6.9 / 10
John Ottway (Liam Neeson) works at the end of the world for a petroleum company protecting their operation and employees from any attack of wild animals.
After a stint of performing their duty, the crew are set to return to Anchorage, Alaska. On the way the plane runs into engine troubles. Seven men survive the crash, and find themselves battling the terrain and conditions. However they find themselves unarmed in an area with a large pack of territorial wolves.
I am a fan of survivalist films, however the Grey tries to be a little more than it should.
The writers made the wolves out to be almost fantastical and more vindictive than they actually are. It does this to try to create an atmosphere of suspense throughout. Whereas the presence of the wolves at the start, the crew coming up against the climate and the landscape would have been enough to sustain the story.
The flashbacks to his wife etc., is good however, and added a little to the main characters strength. It also added to the isolation and the longing for home.
The locations are beautiful. The scene with after the crash with Lewenden (James Badge Dale) and Ottway is fantastic and probably the best scene in the film.
However it suffers from a runtime longer than it should be - too many "stand offs" with the wolves which achieves the opposite of suspense - some poor acting from Dallas Roberts (or just poor lines), a but of suspended disbelief with their clothing etc.
Worth a watch, but not the best film ever, and certainly not the best survivalist film out there.
John Ottway (Liam Neeson) works at the end of the world for a petroleum company protecting their operation and employees from any attack of wild animals.
After a stint of performing their duty, the crew are set to return to Anchorage, Alaska. On the way the plane runs into engine troubles. Seven men survive the crash, and find themselves battling the terrain and conditions. However they find themselves unarmed in an area with a large pack of territorial wolves.
I am a fan of survivalist films, however the Grey tries to be a little more than it should.
The writers made the wolves out to be almost fantastical and more vindictive than they actually are. It does this to try to create an atmosphere of suspense throughout. Whereas the presence of the wolves at the start, the crew coming up against the climate and the landscape would have been enough to sustain the story.
The flashbacks to his wife etc., is good however, and added a little to the main characters strength. It also added to the isolation and the longing for home.
The locations are beautiful. The scene with after the crash with Lewenden (James Badge Dale) and Ottway is fantastic and probably the best scene in the film.
However it suffers from a runtime longer than it should be - too many "stand offs" with the wolves which achieves the opposite of suspense - some poor acting from Dallas Roberts (or just poor lines), a but of suspended disbelief with their clothing etc.
Worth a watch, but not the best film ever, and certainly not the best survivalist film out there.