Badass Clint is back! Yessssssssss. Gran Torino, not Grand Torino like I thought for a while, was made in 2008 and is directed by, produced by and stars Clint.
Clint play Walt Kowalski, a retired factory worker and Korean War veteran, and recently widowed after 50 years of marriage. His neighbourhood was formerly populated by working class white families, but is now being dominated by poor Asian immigrants, and gang violence is commonplace. The Hmong Vang Lor family live next door to Walt. Their son Thao attempts to steal Walt’s beloved 1972 Gran Torino, as an initiation into a Hmong gang run by Thao’s cousin. The Hmong gang then tries to attack Thao, but Walt get out his rifle and chases them off. As punishment Thao’s mother makes Thao work for Walt. The two eventually form respect for one another, and helps Thao get a construction job. The Hmong gang then perform a drive by shootig on the Vang Lor home, injuring Thao and kidnaps and rapes Thao’s sister Sue. Thao asks Walt to help him get revenge. Walt locks Thao in his basement and goes to confront the gang.
I’m not gonna lie, I cried like a baby at the end. For this to be Clint’s last acting film, it is a very good performance and film to go out on. And words cannot explain how happy I am that his last performance is as a badass.
90/100
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