Clint Eastwood stars and directs in the drama Gran Torino. Eastwood plays a Korean War veteran, Walt Kowalski, who literally comes face to face with his past prejudices as a Chinese family with a misguided teenager move in next door.Variety: Eastwood to Direct Gran Torino (March 18, 2008) After an attempted robbery of Kowalski's 1972 Gran Torino, as part of a gang iniation challenge, he sets out to reform the teenager played by Bee Vang.Variety: Eastwood to Direct Gran Torino (March 18, 2008)

• Clint Eastwood: Walt Kowalski
• Bee Vang: Tao Vang Lor
• Cory Hardrict: Duke
• Geraldine Hughes: Karen Kowalski
• Brian Haley: Mitch Kowalski
• Dreama Walker: Ashley Kowalski
• Brian Howe: Steve Kowalski

• "Gran Torino isn't Eastwood's best film, but it could definitely go down as his weirdest. The freedom to say and do as he likes after half a century in Hollywood is all up there on the screen. Whether it's in service to a message or entertainment may come down to your reaction when Clint tells you to get off his lawn."—Alex Markeson, E! OnlineE! Online: Gran Torino Review (December 12, 2008)

• "It is also a film that is impossible to imagine without the actor in the title role. The notion of a 78-year-old action hero may sound like a contradiction in terms, but Eastwood brings it off, even if his toughness is as much verbal as physical. Even at 78, Eastwood can make "Get off my lawn" sound as menacing as "Make my day," and when he says "I blow a hole in your face and sleep like a baby," he sounds as if he means it."—Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Gran Torino Review (December 12, 2008)