Movie review: The Grey


Writer/director Joe Carnahan ('The A-Team') reteams with Liam Neeson for the survival thriller, 'The Grey.' Find out if the film is a gripping and substantive man vs. nature movie experience.

Joe Carnahan's thriller The Grey, currently receiving kudos for its blend of red-blooded action and considered existentialism, tells the fictional tale of a group of oilrig workers who survive a plane crash only to be hunted by wolves in the wild.

Judging by The Grey, director Joe Carnahan's new deep-freeze thriller, that might do it. The best thing about this movie is its shivery hypothermic vérité, a credit to the skill of cinematographer Masanobu Takanayagi, working under what must have been

Going grey. Liam Neeson, who has emerged as a formidable middle-aged action star over the last few years, is expected to take the top spot at the box office this weekend, with his latest movie, "The Grey," projected to take in as much as $14 million.

By thehorrorchick Now playing in theatres is Joe Carnahan's wildly thrilling The Grey (review here) which follows a small group of oil drillers forced to survive in the Alaskan wilderness after suffering a horrific plane crash.