Walt Kowalski : What Movie Stars Clint Eastwood As A Racist Hmong War Veteran?

If ever you wondered what "dirty" harry callahan would be like in his retirement years, look no further than gran torino, clint eastwood's glorious acting swan song. if ever there was a performer who could pull off playing a 78 year-old action hero it's eastwood, who still has the ability to burn holes in the screen with a glare and a scowl. set in the "white flight" suburbs of detroit in which entire neighborhoods have been transformed into immigrant ghettos, eastwood plays walt kowalski, a retired ford assembly line worker and grizzled korean war vet.

Clint eastwood directed and stars in gran torino, a drama that focuses on a relationship between a racist korean war veteran and his new neighbor, a hmong immigrant. eastwood may look old in this picture, but that doesn't means he is not bad. one night, eastwood's character, walt kowalski, is alarmed when a intruder breaks into his garage.

Clint eastwood directed and stars in gran torino, a drama that focuses on a relationship between a racist korean war veteran and his new neighbor, a hmong immigrant. eastwood may look old in this picture, but that doesn't means he is not bad. one night, eastwood's character, walt kowalski, is alarmed when a intruder breaks into his garage.

Clint eastwood's gran torino is arguably one of the best drama movies ever made as well as being comedic and interesting. the movie stars eastwood as walt kowalski a racist korean war veteran whose neighbor tries to steal his most prized possession which is a car that is the name of the movie a 1972 ford gran torino, also eastwood's character is miserable because he has a spoiled family doesn't even care about him as well as a granddaughter who wishes he was dead just so she keep that classic car just after they went to his wife's funeral. as d.w. griffith said when he talked about film making that "a film with no message is a waste of time."

In clint eastwood's gran torino, he stars as walt kowalski, a cantankerous, beer-swilling korean war veteran and former ford factory worker who lives in a run-down portion of detroit ravaged by white flight. recently widowed, walt is old-school: he hates his children for driving japanese trucks and for trying to put him into an assisted-living facility and his grandchildren for their insolence and impropriety. compounding walt's loneliness is that he has become a stranger in his hometown; his neighbors all have died or moved away, and a cadre of "dog-eating" hmong immigrants has taken their place, whom he incessantly disparages.

This is reported to be clint eastwood's last starring role. if this is true then he has most definitely left us on a high. he plays the part of korean war veteran, walt kowalski quite flawlessly; in fact i couldn't imagine anyone else in the role.

''gran torino'', clint eastwood's latest acting and directing attempt is an astounding one. he delivers in so many ways that if i said all of them, this review would be 5 pages worth of content.the movie is about war veteran walt kowalski (eastwood), who after his next door neighbor tries to steal his 1970 gran torino by the encouragement of his criminal cousin and his gang, sets out to bond with the kid and try to reform his soul. this movie's script was pure genius!!

The war comes home to roost for one man, a korean war veteran, the man does what comes naturally to him when there's a conflict, in spite of his advanced age, he still maintains a soldier mentality and runs toward danger. walt kowalski(clint eastwood) is an evergreen soldier; the olive hue of his camouflage fatigues bled into his skin. faced with an encounter among two hmong clans, the third party picks a side, the lesser of two evils, just as he did in korea, and performs his duty with emotional detachment.

If ever you wondered what "dirty" harry callahan would be like in his retirement years, look no further than gran torino, clint eastwood's glorious acting swan song. if ever there was a performer who could pull off playing a 78 year-old action hero it's eastwood, who still has the ability to burn holes in the screen with a glare and a scowl. set in the "white flight" suburbs of detroit in which entire neighborhoods have been transformed into immigrant ghettos, eastwood plays walt kowalski, a retired ford assembly line worker and grizzled korean war vet.