Open Road Films
The Grey offers a refreshing break from most movies nowadays that are focused on
vampires, werewolves and teenagers either singing or dancing (or even both *shudder*).
Grey’s main star is Liam Neeson, who has once again chosen a role he can fit perfectly into by way of simply being himself. The movie takes place in Alaska, with an oil drilling team whose plane has swiftly crashed in the freezing wild, leaving only seven alive. While the seven men try to seek a way out of the freezing Alaskan wilderness, a pack of deadly wolves are slowly hunting them one by one. This forces the men to make a journey to try to find a rescue or civilization all the while dealing with conflict within the group and how it is lead by Liam Neeson.
The Grey is a nice reprieve of a movie from all the intense action flicks, adolescent-geared animated movies and the regular hum-drum romance that studios crank out all the time; that being said, it doesn’t necessarily mean I didn’t have any complaints. The biggest complaint I have is that whenever the wolves would attack, all the movie would show was fast/blurry images and you’d hear some loud growling/screaming. This happened to get old after a while (and trust me, it happens often); that’s not to say I want to see people being eaten by vicious wolves, rather, I’d like to not have my ears assaulted by excessively loud noises and my eyes trying to follow the frantic, jarring camera futilely.
Liam Neeson played the part of a man with nothing to lose perfectly, as well as the part of a determined leader; of course, in my opinion, the casting of the movie was extremely well done, not to only mention Liam Neeson. The other characters enhanced the movie with their ability to portray stranded men willing to do whatever it takes to survive and see their families again.
So if you’re looking for an action movie that’s not like the other one’s currently out there, I say your best bet is to see ‘The Grey’. It’s an interesting movie that at one point even made me cry, and at many other points had me rooting for the survivors to win out against the wolves. It also has me unwilling to ever go to Alaska in fear of facing evil wolves trying to eat me.
