Second best movie of mine ..
Based on a true story about a man named Christopher Gardner. Gardner has invested heavily in a device known as a "Bone Density scanner". He feels like he has made these devices. However, they do not sell as they are marginally better than the current technology at a much higher price. On top of that, one of these does not work. As Gardner tries to figure out on how to fix the faulty one and sell the others, his wife leaves him, he loses his house, his bank account, and credit cards. Forced to live out in the streets with his son, Gardner is now desperate to find a steady job; he takes on a job as a stockbroker, but before he can receive pay, he needs to go through 6 months of training, and to sell his devices.
3rd Best ..
Walt Kowalski, a retired Polish American Ford factory worker and Korean War veteran, has recently been widowed, which is made further difficult by the generational clash between him and his sons' families, who have little to do with Walt and prefer it that way. His neighborhood in Highland Park, Michigan, formerly populated by working-class white families, is now dominated by poor Asian immigrants, and gang violence is commonplace. Walt has a very cynical outlook on life, shaped by his time in the Korean War. On strained relations with his grown sons, and not wanting the advice of the priest of his wife's church, Walt is a gruff man who has few friends, and often enjoys sharing racial banter with those he can consider friends. As such, he lives a solitary life with his pet Labrador retriever, Daisy, in the same house he has lived in for years.
The Vang Lor family, of ethnic Hmong descent, move into the house next door to Walt's. Among the family are streetwise Sue and her shy brother, Thao. Initially, Walt wants nothing to do with his new neighbors, but slowly he does get involved in Sue and Thao's lives, despite Thao having once tried to steal Walt's beloved 1972 Gran Torino. That attempted theft was a Hmong gang initiation ritual, a gang to which Thao does not want to belong. As his teen-aged neighbors' unofficial protector, Walt has to figure out how best to restore his sense of right in the neighborhood. To atone for his attempted theft, Thao works for Walt, who has him carry out odd jobs around the neighborhood. When he has finished, he helps Thao to find a job. He also observes that a girl, Youa, for whom Thao is attracted, appears to reciprocate his feelings and pressures him into asking her out.
However, Walt is troubled by occasional coughing fits, and soon begins coughing up blood. He goes for a medical checkup and receives results implying that his condition is serious and he is suffering from lung cancer. One day, Thao is mugged by his cousin's gang on the way home from work, for his failure to steal the Gran Torino. Angered, Walt confronts one of the gang members with a gun, bashing and threatening to kill him if the gang does not leave Thao alone. The gang retaliates with a drive-by shooting on the Vang Lor home, and by beating and raping Sue. Distraught, Walt talks to Father Janovich and observes that the Vang Lor family will never be safe while the Hmong gang exists.
The next day, Thao visits Walt, demanding his help in seeking vengeance upon the gang. Walt asks Thao to return later in the day. In the meantime, Walt makes final preparations. Thao returns to Walt's home and believes that they are about to go and kill the gang. Walt, however, tricks Thao and locks him in the basement, angrily telling him that he's too young to kill and that killing a man is the worst thing that ever happened to him. He drives to the home of the gang members that night, who confront him with their weapons drawn on the front lawn. Walt talks loudly, drawing the attention of the neighbors, and places a cigarette in his mouth. He asks the gang for a light and slowly puts his hand in his jacket, as if reaching for a gun, and jerks it out quickly. The gang members begin firing and gun him down, killing him. Sue releases Thao from Walt's basement, and they arrive at the crime scene, driving Walt's Gran Torino. It is revealed that Walt was not armed, and he actually had his old military lighter in his hand. The officer tells them the gang will be imprisoned for a long time due to the number of witnesses.
Walt's funeral is attended not only by his family, but also Thao and Sue and many of the Hmong community, with Father Janovich leading the procession. The scene cuts to the reading of Walt's last will and testament, in which Walt leaves his house to Father Janovich's church, and his Gran Torino to Thao. As the film ends, Thao drives the Gran Torino along Jefferson Avenue with Walt's yellow Labrador, Daisy, in the front passenger seat.
