Movie Review: Gran Torino (2008)
Synopsis: Recently widowed Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski has prejudiced views toward the Hmong that have bought most of the houses in his neighborhood and nearly shoots his teenage next-door neighbor, Thao when the latter attempts to steal his vintage 1972 Gran Torino as part of a gang initiation. However, when he saves both Thao and his sister, Sue, from the neighborhood gangs, he inadvertently and reluctantly becomes a neighborhood hero. As he grows closer with those neighbors and the gang violence escalates, Walt decides to put an end to it once and for all. Who's in it? The movie stars Clint Eastwood , Bee Vang , Ahney Her , Christopher Carley and Brian Haley. Review: While Gran Torino has been out for some time now, I never got around to watching the movie until last night, when it happened to come on and my wife and I had nothing better to do. The film was both a surprise and a good choice. Walt (Eastwood) was an intriguing character. You could tell there was a lot of...