Gran Torino

Clint Eastwood shines in his latest directorial, acting, producing hat trick Gran Torino.  Eastwood stars as a tired, jaded Korean War veteran named Walt, who, by all accounts, is on his last legs.  When a Vietnamese neighbor named Thao tries to steal his 1972 Gran Torino, Walt decides to set him straight.  As the story unfolds, however, Walt learns that Thao is trying to avoid a gang led by his cousin.  Walt therefore decides to take matters into his own hands, in part to protect Thao, and in part, to save himself from a lifetime of guilt that he’s carried around since his time in war.  My analysis is below, here’s the theatrical one-sheet from the film:

The Theatrical One-Sheet for Gran Torino

Eastwood really did a nice job with this film.  One of the things I liked the most about this film was the fact that the film itself wasn’t centered around the car, but rather the car was more of a symbol, or a central theme.  One thing that this film proved, was the Eastwood is still awesome, and can still be considered the epitome of cool.  A fair warning to adults, better not take the kids to this one, as Eastwood, playing a jaded old man, uses just about every racial slur in the book.  Put it to you this way, in eight years or so, this film definitely won’t be on TBS, there would be far too much dubbing.  With that said however, I really think that for adults, this Eastwood flick is a must see.  I give it 4.5 out of 5 stars.