Movie Review: The Grey

Liam Nesson being a badass once again! All jokes aside, The Grey is another action/drama film led by Liam Nesson. Nesson portrays a sniper who protects oil drillers from grey wolves in Alaska. Once the company plane gets into a crash in the middle of a blizzard, He leads a small band of survivors against the elements of the Arctic and a large pack of ruthless wolves. The Grey is a solid movie. It develops it's characters well and provides a blend of suspense and fear due to it's Arctic setting. It's a pretty intense movie and all the scenes with the wolves you almost feel like you are in danger just watching it. As I expected, Nesson anchors the movie. He is a beyond consistent actor and this movie really thrives on his strong performance in both the action and dramatic sequences. There were a few things that bugged about me The Grey. It did drag a bit during the middle, which surprised me. Writer/director Joe Carnahan (Smokin' Aces, The A-Team) tends to make non-stop exciting and entertaining movies and he really is a brilliant action director and I think he could have handled the script in the middle a little bit better. I also didn't like the preachy, Catholic, philosophical undertones. It was completely unnecessary and it took away from my enjoyment of the film (Especially at the end where it got thrown into the complete forefront of the film). It could have been better, but The Grey still succeeds as a good, intense, and suspenseful survival movie with an excellent performance from Liam Nesson.

3.5/5 Stars