Clint Eastwood’s Most Memorable Movie Kills

Who dies in this kill scene? None other than the Hollywood great himself. In Gran Tarino, Clint Eastwood plays an aging Korean War veteran, Walt Kowalski, who takes a young, troubled Hmong American under his wings and protects both him and his family from a violent local gang. 

And, ultimately, Walt loses his own life. But it is for a good cause—protecting the defenseless. In the film’s climax, Walt arrives at the doorstep of the gang, loudly, confrontationally calling them out for their low-life antics.

Then, mimicking Clint’s iconic Western roles of yore, he draws his hand from his pocket as if drawing a gun. The gangsters open fire, killing Walt, condemning themselves to prison, and rendering the neighborhood safe..