Gran Torino

This is the first, and probably the only time you will ever read a blog entry on the South Hill Customs site about a Ford. I had to write a quick entry however, about the latest Clint Eastwood movie, Gran Torino.

Clint Eastwood stars as Walt Kowalski, a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy an old man, who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors, a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he built on the factory line and keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor Thao, a young Hmong teenager under pressure from his gang member cousin, tries to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of Thao's family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that infest their neighborhood.

This movie is classic Eastwood...he's a real bad ass in this film. It also has plenty of laughs, and even though the title is a Ford, it is a must see.