Category IIA. As you no doubt have heard or guessed from the promotional posters, “Gran Torino” is supposed to be “Dirty Harry” for the suburbs. It’s also publicized as Clint Eastwood’s final starring role, a tired old hoax that’s been whored around Hollywood since 1992’s “Unforgiven.” But if that’s true, the man has chosen to end on a fairly high note (or at least an unexpected one), re-inventing the classic American archetype of Dirty Harry as the angry old coot.

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