Crusty racist gets to know his Chinese neighbours. On paper this is a great idea for a story. Particularly when Gran Torino (2008) is Dirty Harry actor Clint Eastwood’s swansong. The eponymous Gran Torino car was produced by Ford in 1972, only a year after Eastwood’s classic Dirty Harry was released, and this is clearly a nostalgic reference to the ‘good old days’ when men were men, Americans bought cars built on US soil and Inspector Harry Callaghan sorted out the punks in his own way.
Now it’s the 21st century and Walt Kowalski has to face the fact that Continue reading