Gran piece of pro white patriarchal American propaganda

Rating: 2/10 (18 July 2015)

This review contains spoilers: I am kind of amazed at the good reviews for this film however I am not surprised. This film is so full of right wing white supremacist pro patriarchy, pro America, pro military propaganda that it makes my blood curdle. The film is about a lone white ex Korean military man who saves a Hmong immigrant family from a terrible Hmong gang and terrible African American hoods. The allusions to Christ are obvious but I won't elaborate so as not to spoil the ending for any readers still with me. The message embedded in this film, I believe, is that American militaristic male white-hood is there to save everyone else from themselves so you all can rest easy. Quite the task however it would appear Clint Eastwood believes America and Christ are up to it. The acting is not that great and seems forced. Eastwood playing a curmudgeon who swears a lot and believes that male bonding is all about exchanging insults with other men who insult him right back. There is a scene where he and his barber are trying to teach a Hmong teenager how to do this and naturally all is right with the world once said Hmong teenager has mastered the technique and thrown some zingers himself which immensely impress the two white men. White male America teaching the world how to be manly it would appear and so the film.