Vintage Eastwood

Rating: 9/10 (26 September 2009)

Vintage Eastwood...there's no two ways about it. Takes a genre (racial tension) that has become weary and puts a nice take on it. Photography, story and acting are all very solid, and I was pleasantly surprised. I'd thought I'd seen my share of movies that dealt with black/white issues, and of course this is Asian/white issues, but I was afraid the similar premise would take us to all too familiar of a place. But it's not. It's something more about young and old, honor and fear, and just good old right and wrong that proves that Eastwood has a grip on both the society we live in and the movies we want to see. After Mystic River I thought he'd never be able to pull it off again, and I can happily admit now how wrong I was.