“In the Chinese language the character for conflict is made up of two different symbols: one indicates danger whereas the other indicates opportunity” (Wilmot & Hocker, 2011, p. 9). How fitting that is, given the Chinese/Hmong cultural theme of “Gran Torino” and that the movie represented both! Violence and offensive language are rarely contents I look for in a good movie, but this movie proved to be an exception. I was able to look past the guns, the violence, the vulgar language (and the bad acting) and view the movie with a different perspective—which is what we are called to do when in an interpersonal, intercultural conflict. The characters well-developed portrayal of real-life Hmong gangs specific to the northern lake states such