A new episode of our Best Horror Party Movies video series has just been released, and with this one we’re looking back at director James Wan’s 2007 revenge thriller Death Sentence (watch it Here). Now, you may be wondering, “How can this be a party movie when it’s incredibly depressing?” Well, to find out how we party to this movie, check out the video embedded above!
Directed by James Wan from a screenplay by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers that was based on a novel by Death Wish author Brian Garfield, Death Sentence has the following synopsis: Nick Hume is on his way home from a hockey game with his son, Brendan, and stops for gasoline. Helplessly he sees a street thug kill Brendan while robbing the station. Believing the justice system will fail him, Nick goes after the killer himself, setting off a war between him and the killer’s older brother.
Directed by James Wan from a screenplay by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers that was based on a novel by Death Wish author Brian Garfield, Death Sentence has the following synopsis: Nick Hume is on his way home from a hockey game with his son, Brendan, and stops for gasoline. Helplessly he sees a street thug kill Brendan while robbing the station. Believing the justice system will fail him, Nick goes after the killer himself, setting off a war between him and the killer’s older brother.
- 8/8/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
I've been fascinated with Alcatraz ever since I was a kid. There's just something fascinating and haunting about that place and every time I'm in San Fransisco, I have to go! There are also some great movies with Alcatraz and the main setting. Two of my favorites are Clint Eastwood's Escape From Alcatraz and Michael Bay's The Rock.
Well, we've got a new movie coming set in Alcatraz. It's called Alcatraz and according to Collider, it's being developed by the producers of John Wick and 300. James Foley has also been attached to direct it. Foley is the director of the Fifty Shades of Grey sequels, so that doesn't spark much confidence. But prior to that, he did direct Glengarry Glen Ross and Fear.
The script was written by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers (The Grey, Death Sentence) and the story is said to be based on the true story of Frank Morris,...
Well, we've got a new movie coming set in Alcatraz. It's called Alcatraz and according to Collider, it's being developed by the producers of John Wick and 300. James Foley has also been attached to direct it. Foley is the director of the Fifty Shades of Grey sequels, so that doesn't spark much confidence. But prior to that, he did direct Glengarry Glen Ross and Fear.
The script was written by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers (The Grey, Death Sentence) and the story is said to be based on the true story of Frank Morris,...
- 8/6/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
White Horse Pictures and Lionsgate are teaming to produce "Emperor," the first film in a proposed trilogy adaptation of Conn Iggulden's series of novels about a young Julius Caesar and his best friend Brutus.
William Broyles Jr., Stephen Harrigan, Burr Steers and Ian Mackenzie Jeffers are penning the script which will be based on the first two books in the series. Nigel Sinclair, Gianni Nunnari, Mark Canton and Matt Jackson will produce the project which is currently seeking a director. Nunnari says in an official statement:
"Combining the sweep of '300' with the intrigue of 'Game of Thrones,' this is the part of the story of the mighty Julius Caesar that nobody knows - his emergence alongside Brutus as young powerhouses in Rome, a fresh and contemporary retelling of their rivalries, passions and jealousies, captured in a movie with breath-taking action, spectacular visual effects and epic scope.
William Broyles Jr., Stephen Harrigan, Burr Steers and Ian Mackenzie Jeffers are penning the script which will be based on the first two books in the series. Nigel Sinclair, Gianni Nunnari, Mark Canton and Matt Jackson will produce the project which is currently seeking a director. Nunnari says in an official statement:
"Combining the sweep of '300' with the intrigue of 'Game of Thrones,' this is the part of the story of the mighty Julius Caesar that nobody knows - his emergence alongside Brutus as young powerhouses in Rome, a fresh and contemporary retelling of their rivalries, passions and jealousies, captured in a movie with breath-taking action, spectacular visual effects and epic scope.
- 8/27/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Writer Lee Gambin calls them Natural Horror films, other writers call them Revenge of Nature or Nature Run Amok films and writer Charles Derry considers them a type of Apocalyptic Cinema.
Of course we’re speaking of one of the great horror subgenres for which we’ll employ writer Kim Newman’s tag: The Revolt of Nature.
