Rating of
3/4
A Solid Eastwood Effort, Enough To Tie Me Over.
LeopardExplosion - wrote on 01/09/09
Clint Eastwood plays Walt Kowalski, the typical "I've seen everything" type of Korean War Veteran in Gran Torino, where he slowly befriends his foreign neighbours. People Walt used to curse and spit at slowly become his neighbourhood friends, and decides to right his wrongs and deal with a Korean Gang who have crossed one too many steps too far on his lawn. Eastwood also directs.
Clint Eastwood does a splendid job forming his grizzled war veteran style character, and watching him develop helps you come to appreciate the movie. Though the premise is quite questionable as is the structure and pacing, and the conclusion can be considered shaky, This movie adds up to a hell of a good time. I'll warn you this though. This movie doesn't feel like many other of Clint's films. Gran Torino does a good job of creating some suspense or thrill, but isn't of many other Eastwood film's calibur. This won't bring home a number of awards, but was enjoyable and is easily worth a view, but again, don't expect an Eastwood classic. Based on your opinion this movie either grows on you or not, and can be memorable or easily forgotten.
My final verdict: A Clint Eastwood film that entertains, but no need to view again, it subtracts the fun. Overall, decent job, enjoyable, and should be checked out.
FINAL SCORE :::: 77% ::::
