Film of the year so far is Gran Torino.
Clint Eastwood's latest directorial outing is, as you would expect from one of the masters of the silver screen, brilliant.
Eastwood not only directs the film, but also stars as aging, mildly racist widower, Walt Kowalski who is struggling to get used to life without his wife and the changing face of his Michigan neighbourhood.
Walt is a retired Ford worker and Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a Gran Torino.
Relations between the grumpy war hero and his neighbours aren't good, but quickly sink further when his next-door teenager attempts to steal his car.
Walt takes it upon himself to reform the wayward teenager and in the process protect him from the violent street gangs while in the process.
What unfolds is a touching tale of walls being broken down as new relations are formed.
And subsequently, Eastwood manages to produce a sometimes stark, sometimes touching movie which in many ways is a Fist Full of Dollars for the 21st century.
A brilliant movie which is a must see when it is released on DVD on June 29.
Gran Torino - Trailer
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