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Walt is a widower whose life revolves around his dog, Daisy, and his mint-condition 1972 Ford Gran Torino . His quiet life is disrupted when his Hmong neighbor, Thao Lor, is pressured by a local gang into trying to steal the car as an initiation.
The film’s inciting incident occurs when Thao (Bee Vang), the shy teenage son of the family, is pressured by his gang-affiliated cousin into attempting to steal Walt’s Gran Torino. This botched theft forces an unlikely connection. After Walt saves Thao from a gang beating, the family’s matriarch insists the boy work for Walt as penance. What follows is a curmudgeon’s journey from bitter isolation to reluctant mentorship, culminating in a violent, messianic sacrifice that is as controversial as it is cathartic. imdb gran torino