The Grey [Blu-ray]

Very good Blu-ray - good film and good actors, some scenes difficult to watch at times -

The Grey is directed by Joe Carnahan who also co-writes the screenplay with Ian MacKenzie Jeffers, based on Jeffers' short story Ghost Walker. It stars Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts, Joe Anderson, Nonso Anozie and James Badge Dale. Music is scored by Marc Streitenfeld and cinematography by Masanobu Takayanagi.Seven men led by suicidal John Ottway (Neeson) try to survive in the Alaskan wilderness after their plane crashes. A wilderness of extreme weather and hungry grey wolves...A lot of people didn't get the film they were expecting when they trundled into the theatres to see The Grey. With a shifty advertising campaign suggesting it was an action adventure movie, one where fisticuffs with wolves was a draw card. What resides in Carnahan's movie is however very different from those expectations, for The Grey is a deep movie, a profound movie in fact, one of mythical leanings, strong in philosophical outlooks and spiritualisation, a meditation on grief as well. That it is also an excellent survival thriller is a bonus, so make no bones about it, the film deserved the $50 million profit it made; even if a lot of those original ticket buyers were kind of duped into the theatre admission!Undeniably the film packs a big emotional punch, you have to expect that to some degree, because only the most virginal of film fan wouldn't be expecting deaths in this type of film. But there is a strong affinity to the group dynamic here that really pulls the mature viewer in to the fold. Early on you think it's standard stuff, one of the guys is a macho a-hole, one of them is cowardly etc etc, but with each passage in the story the mood and characterisations change. Introspective analysis comes into play, conversations spin to a higher level, and with Carnahan smartly able to make us feel their isolation, their terror, their conflicts and will to survive; even if that will simply will not suffice, it's very much a picture that gets under your skin and into your brain for all the right reasons.Led by a powerhouse and intense Neeson performance (who better to have on your side in such circumstances?), with Mulroney also excellent, film is perfectly photographed by Takayanagi on location in British Columbia. His photography at times does blend beauty and terror, but mostly it keeps it harsh in colour tones as the cold bites hard and the peril of the journey unfolds. The ending undoubtedly will infuriate many, in the same way as it has proved divisive with those who have already seen it (for the record I love it, think it's perfect, even in conjunction with the ambiguous end of credits mini-coda), while some of the Wolf effects are at times iffy. But all told, this is one of the unsung treasures of 2012, a film of unexpected depth and boasting a myriad of cinematic pleasures. 9/10

enjoyable

Good movie .. as always Liam Neeson delivers great acting ,a group of plane crash survivors stranded in the middle of nowhere within a freezing cold blitz not only have to try and survive minus degree temperatures but also a pack of wolves desperate for their blood. Only downfall was that the movie ended in suspense without knowing if he survived , overall still a good movie.

Great story. Great cast

'The Grey' promised much in the trailers and the story, even if hardly novel, is one that can in principle grip an audience relatively well. Liam Neeson - the protagonist - is a hunter protecting an Alaskan mining operation from the local wildlife, who leads a small band of survivors from an airplane crash towards safety. To up the ante, a pack of badly disgruntled wolves decide to taking an exception to them, as if the weather and environment were not obstacles enough.So far so predictable and the idea of the members of the band being slowly picked off, while allowing the audience to ponder on what makes one come out of it alive is certainly one that one can stomach. Some aspects are quite nicely done, too - like spilling out the 'life story' at the fireside the night before, rather than with the dying breath.What certainly saves the movie from instant entry into the dustbin of history is the acting, which is uniformly solid. Liam Neeson's performance is certainly credible, even if there are lots of aspects of his character that could be more believably developed (such as his knowledge of the wolves, which is partially there, then again not, and which I guess any animal behaviourist would tear to shreds, really). On top, all the supporting actors do a good job of making it more than a one man show. The movie also does a wonderful job of showing the harsh but beautiful landscape.In the end the writing and the story just do not manage to quite suffice to make the movie more than average. If survival movies are your thing, something like  Deliverance 35th Anniversary Remastered Deluxe Edition [DVD] [1972 ] remains head and shoulders above, wolves or no (actually one of the intriguing aspects of the trailers that worked fairly badly in the real movie). So sadly lots of good acting being let down by insufficiently developed other aspects - not saying the movie is not worth seeing but I doubt it will make it into the 'need to watch several times' category.

Llego en condiciones excelentes, y mi reproductor BlueRay no ha tenido problema (México).

Estupenda pelicula...Estupenda edición...Estupenda entrega.Muchas gracias!

Ce film, je l'avais copié sur <Canal Plus>, mais mauvaise réception de l'antenne, il manquait cinq minutes de ce film. Donc ma raison de cetachat. L'histoire: <John Ottway "Liam"> travaille pour une compagnie pétrolière en <Alaska> et sa mission est de tuer les loups qui s'approchentdes employés, ainsi d'assurer leur sécurité. Mais lors du retour chez-eux en avion, celui-ci s'écrase, laissant uniquement six survivants sur la totalité des employés dont<John>. S'ensuit une lutte acharnée contre les loups et certains des survivants, sont dévorés atrocement par lesloups. Combien seront-ils à s'en sortir?, je vous dévoile pas le film en entier, et ce film qui tient en haleine jusqu'à la fin est dur et prenant.Je vous conseille de vous le procurer. Seul reproche à faire de ma part, <on ne voit pas l' écrasement de l'avion comme dans "le film non stop">.

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This movie is spectacular and Liam Neeson is a great actor....I would highly recommend this one!!! 😀