The Grey
2011
***½
Director: Joe Carnahan
Cast: Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts, Joe Anderson, Nonso Anozie, James Badge Dale, Ben Bray, Anne Openshaw
When their plane crashes in the Alaskan wilderness, a team of oil-rig workers are left at the mercy of extreme weather conditions and hungry wolves. Luckily the group includes John Ottway, a professional wolf hunter. The survivors predictably get picked off one by one in a scenario which mixes Alive with The Edge. This is a metaphysical survival story with an enigmatic hero (charismatically portrayed by Liam Neeson), which Carnahan turns into a gripping but implausible thriller. Based on a short story Ghost Walker by Ian MacKenzie Jeffers, who co-scripted.
