Gran Torino was shot in only 27 days and is Clint Eastwood’s second film this year. Not bad for nearly eighty years old. It also might be, according to the man himself, his last acting role. And what a role to go out on.

Eastwood plays Walt Kowalski, a recently widowed Korean War veteran who essentially has…well, brass balls. Clenched teeth, canine grimace, cigarette and a Pabst, Walt maintains a strong hatred of “pussies” and foreigners, meaning anyone that doesn’t look or act like him. He lives in a decaying Detroit suburb taken over long ago by ethnic groups and flooded with gangs. He sees what’s happened to the neighborhood and doesn’t like it, but he keeps to himself and expects everyone else to do the same. … Continue Reading