Great

Rating: 9/10 (13 June 2009)

I first read about this movie: "Clint Eastwood's character moves into a Korean neighbourhood, plays a somewhat racist character who the locals end up loving because he deals with the local thugs through force". My initial thought was "poor Eastwood, he's degraded himself to making a typical Steven Seagle type movie". I knew I would never go see it in the theatre, and probably not rent it.
Then, I started hearing reviews; positive ones. Then I saw it was nominated for various academy awards. And word of mouth after that was it was a good movie, so I realized I would rent it.
I just finished watching it and: It was a great movie.. even with the obvious plot, it was not what I expected and even though I expected a good movie, based on reviews, it was better than I expected and ended better than I expected, even as I was watching it.
Perfect movie for Clint Eastwood to be acting in, at this point in his career. Touches on many interesting aspects of life, in the US/Canada.