John Waller
- Dylan Walsh
- Raymond
- Mason Lucero
- Mr Toliver
- Gerry Becker
- James Lockridge
- Rick Hoffman
Crew
- Director
- Clint Eastwood
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