Actor / Director Clint Eastwood has once again told a story that is worth every minute of the 116 minutes of runtime it took to another of his well told tales.
In the shadow of the political assassination of Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning USA, a stain now exists upon our nation's collective conscious, a condition that must be excised, or our nation will not function properly as one of a self-governed people. Understanding these long standing truths: What would you suggest as a quick, and, or proper corrective measure?
20% Destroy the Fascist Donald Trump and all of MAGA, because America must never be Great Again.
80% Our self-governed people, and their properly restored institutions, under President Trump, must discover the root causes to properly correct, and save our Constitutional Republic.
0% I thought we had to shut down Free Speech we don't like to save our "democracy," so I am totally confused now.
The neighborhood barbershop (above), owned by Martin, John Carroll Lynch, is an iconic fixture that every young man of substance must learn to navigate in Walt's oldened-day world. So it is Thao, played by Bee Vang, if he is to transition to Walt's world, which is all Walt knows to teach, and Thao better learn fast if he is to survive evil that is so prevalent here in the dying Detroit: Below.
Film maker Eastwood once said, "Most people who'll remember me, if at all, will remember me as an action guy, which is OK. There's nothing wrong with that. But there will be a certain group which will remember me for the other films, the ones where I took a few chances. At least, I like to think so."
Every real man knows that growing into a man is real work, and Walt Kowalski, Actor Eastwood, is well in the the knowledge that the surest path to manhood is one learning the meaning of industrious behavior, and how that lifestyle helps one to function as an asset to one's immediate society. Thao, Bee Vang, has the perfect professor for this life lesson: Above.
Gran Torino is that film. It will be a classic film that is not about a classic car, it is about a classic American, Walt Kowalski, and moreover, a classic film maker, Clint Eastwood.