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The Grey

  • 2011
  • R
  • 1h 57m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
269K
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Liam Neeson in The Grey (2011)
In Alaska, an oil drilling team struggle to survive after a plane crash strands them in the wild. Hunting the humans are a pack of wolves who see them as intruders.
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After their plane crashes in Alaska, six oil workers are led by a skilled huntsman to survival, but a pack of merciless wolves haunts their every step.After their plane crashes in Alaska, six oil workers are led by a skilled huntsman to survival, but a pack of merciless wolves haunts their every step.After their plane crashes in Alaska, six oil workers are led by a skilled huntsman to survival, but a pack of merciless wolves haunts their every step.

  • Director
    • Joe Carnahan
  • Writers
    • Joe Carnahan
    • Ian Mackenzie Jeffers
  • Stars
    • Liam Neeson
    • Dermot Mulroney
    • Frank Grillo
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    269K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,808
    807
    • Director
      • Joe Carnahan
    • Writers
      • Joe Carnahan
      • Ian Mackenzie Jeffers
    • Stars
      • Liam Neeson
      • Dermot Mulroney
      • Frank Grillo
    • 973User reviews
    • 356Critic reviews
    • 64Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 8 nominations total

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    Liam Neeson
    Liam Neeson
    • Ottway
    Dermot Mulroney
    Dermot Mulroney
    • Talget
    Frank Grillo
    Frank Grillo
    • Diaz
    Dallas Roberts
    Dallas Roberts
    • Henrick
    Joe Anderson
    Joe Anderson
    • Flannery
    Nonso Anozie
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    • Burke
    James Badge Dale
    James Badge Dale
    • Lewenden
    Ben Hernandez Bray
    Ben Hernandez Bray
    • Hernandez
    • (as Ben Hernandez)
    Anne Openshaw
    Anne Openshaw
    • Ottway's Wife
    Peter Girges
    • Company Clerk
    Jonathan Bitonti
    • Ottway (5 years old)
    • (as Jonathan James Bitonti)
    James Bitonti
    • Ottway's Father
    Ella Kosor
    • Talget's Little Girl
    Jacob Blair
    Jacob Blair
    • Cimoski
    Lani Gelera
    • Flight Attendant
    Larissa Stadnichuk
    Larissa Stadnichuk
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    • Director
      • Joe Carnahan
    • Writers
      • Joe Carnahan
      • Ian Mackenzie Jeffers
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    0U

    The Grey

    I'll start off by saying this movie is not made for everyone. This is about a movie based off of survival instincts between man and nature. First time watching this, It's a thrill chiller. If you're wanting a movie that's depressing 90% of the time, this is the movie for you. This movie grasps way beyond an imagination of dealing with nature's worst environments after a plane wreckage. Traveling through the coldest winter, little to no food, wounded, tiredness and cold, it's a rough marry go-round. Not only the harsh environment for the remaining survivors have to deal with, the movie decided to throw in Northern Arctic Wolves and that made the survivors a living nightmare of hell. Only reason why I gave the movie a 8 star was Ottway (Liam Neeson) was a huntsman. His job subscription should have made him an expert of dealing with the current situation a little more suitable than just trying to survive with some ideas. None of the less, excellent movie for drama watchers.
    7LeonLouisRicci

    More Psychological Thriller Than Action...Artic Crash-Survivors Eluding Wolves & Weather

    Those who Go Into this Liam Neeson Flick Expecting Fisticuffs, Gun-Play, and Action Tropes Leave Mostly Disappointed.

    Some Actually Hostile at the "Trailer" for Misdirection and Neeson for Signing-On to this because it's NOT THAT.

    It's a Macho-Man-Movie All the way with Females Only Glimpsed through a Few Flashbacks, and Memory Laden Remarks around the Numerous Fires...

    Used as Shields Against a Pack of Wolves that Already Attacked and Devoured 1 of the "Human Pack" that have come in Close-Contact to the Wolves Den.

    Herein Lies Bones of Contention...

    Many "Experts" on Wolves and their Behavior state LOUDLY and Angrily that the Wolf-Pack in this Film do Not in Anyway Behave Like Real-Life Wolf-Packs...

    If that's a Fact and You Can Not Suspend Disbelief Enough to Enjoy the Film, and Chalk it Up to "Artistic-License" than Stay Far Far Away from this "Tale".

    On the Other Hand, it is a Bleak Psychological Study of Men Under Extreme Threat at the Hands of Ravenous Monsters and the Wrath of Mother Nature.

    Images Stripped of Color, Signifying an Unforgiving Atmosphere on the Path to "Hell".

    It's Engaging, Suspenseful, "Out-There" Entertainment with an "Edge", that's...

    Worth a Watch.
    10timlogiovino

    This review is here because people are inherently stupid.

