a complete blast for NZ$13.30

Rating: 7/10 (23 January 2009)

having only seen the posters of the movie, I did not know much about it, except that Clint Eastwood plays a racist old war veteran with Asian neighbors. Of course I was expecting the whole tough guy thing from Clint Eastwood, but what really got me into the story was the gang culture in an Asian dominated neighborhood.
now, Clint, as always is good in his tough guy role and even at 80+, he still seems like the guy u don't want to mess with. i loved the scene where he intimidates the gangs that he comes face to face with. especially the scene where he points his finger at an African American gang, like a gun and an Asian gang in later scenes.
his relationship with the Asian neighbors, especially the fatherly figure he becomes to tao and Sue is quite nicely portrayed and at times hilarious and rather heart warming. he nicely fitted into his role as an old racist man, who slowly begins putting aside his prejudices and appreciating his culturally different neighbors.
the dialogues in the movie were excellent too, especially the one's where you can see the dirty harry still alive in Eastwood. Man! it was quite an experience watching Eastwood deliver yet another Oscar worthy performance. I would recommend this movie to basically anyone who appreciates good drama with tough dialogues delivered with style.