Movie Review: The Grey

Alright, I admit it. I watch a lot of movies. A lot. I can't help it, I love them. Even ones that I don't like, I still love. I love to analyze the movie afterwards, I love to point out flaws and I appreciate the little details. Now, it isn't that I didn't like Liam Neeson's latest movie, but let's just say it was not without flaws.

The quick rundown: Great scenery, cool idea, but don't get caught up in logistics or else you'll spend the whole movie saying "you got to be f'ing kidding me...." (much like I did).

The long rundown: Just a heads up, the whole movie was filmed to look a little grainy/gritty which I actually like. We find our fearless hero (Liam Neeson) up in east bum Alaska working with ex cons as a wolf sharp shooter. We know Liam is unhappy with his life and right from the start he is contemplating suicide. The next day the whole crew hops on a plane heading back to Anchorage. What I really did like about this movie was the crash scene. They did a real nice job catching the wild fury and panic of a plane crash. After the crash Liam steps up as a leader trying to get survivors to work together. Soon they realize they are in wolf territory and that's when things start getting unbelievable. The rest of the movie is about their journey from the crash site trying to find safety by getting stalked and hunted by wolves of mythical proportion. If you've never seen a Discovery documentary on wolves then maybe you wont care how ridiculous they are portrayed but you still will probably raise eye brows when the survivors have to jump over a cliff edge and hope they can reach the tops of trees since that is the only way off the cliff, but then once they get there the wolves are already waiting on the ground (they must have took the stairs?) As the survivors struggle for their lives their characters get developed further but let's be real, at this kind of movie you aren't here for the character development.

All in all, the movie was entertaining. You are there asking yourself what would you do in that situation? As ridiculous as some of the wolves were and some of the plot lines were and some of the stunts were... bottom line it is still an entertaining movie. You want the characters to survive, you fear for their lives and root for them to win (as in, beat the mythical wolves who want to kill them for pleasure more than for food).