DVD-Tipp: "Gran Torino"

Walt Kowalski hat sein Leben lang in der Autofabrik gearbeitet. Seine früheren Nachbarn sind entweder weggezogen oder gestorben. Jetzt wohnen in seiner Umgebung Migranten des Hmong-Volks aus Südostasien, die er nicht ausstehen kann. Alles, was er um sich herum wahrnimmt, macht ihn wütend. Bis jemand eines Nachts seinen 1972er Gran Torino zu klauen versucht. Walt verhindert nicht nur den Diebstahl, sondern auch die Übergriffe der Gang - wider Willen ist er plötzlich der Held des Viertels...

Walt Kowalski is a widower who holds onto his prejudices despite the changes in his Michigan neighborhood and the world around him. Kowalski is a grumpy, tough-minded, unhappy an old man, who can't get along with either his kids or his neighbors, a Korean War veteran whose prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbor Thao, a young Hmong teenager under pressure from his gang member cousin, tries to steal his Gran Torino, Kowalski sets out to reform the youth. Drawn against his will into the life of Thao's family, Kowalski is soon taking steps to protect them from the gangs that infest their neighborhood.