A film that stands as a testament to all that is seen is not necessarily so. While Gran Torino was marketed with a Dirty-Harry angle, the film in fact, is a treatise on aging and perspectives and certainly race. Clint Eastwood stars (and directs) as Walt Kowalski, a disgruntled and retired auto worker with no love for anyone. Yet, when a Hmong family moves in beside him and the family's youngest son, Thao (a superb newcomer Vee Bang), ends up at the wrong end of an asian gang, the movie morphs into a bittersweet drama that speaks volumes to the ends we'll go when friendship trumps race. Gran Torino is a pure gem of a movie with a tempo that is perfectly placed thanks to the steady hand of a master director and actor.
My rating 8 out of 10.
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