A must watch for all the Clint Eastwood fans and definitely worth watching for everyone else who appreciates a well made movie. Its a treat to watch Clint Eastwood reprise the role of a man of few words who looks like he means business when every time wields a gun (for all the Clint Eastwood movie virgins, check-out Dirty Harry, Good, Bad & the Ugly, etc). The movie revolves around the interactions between Walt Kovalski (Eastwood) and his neighbors, a Hmong family living somewhere in mid-west in a predominantly immigrant community. The high points of the movie are 1) casting, can't imagine anyone other than Clint Eastwood playing this role, he even carries off the lighter scenes pretty well, all the Hmong actors are good considering that none of them is a career actor, 2) depiction of human emotions is handled quite well, bringing to the fore the fact that all of us share the same set of emotions irrespective of our outward appearance, behavior or ethnic/ geographical origin, 3) climax of the movie is simply awesome. Now only weakness in my opinion is that like most of the movies directed by Eastwood, this one is a tad too dramatic this kind of dilutes the emotional impact of the story.
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