Great movie... Lots of nail biting scenes... Enjoy!
I thought the Grey was an underrated gem. It could've been a really cheesy man vs wolf movie and it has so much more depth than that. The message is a very interesting one and Liam Neeson gives one of the best performances of his career. Joe Carnahan should be directing a lot more because he's earned his stripes with this.
Perfect movie , perfect Actor !!
Brilliant movie, loved it!
Liam Neeson is the new Chuck Norris. Loved it. Watch after the credits.
"The Grey" will probably not be what you are expecting. In fact, thinking this is going to be another Liam Neeson action flick in the style of "Taken" or "Unknown" would be way off the mark. This is actually a grueling survival movie. Once you get past Liam Neeson's character (named Ottway) putting a gun in his mouth and readying to pull the trigger, things get gloomy.
Ottway boards a plane which then crashes into the mountains of Alaska or Canada. He and six others survive, only to be attacked by some huge wolves. The survivors remain on the move throughout the rest of the film and their ranks are depleted with each passing scene. This is really a rather depressing story.
Everything is either white or grey. It's snowy and cold and there is no relief from the harsh elements. Neeson has absolutely no slick fighting moves to speak of and there are very few acts of heroism. It's very realistic and very hopeless. It's also very different and quite good.
"Once more into the fray. Into the last good fight I'll ever know. Live and die on this day. Live and die on this day."
Wow. What a cinematic, intense, brutal and great (at times heartfelt) film. I never thought I would say that about a creature feature but here we are. To call it a mere creature feature is an insult because I consider this one of Liam Neeson's best films and I love the ending.
It's a good story, not realistic but very well done.
great movie and awesome ending
Best line of the entire movie, "Ah, f*** it I'll do it myself."
Liam Neeson nailed it again. What a great flick that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
great suspenseful movie. definitely wasnt perfect but i have seen so many worse. the story was pretty predictable, and a little in your face at times (man is an animal, neeson/wolf allegory, blah) but whatever. the execution of it was well done, the pacing was really good too. hardly felt like a 2 hour movie.
i did enjoy the ending, not a typical hollywood one.
Liked the minimal role religion played in this survival film.
I really enjoyed this one!
I think it's incredible well produced & the music was fitting perfectly.
It has this tension all the way through, but it also has short moving moments and I personally think the ending was grrreat.
NOTE:
There is a very short scene after the credits
Very unrealistic movie. Expected much more .. don't like the ending either.
Never gonna believe this guys again.
Awesome movie, the ending was actually pretty good. It's best not to watch the trailer first, as a it seems to ruin your expectations
One of my favourite movies. Definetly my favourite Liam Neeson movie.
Amazing movie with an incredibly moving end.
The ending ruined this movie for me!
A harsh, bitter, introspective survival picture that wasn't at all what I expected from the trailers. What the film chooses to do, it does very well - the suspense is so thick that my neck muscles remained in a stiff vice grip for hours, and the constant landscape shots are awe-inspiring - but those wildly successful qualities come at the expense of others.
It's not a story with a firm resolution, which is sure to polarize a lot of viewers, and most of its intentions are left ambiguous. Liam Neeson is his typical commanding, badass self, but despite a few action hero moments he makes some boneheaded mistakes and his leadership qualities leave a lot to be desired. I've read that the plot is a metaphor for existentialism, which makes plenty of sense in reflection, but in the heat of the moment it feels desolate and hopeless. That innate duality makes it a complicated picture to rate; I wasn't oblivious to its faults, but still found it a dense, intriguing and enveloping experience. Worth a peek, even if you wind up hating it.
I am quite a Liam Neeson fan since I actively took notice of this actor due to his Qui-gon Jin role which was one of the only good things about Episode I. I've since then seen over 20 movies with him, and most of them are probably a tad better rated just because I like his character.
So I was really looking forward to this movie for a long time - Liam Neeson staring in an action movie against nature, in a nearly one-man-show, with a lot of positive reviews from people who've already seen this movie. Now that's got to be good doesn't it?
Well... the movie starts off really great. We have some workers doing seasonal work at an oil station in Alaska, which is not only a rough place location-wise, but also from the people. Liam Neesons character John Ottway is a hunter who's task is to guard the workers from wild animals. On their way back home however the plane crashes in the mountains, and only a hand full survive. The first survivors succumb to their wounds but soon they find themselves facing another enemy, that is picking the survivors for killing one after the other: A pack of wolves.
Liam Neesons character gets a really good background story, that makes his character interesting: He has lost everything and given up on live already, but when thrown into this live threatening situation his survival instincts kick in. There is something secretive in his character and we get to learn this while the movie enfolds. This makes the entire first half of the movie really interesting. Also they have a great location, with stunning pictures, a really high quality camera, and good performances, which I really enjoyed a lot. There is good chemistry between all the surviving characters which are totally different in style and believes, providing some room for arguments.
However, on the other side there where a few things I disliked. First of: The wolves, that hardly look anything like wolves. Here we get really cheap CGI and as the movie maker probably knew, most of the wolf attack scenes are in the dark and with hectic camera so you only see glimpses of the wolf. However I don't really enjoy shaky cams and rapid movements through hectic editing, so all in all this took a lot of excitement out of the scene because you actually do not see what happens but keep pondering about the few glimpses you get, while the action sequence is still going on. Also, the behavior of the pack of wolves is totally atypical: They don't hunt a group of men that are capable to defend them selves over days just for sports?
Also, during the movie the physical accuracy gets smaller and smaller - with the cliff jumping scene being the worst part of it. If you find yourself thinking: Well that's not realistic at all, that's plain idiotic, your brain gets occupied by other things than merging into the plot of the movie. And there are a number of these little things (like Ottway finding his letter after the crash which has been for hours in the snow but is still in excellent condition, or all the guys sleeping and not hearing how the one guy standing guard is taken by wolves just a couple of meters away, etc.), as well as movie mistakes (the letter has an re- and disappearing coffee stain throughout the movie).
In the end we get a 2hrs movie that feels really long and doesn't add anything new to the typical man vs nature survival movie (such as The Edge or the Mountain between Us, which I actually liked a bit better), that starts of really great but in the end gets actually pretty unrealistic and boring. And that's really sad, because they have some great scenes, really wonderful images, and a good Liam Neeson. But especially with high expectations that I had, this movie was mostly rather disappointing to me. It's still a solid movie, though.
After the plane crash, Liam Neeson vs nature and the pack of wolves, pack of wolves, you do not know who you are getting into, I liked the tone, notes the agustia to survive and the cold
Mooie film
Jammer van het einde.
The pacing, oh the pacing was gooood!
watched this mainly because i´m a neeson fan. only problem with the story is that you know what will happen. nevertheless this was a good one. and in times of all these multi million dollar special FX spectacles (which I do at times also like) one should take time for a movie like this.
Fuck faith - earn it
Thought the first half was quite good but was disappointed with the second half. Shame, it had potential.
Boring! The wolves were so fake!
omg it was so boooooooorrrriiiiiinnnnnnnnnnggggggg.
I don't know how anyone in their right mind can say this was a great movie. It was ridiculous from start to finish, without an ounce of realism. I found my head shaking in disbelief all through the movie, and I even fast forwarded parts of it just to get through it fast enough.
Complete waste of time!
very nice movie!!!
Movie was great, ending was not so great.
Shout by Horror future #7BlockedParent2017-12-04T01:29:24Z
I dont know why some people gave too much hate on this.This movie is really good with great atmosphere,amazing soundtrack,deep meanings and great ending with Liam Neeson at his best.