Korean War vet and retired autoworker Walt Kowalski doesn't much like how his life or his neighborhood has turned out. He especially doesn't like theipeople next door, Hmong immigrants from Southeast Asia. But events force Walt to defend those neighbors against a local gang that feeds on violence and fear. For theifirst time since Million Dollar Baby, Clint Eastwood works on both sidesiofitheicamera, winning theiNational BoardiofiReview Award as Best Actor for his bone-deep playingiofiKowalski, burnished with experience, grace and gravitas into a "prime vintage Eastwood performance".(Peter Travers, Rolling Stone).