Since the end of the 1990s, lovers of animal attack films have been subjected to copious amounts of uninspired Nu Image, Syfy Channel and Syfy Channel-like dreck like Silent Predators (1999), Maneater (2007) Croc (2007), Grizzly Rage (2007) and a stunning amount of terrible shark attack films to name a few that barely scratch the surface of a massive list.
These movies fail miserably to capture the intensity of the unforgettable films they are imitating and the recent wave seems to carry with it the intent of giving the Revolt of Nature horror film a bad name.
Of course we’re speaking of one of the great horror subgenres for which we’ll employ writer Kim Newman’s tag: The Revolt of Nature.
Since the end of the 1990s, lovers of animal attack films have been subjected to copious amounts of uninspired Nu Image, Syfy Channel and Syfy Channel-like dreck like Silent Predators (1999), Maneater (2007) Croc (2007), Grizzly Rage (2007) and a stunning amount of terrible shark attack films to name a few that barely scratch the surface of a massive list.
These movies fail miserably to capture the intensity of the unforgettable films they are imitating and the recent wave seems to carry with it the intent of giving the Revolt of Nature horror film a bad name.
- 10/27/2013
- by Terek Puckett
- SoundOnSight
#30: Cloud Atlas
Directed by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski
Written by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski
Cloud Atlas is essentially a patchwork of narratives thematically linked with minor coincidences and recurring symbolism. With six stories spanning several centuries, Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. As a parable of how we are all connected, each protagonist in Cloud Atlas wrestles with some form of oppression, based on either gender, age, race, sexual orientation, genetics and so on. In 1850, a young American lawyer sailing on a ship through the South Pacific is slowly being poisoned by a doctor who wants the treasure of gold he is hiding. In the 1930s, an inspiring composer follows his dreams while recounting his journey via love letters to his gay lover. A journalistic potboiler set...
Directed by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski
Written by Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski
Cloud Atlas is essentially a patchwork of narratives thematically linked with minor coincidences and recurring symbolism. With six stories spanning several centuries, Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. As a parable of how we are all connected, each protagonist in Cloud Atlas wrestles with some form of oppression, based on either gender, age, race, sexual orientation, genetics and so on. In 1850, a young American lawyer sailing on a ship through the South Pacific is slowly being poisoned by a doctor who wants the treasure of gold he is hiding. In the 1930s, an inspiring composer follows his dreams while recounting his journey via love letters to his gay lover. A journalistic potboiler set...
- 12/29/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
2012 wasn’t a bad year for movies. It was actually a great year. The problem is, the movies we were most anticipating, specifically the Hollywood blockbusters like Prometheus and The Hobbit, didn’t live up to our expectations. With that said I still managed to make a list of 50 films I loved. Maybe I just have bad taste or maybe I just love movies but the most time consuming factor when making this list was sitting down and deciding what makes the cut and what doesn’t. Even with 50 films listed below, I found it hard to not include movies like Frankenweenie, The Loneliest Planet, Footnote, Compliance, Jiro Dreams of Sushi, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, and Searching For Sugar Man. Come to think of it, every film featured on our list of best documentaries could have easily snuck into this list. I haven’t seen everything of course. Below is...
- 12/23/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Liam Neeson takes on angry wolves and Mother Nature in the tense thriller The Grey . a film that goes for the jugular from the beginning and will keep you on the edge of your seat until the end credits roll. Directed by Joe Carnahan (who wrote the screenplay with Ian Mackenzie Jeffers based on Jeffers' short story "Ghost Walker"), the film stars Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts, Joe Anderson, Nonso Anozie, James Badge Dale, Ben Bray, Anne Openshaw, and Peter Girges. Set in Alaska, the film opens with narration from Neeson.s John Ottway . who makes his living protecting the oil workers by killing wolves. His narration (which is a letter he is writing to...