    This is a fictional movie. At no point does it state anywhere within the film that it's a true story or that it's based on any true event. The wolves scenario, tracking and attacking them like they do is unrealistic but again that's not what the film is about. This film at its heart is about the human will of survival and what keeps us alive. I don't mean what makes us want to live; but what keeps us alive. These are 2 different things. Liam Neesons character isn't trying to stay alive, he's just trying not to die. He shows us in the first few minutes of the film that he doesn't want to live. Human instinct; to stay alive however is both a blessing and curse in this case. The film captures every aspect of what a person would feel going through a life or death situation; whether it's your life or someone else's. If you look at this from a "realistic" perspective...how could you know this scenario, what to feel and how to act unless you've actually been chased by wolves, post commercial airline crash?

    My recommendation is to watch the film as if you've lost something in your life that means so much to you, you'd rather be dead then to have lost it in the first place.
    7rumbleinthejungle

    Survival tale goes against the grain

    I'm surprised to see the number of negative reviews here and also surprised as to the number of comparisons to Lee Tamahori's 'The Edge'; a completely different type of film in my opinion despite the similar locales. Unrelentingly bleak with almost no glimpse of warmth ( both literally and figuratively!) during the whole running time it's easy to see that this film will not be for everyone. The absence of a heroic ending and the depiction of the absolute fragility of man (and futility of machismo) will also serve to divide audiences even further. But, if you can get past these things and can overlook a couple of plot points that might seem illogical you are in for one heck of visceral cinematic ride. The story is simple - Liam Neeson is a distraught widower contracted to shoot Wolves in the Alaskan oil fields. On a flight to the mainland for R&R the plane goes down in the middle of nowhere and he and six other passengers are the only remaining survivors. The motley group must contend with a grim situation that see's them dropped in a freezing barren wasteland with no food, shelter or weapons and a pack of hungry Timber Wolves keen to pick them off one by one. I liked the AO Scott review for this film in which he pointed out that the film posed and answered a number of theological and existential questions in a very quiet and dignified way. Quite un-Hollywood. This is no Tom Hanks picture and unlike the aforementioned The Edge it's never for a minute considered an option for the men to make a stand against the Wolves in the way that Charles and Bob did with Bart the Bear in that film. They are completely at the mercy of the environment and it's predators whilst also being aware of the increasing futility of their plight. The film goes against the grain right from the outset and it's a stylistic decision from the creators that simultaneously elevates it above many of it's counterparts but also probably limits it's broader appeal - an early scene immediately after the crash where Neeson comforts a dying man is one of the most powerful and beautiful pieces of acting I've seen in recent years. To summarize, I found the film a very intense watch and it stayed with me for long time afterwards. Surely the hallmarks of a great picture?
    7ben-672-947611

    It is absolutely not as advertised, but a good film and well acted

    If you're like me you saw the trailers with Liam Neeson strapping glass bottles to his hands and fighting wolves and thought, "Holy cow! They made Wolf Taken. Violence and wolves!" Well, they didn't. There's really not that much action in the film. The trailers really, really did a dis-service to the film. They were selling an action movie when they really made an intensely somber film about a group of desperate men as they try to survive a plane crash. The film is quietly beautiful.

    I saw it in theaters and was hopping mad at how the trailer misled me. People all over the theater fell asleep (my girlfriend included). However, I think if you're looking for a non-action flick, you'll really dig this.

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    • Trivia
      According to Liam Neeson's account, the temperatures were as low as -40 degrees Celsius (-40 degrees Fahrenheit) ??? in Smithers, British Columbia, where the film was shot. The snowstorms/scenes were real prevailing weather conditions, and not a cinematic illusion produced with CGI (interview: Episode #20.70 (2012)). The cast wore thermals under their costumes for additional protection.
    • Goofs
      Fastening a shotgun shell to a stick does not work as well as depicted. The Mythbusters demonstrated that the human arm simply can't thrust the stick hard enough to set off the shell.
    • Quotes

      [repeated lines]

      Ottway: 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.

    • Crazy credits
      There's a scene after the end credits.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #20.70 (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      Running A.D. Part 2
      Songwriter Mark Kevin Wilson

      Produced by Vintage Masters Music

      Performed by Lucian Blaque

      Courtesy of Fervor Records Vintage Masters, a division of Wild Whirled Music

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    • Release date
      • January 27, 2012 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Official Facebook
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Un Día para Sobrevivir
    • Filming locations
      • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Open Road Films (II)
      • Inferno Distribution
      • LD Entertainment
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    • Budget
      • $25,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $51,580,236
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $19,665,101
      • Jan 29, 2012
    • Gross worldwide
      • $79,781,695
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 57 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Datasat
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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