Walt Kowalski buries his wife and tries to keep to himself. But when Kowalski’s neighbor tries to steal his car, he gets wrapped up in a fight against the neighborhood gang.

Clint Eastwood jumps back into the game of acting and directing with Gran Torino. While Eastwood’s resume is long, it does not vary too much. Although it is comforting to know he will play a hard-nosed character just about better than anyone.

Ahney Her does a pretty good job in her debut in Gran Torino. Her character is not fazed by Kowalski’s racial slurs and is even patient to educate the Korean War vet of her Hmong culture.

Gran Torino runs about two hours. Near the end, some of the bad acting starts to wear thin. But the plot is sound and the ending is pretty good. Gran Torino is a decent pick for the evening if you do not mind Clint Eastwood singing at the ending credits.