A great action packed film

Rating: 10/10 (17 June 2012)

Gran Torino a film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. The once quiet neighborhood in Detroit becomes a place of lingering gang violence and is met eye to eye with Walt Kowalski a disgruntled Vietnam veteran who hates to see his neighborhood gone to pieces. Walt is trouble by the Hmong neighbors and the boy in particular who tries to steal Walt's prized Gran Torino. Walt in an effort to lead the young Hmong boy Tao on the right path comes face to face with many obstalces. He is faced with crime in his neighborhood and violence. The gangs have taken over a small piece of the neighborhood and in an effort to better the place Walt takes the time to fight the crime as opposed to let it take over his neighborhood. Bothered by the fact that he just lost his wife, and his kids think he is a grouchy old man Walt has nothing to lose and he proves just that in this movie. Walt Kowalski is a gun toting old man who will clean up his neighborhood and get rid of the gangs if it is the last thing he does before he dies. His desire to teach the young kids the values of life are evident in this movie and he proves that by ensuring they are safe and able to fulfill those values on a daily basis. Walt Kowalski gives everything he has in this action packed film to bring his neighborhood back to the form it was in when he moved in many years ago. Years of grief are brought out and things start to change as Walt befriends the Hmong family and tries to understand their way of culture. The Hmong finally accept him as a friend and work hard with him to ensure that all is done to keep things calm in this small Detroit neighborhood. This film revolves around the prized possession of Walt Kowalski and that is his Gran Torino. The movie really begins to pick up speed when the neighbor boy tries to steal it to make the gangs happy. Walt makes it his duty to keep the boy away from the gangs and teach him right from wrong. The movie is about two different classes of people working hard for one common goal and that is peace in the neighborhood. This action packed film will keep you on the edge of your seat for the next two hours in anticipation of what will come next and keep you silently celebrating as each battle is won.