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▲{{quote|''"Ever notice how you come across somebody once in a while you shouldn't have fucked with? That's me."''|'''Walt Kowalski'''}}

▲''[[Gran Torino]]'' is a film, directed by and starring [[Clint Eastwood]], in what is rumoured to be his final onscreen performance. He plays Walter "Walt" Kowalski, an [[Badass Grandpa|elderly]] [[Retired Badass|retired]] veteran of [[The Korean War]] living in Highland Park, Michigan (a rundown suburb of [[Motor City|Detroit]]), shortly after the death of his wife. He has difficulty relating to his two grown up sons, who are caught up in their own lives, and generally disapproves of the way the world is changing, such as the influx of the ''Hmong'' People, immigrants who fled Vietnam after [[The Vietnam War|the war]]. Next door is Thao, a quiet boy who is pressured into joining his cousin Spider's gang. As part of his "initiation", Thao is pressured to steal Walt's prized possession, a 1972 Ford [[MacGuffin|Gran Torino]], but fails, and is caught. For dishonoring his family, Thao's mother asks Walt to accept Thao's help in doing chores around his house, which leads to an [[Odd Friendship]]. Spider, upset at Thao's rejection of his gang, begins to retaliate against the family, forcing Walt to intervene.