Antiheroes In Movies That We Can’t Help But Love

Walt Kowalski – Gran Torino

In Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino, Eastwood himself plays the role of Walt Kowalski. Walt can be described as not much more than a salty, racist, old and angry Korean War veteran. He makes his distaste for his own family very well-known (although they deserve it) and has no problem being openly racist to his neighbors or other people that live around him. He’s rude to basically everyone including the church priest and hates everything except his dog Daisy and Pabst Blue Ribbon. Yet, as the film progresses, he manages to put his prejudice aside and finds himself as the mentor to the neighbor that tried to steal his car, and the protector of his whole family. Although he never turns into a total angel, his transformation is impressive and makes him a character of substantial worth.