- 5/20/2012
- by Patrick Luce
- Monsters and Critics
Liam Neeson takes on angry wolves and Mother Nature in the tense thriller The Grey . a film that goes for the jugular from the beginning and will keep you on the edge of your seat until the end credits roll. Directed by Joe Carnahan (who wrote the screenplay with Ian Mackenzie Jeffers based on Jeffers' short story "Ghost Walker"), the film stars Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts, Joe Anderson, Nonso Anozie, James Badge Dale, Ben Bray, Anne Openshaw, and Peter Girges. Set in Alaska, the film opens with narration from Neeson.s John Ottway . who makes his living protecting the oil workers by killing wolves. His narration (which is a letter he is writing to his...
- 5/20/2012
- by Patrick Luce
- Monsters and Critics
The Grey; Haywire; The Descendants
From the outside, The Grey (2011, Entertainment, 15) looks like just another tired riff on the dreary "man v (his own) nature" theme that in the not too distant past gave us the ponderous tedium of the David Mamet-scripted The Edge. In that self-important dirge-fest, an air crash left Alec Baldwin and (Sir!) Anthony Hopkins to sort out their manly differences in the North American wilds while being pursued by a clumsily symbolic bear. The Grey similarly ditches its mismatched airborne characters into an inhospitably freezing landscape where their interpersonal conflicts will be played out against a background of baying – and occasionally attacking – wolves.
Liam Neeson, who has recently morphed from admired thespian to existential action hero, plays the lone wolf-hunter, a marksman who understands the call of the wild: Le Samourai in snowboots, with a hint of Jim Jarmusch's underrated Dead Man thrown in for good measure.
From the outside, The Grey (2011, Entertainment, 15) looks like just another tired riff on the dreary "man v (his own) nature" theme that in the not too distant past gave us the ponderous tedium of the David Mamet-scripted The Edge. In that self-important dirge-fest, an air crash left Alec Baldwin and (Sir!) Anthony Hopkins to sort out their manly differences in the North American wilds while being pursued by a clumsily symbolic bear. The Grey similarly ditches its mismatched airborne characters into an inhospitably freezing landscape where their interpersonal conflicts will be played out against a background of baying – and occasionally attacking – wolves.
Liam Neeson, who has recently morphed from admired thespian to existential action hero, plays the lone wolf-hunter, a marksman who understands the call of the wild: Le Samourai in snowboots, with a hint of Jim Jarmusch's underrated Dead Man thrown in for good measure.
- 5/19/2012
- by Mark Kermode
- The Guardian - Film News
Chicago – Joe Carnahan’s “The Grey” is one of the first great surprises of 2012, a thriller more interested in the inner turmoil of its characters than gratuitous bloodletting. The cynical bait-and-switch of its marketing campaign is easier to forgive considering the superior nature of the actual film. It’s vastly more thoughtful and moving than one would expect.
Of course, moviegoers have every right to be disappointed if they saw “The Grey” solely on the basis of its underwhelming trailer, which showed Liam Neeson strapping broken bottles to his fists in preparation to fight a large wolf with digital features no more convincing than Taylor Lautner’s pack in “Twilight.” If you can get past the fact that no such brawl takes place (at least onscreen), then you will start to appreciate this film on its own merits. Nearly every person I know who had seen the film in theaters...
Of course, moviegoers have every right to be disappointed if they saw “The Grey” solely on the basis of its underwhelming trailer, which showed Liam Neeson strapping broken bottles to his fists in preparation to fight a large wolf with digital features no more convincing than Taylor Lautner’s pack in “Twilight.” If you can get past the fact that no such brawl takes place (at least onscreen), then you will start to appreciate this film on its own merits. Nearly every person I know who had seen the film in theaters...
- 5/15/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The Movie: From the very first moments of The Grey, there is a stark realization that the stark bleakness of the film’s setting is directly complimentary to the story being told. The cold, harsh, brutal weather of the northernmost wilderness sets the stage for a tragic journey of survival. Co-written and directed by Joe Carnahan (Smokin’ Aces, The A-team) and written by Ian MacKenzie Jeffers, the film is adapted from Jeffers’ short story entitled “Ghost Walker.”
