Walter Kowalskionce served as a soldier, carried a gun, and fought a war. But he is already an old man with gray hair. He spends his boring time drinking beer and tinkering with his classic car at home all day. He seldom goes out, except that he shows up on time every month. In the barbershop. The last wish of Walter's deceased wife is to hope that he can confess to God, because he is a very resentful veteran. The experience of participating in the Korean War left him with a great psychological shadow, so he still retains it. That M-1 semi-automatic rifle, wiped every day, seemed to be ready to load the bullet at any time, except for his old dog Daisy, Walter believed no one.
Those who could be recognized by him as "neighbors" either moved away or passed away one after another. Now he is surrounded by a group of immigrants from Southeast Asia, which happens to be the group he despised the most in the world. In fact, he is looking at everything with angry glasses, including slanted eaves, overgrown lawns, and foreign faces living around him-nothing more than aimlessly consuming his little left. Life only. Until one night, Walter discovered that someone wanted to steal his 1972 Ford classic car. This car was assembled by Walter, who had been an auto worker, to symbolize his former glory and pride.
Walter recognized that the boy who tried to steal the car was one of his neighbors. His name was Taoplayed by. He was timid and shy by nature. It turned out that he was persecuted by the local youth gang, so he came to steal Walter in desperation. In the car, Walter, who knew the truth, not only prevented the theft in his own way, but also thoroughly taught the gang leader who was bullying and fearing evil, so that they would not dare to trouble Tao again. Unexpectedly, this behavior of Walter turned himself into a hero in the community, especially for Tao’s mother and sister Su, who insisted that Tao work for Walter in order to repay what they committed. Wrong. Although Walt didn't want to get involved with these people at first, he still had to compromise and let Tao help him with some trivial things in life.
As the contact with Tao and Tao’s family deepened, Walter finally began to give up his prejudice against Asians, and slowly he was willing to learn about the life of this neighbor who lives next to him, and he has participated in the war since Just like the old car that he had kept in the garage, the heart wall he built finally had a chance to see the sun again.
