10/23/2008

How did I not know about this?



So here is the one sheet for a new Clint Eastwood starring flick Gran Torino. I have not heard word one about this, most places I've looked are saying it's Dirty Harry 6... I dont know about that, doesn't really look like Harry Callahan but let us know if you know different. Seriously though...let's stop bringing back old action actors PLEASE. I thought Rambo and Rocky were good, Ahhhnold was almost laughable in T3 but pulled it off, but really look at this poster, am I the only one that thinks you could replace the rifle with a cane and put a quote above him saying "YOU DAMN KIDS STAY OFF MY LAWN!" and it wouldn't seem out of place?

UPDATE: Got some plot information from the good fellas over at /film this looks quite a bit more plausible than Dirty Harry 6, and quite honestly sounds like something I wouldn't mind seeing.

In the film, Eastwood plays a disgruntled racist Korean War vet named Walt Kowalski, who sets out to reform his neighbor, a young Hmong immigrant teenage neighbor (played by newcomer Bee Vang), who, as part of a gang initiation, tried to steal Kowalski’s prized possession: his 1972 Gran Torino.Walt ends up confronting prejudices that have isolated him. The poster shows Eastwood with his M-1 rifle in hand, standing in front of his Gran Torino.