A visiting city reporter’s assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.
Might be the weirdest and finest movie from Eastwood. He trades some of his careful storytelling for mystery, and the result is a great art-house cinema.
Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he’s just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.
It’s very precisely done and tops many action movies of our times, but Gran Torino, a similar movie from Eastwood, is a little better.
Widower Walt Kowalski is a grumpy, prejudiced, tough-minded, unhappy, old, Korean War veteran who can’t get along with either his kids or his neighbours. His prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino he keeps in mint condition. When his neighbour, Thao—a young Hmong teenager under pressure from his gang member cousin—tries to steal his Gran Torino, Walt sets out to reform the youth and takes steps to protect Thao and his family from the gangs […]
A very solid movie from Eastwood. It’s rich in social themes and also has a fair amount of action to spice things up.
Christine Collins is overjoyed when her kidnapped son is brought back home. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn’t her child, the police captain has her committed to an asylum.
Good actors, careful execution, all the things you could expect from Eastwood are here, except the story which is a bit lacking to my taste. I better like other Eastwood’s…