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Thursday 2 February 2012

The Grey



Warning! This is not a date movie, nor a Disney nature pic. Do not take your kids under 16 or so (maybe a mature 14 or 15). Do not take your grandmother. Do not take your faint-of-heart girlfriend. But if you want a kick ass action movie that does not take the usual course of 'action' flicks and, as some of the above reviews state, a movie that will stay with you a while this is it. This movie does not have car chases, nor 'bad guys', so don't go looking for those. This is a movie that gets into your head. Liam Neeson is one of my favorite actors in almost anything he's in, but this role seems tailored to him. Ottway is a broken man at the start of the movie, as he himself says in his first few lines. He works at the end of the world doing a dirty job to protect the scum that have washed up with him there. Yet there is steel in him that only tremendous adversity can bring out. In this movie the cold and frozen landscape is as much a character as any of the supporting cast, and on a par with the wolves to challenge any man. I once saw Neeson as Ethan Frome and I thought that was a bleak, cold landscape. This movie is several degrees bleaker and colder. The supporting cast are great as a batch of misfit men thrust into a situation they have never had any preparation for. This film could have been written by Hemingway and Jack London collaborating with Homer. Do round up bunch of your buddies and go see this movie - oh, and stay till after the credits roll. Seriously.

17 comments:

  1. Were going to see this movie this weekend, I can't wait!

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  2. Sounds like an awesome movie, nice review!

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  3. I would take a girl to that. Easily.

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  4. I really wanna see this film, love Neeson too, my fav flick is 'Taken' he's an amazing actor & cheers for the heads up to stay after the credits too, defo following for more films :)))

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  5. I scanned it and saw to stay after the credits. Thanks for that tip!

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  6. Sounds really cool, looking forward to see it!

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  7. Interesting, I think I may go see it. It certainly looks like it is very good.

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  8. No shit? I've been looking forward to this ever since I saw a preview back in.. whenever I saw a preview.
    I don't watch movies at the theater very often but I'd love to go see this. Thanks.

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  9. i still have to go see this movie! it looks so good

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  10. Wow, this looks seriously nice. I love movies that don't fit the mold.

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  11. I wouldn't call it an action flick either, and it did sta with me for a while. I went to see this with a friend, it was quite a well written film, really. I didn't stay after the credits, unfortunately, so I have noo clue what you are talking about!

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  12. yea really want to take my gf to watch this she'll love it ^_^

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  13. can't wait to watch the film!

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  14. This movie sounds amazing thanks for the review, Liam Neeson is one of my favorite actors too

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  15. That is a cool advertisement!

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  16. Will consider this. Looks pretty good.

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