Fresh
The Grey remains a genuinely gripping survival story and a refreshing change from stale urban action flicks.
Tom Charity, CNN.com
The Grey
Live or die on this day.
2012 · 1h 57m · R
Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Joe Carnahan
Overview
Following a grueling five-week shift at an Alaskan oil refinery, workers led by sharpshooter John Ottway are flying home for a much-needed vacation. But a brutal storm causes their plane to crash in the frozen wilderness, and only eight men, including Ottway, survive. As they trek southward toward civilization and safety, Ottway and his companions must battle mortal injuries, the icy elements, and a pack of hungry wolves.
Director and cast
- Joe Carnahan Director
- Liam Neeson as John Ottway
- Dermot Mulroney as Jerome Talget
- Frank Grillo as John Diaz
- Dallas Roberts as Pete Hendrick
- Nonso Anozie as Jackson Burke
- James Badge Dale as Luke Lewenden
- Anne Openshaw as Ana Ottway
- Ben Hernandez Bray as Hernandez (as Ben Hernandez Bray)
- Jonathan James Bitonti as John Ottway (5 Years Old)
- Larissa Stadnichuk Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
80%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The Grey is about raging against the dying of the light but also about accepting it with peace once the fight has been lost.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
Three-fifths of a solid film!
Laremy Legel, Film.com
Rotten
The Grey, despite moments of sublimity, is as predictable as a funeral. When Ottway angrily calls out to God, the nonanswer is sadly redundant.
David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten
Somewhere along the line, apparently, it was decided that having men fight for their lives is not enough to hang a movie on. It has to be a movie about Big Ideas.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
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