i feel that this movie was well put together

Rating: Null/10 (30 October 2011)

SPOILER The movie Gran Torino is about a man named Walt Kowalski, played by Clint Eastwood, who is a retired Ford autoworker and Korean War veteran. Walt is a racist bitter old man who just lost his wife of 50 years and is now living alone with his dog an a Detroit neighborhood. Asian immigrants now occupy Mr. Kowalski's neighborhood and his new neighbors are a Hmong family that he dislikes in the beginning of the movie. Walt spends his days taking care of his yard and sitting on his porch drinking beer and giving out ethnic slurs about people in his neighborhood. Walt especially dislikes his new neighbors after he catches Thao, played by Bee Vang, trying to steal his Gran Torino because of his cousin's gang's influence. After Thai's mother finds out that he tried to steal Walt's car she sends him over to Walt's house with his sister sue, played by Ahney Her to make Thao work for Mr. Kowalski as penance for tiring to steal his car. Eventually Walt and thao grow to respect each other and Walt even helps Thao get a construction job. Thao's cousins gang still torments him for not joining the gang and for Walt's interference in the gangs activities with thao and his family. The gang does a drive by shooting of Thao's house as well as kidnapping and raping his sister Sue. Thao goes to Walt's house to have Walt help him get revenge for the attack. Walt tells Thao to come back later that afternoon when they are more calm and able to make decisions. Walt then prepares himself by buying a fitted suit and giving confession. When Thao returns later that afternoon Walt takes him into the basement to show him the silver star he got and to tell him that he did not want Thao to have to experience killing someone so he locks him in the basement. Walt drives to the gang's house and confronts the gang in the front yard. He pulls out a cigarette and asks for a light. When nobody gives him one he reaches in his pocket to pull one out but he makes the gang think that he is pulling out a gun so they end up shooting an unarmed man. Walt's death gives courage to the neighbors and they tell the police what happened sending the gang to jail. Walt ends up giving his life for a bunch of people that he hated in the beginning of the movie but began to respect even more than his own family by the end