I think the basic premise is: (STOP READING *SPOILER* just what I saw from the trailer)
Clint is mean old conservative racist who lives in a duplex like house. His new neighbors are Chinese and he hates them because he is a “racist.”
His neighbors have a teenage son. There is a driveby with Asia/Hispanic/who knows homies who shoot up the house. The Asian neighbors he hates are threatened and scared and Clint saves the day. Becomes friends with neighbors.
I got this from seeing the trailer not the film. I still like Clinton but he has had real lefty scum in some of his films.
I recall listening to Savage blasting his Sean Penn film when a guy driving called into the radio show. It was Clint. Savage was shocked. Savage asked him why he had vermin in the film. Clint said see the film and don’t judge the actors. Sorry Clint.
Clin not Clinton - bad typo sorry. ;-)
In the movie, Eastwood teaches the boy next door to pay back his debt for theft. He doesn't pull any punches and then teaches the kid how to get a construction job.
All in all, it's a revenge movie (vintage Eastwood) with Eastwood retiring his Dirty Image payback genre.
Yes, he's a racist in the movie until he mixes with the new neighbors who take him as he is, so what!
If folks want to go to the movies to have their political backs scratched, I suggest Oceanside where you can view a marine recruiting film before the flick starts. Come on down and lose the attitude.
I used to love Savage, and sometimes I still do, but Savage is so completely and overwhelmingly WRONG on this film, it just spins my head around.
Seriously, it's like saying Braveheart or We were Soldiers is a commie flick.
Savage must have been hitting the WINE pretty hard.
PS - Savage is nasty to his staff, doesn't know much about chemistry, and doesn't deserve his (great) family.
PSS - A Master's from UH is like a certificate from Men's Institute of Typing