Movie Review : Gran Torino

IMDB - 8.2/10 (2,274 votes)

Starring : Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Brain Howe and Bee Vang


BengGaBoy Ratings :

3.5 / 5 (Slightly above average - watchable)


After a hard day work on Friday, I was lying on the couch hoping to watch something to send me to bed earlier and I pop in Gran Torino knowing how boring Clint Eastwood can be. I was thinking to myself, within the next 15 mins, I should be dead asleep (the whole show is about 2 hrs long). To my surprise, though the starting is slow and abit boring, however, I was captured by how the show develop the characters (especially Clint Eastwood) and the friendship between the neighbours and himself.

Gran Torino is about a man who fought in Korean war in the 1950s. From then till present, he has been living in his past and not able to forgive something which the show did not elaborate. By the way, throughout the whole show, you will not get to see any war at all (so war junkies, take note).

Thereafter his wife passed away, he was left all alone by himself and a dog of course. He has 2 sons (during the show, only 1 of them is visible) and like in a typical storyline, both the son and daughter in law wanted to send him to home for the age and stun his property for $$$.

Living beside his home house a family from Laos. This is where the fun begin on how Clint Eastwood becomes a hero of that community and get up close and personal with them. Throughout the journey, he has come to learn about their culture and accepted their way of living. Likewise, Clint Eastwood managed to inspire a young boy who was lost in what he wanted to do in life.

Nothing is perfect and there are always trouble in disturbing peace. Watch on to see how the bond between Clint Eastwood and his neighbor grew to a point where great sacrifice goes beyond one's life................................