The Mule / Gran Torino (Double Feature) (DVD)

Mule, The: Eastwood stars as Earl Stone, a man in his 80s who is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he?s just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does well?so well, in fact, that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl is assigned a handler. But he isn?t the only one keeping tabs on Earl; the mysterious new drug mule has also hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates. Gran Torino: Clint Eastwood, the Academy Award-winning director of Million DollarBaby and Unforgiven and Academy-nominated director of Letters From IwoJima and Mystic River, returns to direct and star in his first rolesince his Oscar-nominated performance in Million Dollar Baby. Retiredauto worker, Korean War veteran and widower Walt Kowalski (Eastwood) iswaiting out the rest of his life. His neighbors have all moved or passedaway, replaced by Hmong immigrants he despises and aimless gangs ofAfrican American and Latino teenagers.