Decent, just horrible acting

Rating: 5/10 (17 January 2009)

I was looking forward to seeing this movie for a long time. I am not particularly a Clint Eastwood fan, as I am not a fan of Westerns, but can understand his importance to film history. He has created characters like Dirty Harry for more than 40 years.
However, he alone can not carry a movie. He was very good in this movie, except for awkward grunting he did on many occasions, but he wasn't enough. The supporting cast was dreadful. I am not kidding when I say that the only other good performance in this film, other than Clint, was Clint's dog Daisy. All of the Hmong actors were awful. I am aware that all of the Hmong characters were not played by actors, but that is no excuse. Even professional actors, such as the priest, gave poor performances.
I have to give this film 5 stars out of 10 because the acting made the film unbelievable, and sometimes was so bad that it was hard not to laugh.