But if you want to speculate about why the film speaks to a mass audience, there’s one other key ingredient in the equation. Once Clint’s character in ‘Gran Torino’ is moved to action ...

In Clint Eastwood’s newest film, the actor-director plays a retired ... to steal his prized 1972 Gran Torino, as part of the youth’s reluctant initiation into a Hmong street gang, Kowalski ...