Eastwood is still the most hardcore actor in Hollywood

Rating: 7/10 (7 January 2009)

Eastwood makes this movie watchable. His presence energizes the movie throughout. I kept trying to imagine other actors that might fit this role (Duvall, Ford, Caan, Hopkins, others) and I came up with a 4 out of 10 rating movie. The rest of the acting in the movie is average at best. Eastwood is showing his age and is a bit of an anachronism (probably intentionally), but I still wish I was half that hardcore.
I rated the movie a 7 overall. Gran Torino seemed to bog down a couple of times and Thao's (Bee Vang) acting was terrible. His dialog delivery took me completely out of the movie at least 3 times. The rest of the cast was solid with Eastwood obviously standing head and shoulders above the rest of the cast just by presence alone. In summary, he completely carries this movie start to finish.