The Grey
The Grey. 2012 (DVD 791.4372 Grey)
This movie was advertised as a mixture of Alive and 127 Hours. So think plane crash, survival, and horrible circumstances where people are forced to cut off their own body parts and eat fallen comrades. This IS NOT that movie. I love…nay LOVE Liam Neeson in his transition from heavy-hitting leading man dramatic roles to his unlikely turn as a hardcore action hero. This movie lacks both the gravity of Neeson’s dramatic talent and the kick-butt revenge seeker from Taken. It is a short film at an hour and a half and begins with a bar fight, which leads to a plane crash, which leads to the survivors adrift in the arctic being hunted by a pack of wolves. No one eats the cadavers and no one cuts off an arm. There are quite a few wolf attacks, but the wolves themselves look like they could be straight out of the Twilight movies. After wolf fights and heartfelt talks about mortality, the film just ends with no conclusion. All in all, I wanted more. More blood, more death, more gore, more man on wolf action, and more Irish brawler Liam. (Kim - Reader's Services)
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