The Grey, at it’s most primal, is a story of man versus nature, but more specifically man versus beast, as a handful of oil workers who survive a place crash must battle the bitter cold and a relentless and hungry pack of wolves for survival. Led by Ottway, the group of men must comes to terms with each other and their own demons as they witness their own numbers gradually decline by...
The Grey, at it’s most primal, is a story of man versus nature, but more specifically man versus beast, as a handful of oil workers who survive a place crash must battle the bitter cold and a relentless and hungry pack of wolves for survival. Led by Ottway, the group of men must comes to terms with each other and their own demons as they witness their own numbers gradually decline by...
- 5/13/2012
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The Grey
Review by Dan Clark of Movie Revolt
Stars: Liam Neeson, Dallas Roberts, James Badge Dale, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo | Written by Joe Carnahan, Ian Mackenzie Jeffers | Directed by Joe Carnahan
Liam Neeson has had an interesting career trajectory. He has gone from a highly respected dramatic actor to a highly respected action star. Typically the path is the other way around. However the credibility he brings as an actor provides a level of reverence to a project that may have not existed otherwise. The latest example of this is The Grey. Though I think this may have been an example of how his new found bravado as an action star could cause a large misconception of what type of movie The Grey is. Some may see the ads for this film and think they are about to watch Taken with wolves, but they are in fact about to...
Review by Dan Clark of Movie Revolt
Stars: Liam Neeson, Dallas Roberts, James Badge Dale, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo | Written by Joe Carnahan, Ian Mackenzie Jeffers | Directed by Joe Carnahan
Liam Neeson has had an interesting career trajectory. He has gone from a highly respected dramatic actor to a highly respected action star. Typically the path is the other way around. However the credibility he brings as an actor provides a level of reverence to a project that may have not existed otherwise. The latest example of this is The Grey. Though I think this may have been an example of how his new found bravado as an action star could cause a large misconception of what type of movie The Grey is. Some may see the ads for this film and think they are about to watch Taken with wolves, but they are in fact about to...
- 5/12/2012
- by Guest
- Nerdly
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: May 22, 2012
Price: DVD $29.98, Blu-ray/DVD Combo $34.98
Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Liam Neeson (Unknown) takes on a pack of wolves in The Grey, a film that Rolling Stone critic Peter Travers called “a true call of the wild.”
Based on a short story by co-screenwriter Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, the movie tells the story of John Ottway (Neeson), a sharp-shooting wolf hunter who must lead a group of oiling roughnecks on a dangerous trek through the Alaskan wilderness. The trip gets worse when their plane crashes on a remote mountaintop. With limited supplies, Ottway must get the eight survivors back to civilization while turning the tables on a pack of wolves that’s stalking the group.
Dermot Mulroney (J. Edgar), Frank Grillo (Warrior) and Dallas Roberts (TV’s The Good Wife) also star. The movie is the second teaming of Neeson with co-writer/director Joe Carnahan, who...
Price: DVD $29.98, Blu-ray/DVD Combo $34.98
Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Liam Neeson (Unknown) takes on a pack of wolves in The Grey, a film that Rolling Stone critic Peter Travers called “a true call of the wild.”
Based on a short story by co-screenwriter Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, the movie tells the story of John Ottway (Neeson), a sharp-shooting wolf hunter who must lead a group of oiling roughnecks on a dangerous trek through the Alaskan wilderness. The trip gets worse when their plane crashes on a remote mountaintop. With limited supplies, Ottway must get the eight survivors back to civilization while turning the tables on a pack of wolves that’s stalking the group.
Dermot Mulroney (J. Edgar), Frank Grillo (Warrior) and Dallas Roberts (TV’s The Good Wife) also star. The movie is the second teaming of Neeson with co-writer/director Joe Carnahan, who...
- 3/20/2012
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
When a plane crashes in the remote Alaskan wilderness, the survivors must battle extreme weather conditions, devastating injuries and a pack of rogue wolves in order to stay alive in the riveting action adventure The Grey , coming to Blu-ray. Combo Pack with UltraViolet., as well as DVD, Digital Download and On Demand on May 22, 2012, from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Starring Academy Award®-nominee Liam Neeson (Schindler’s List,Taken), The Grey pits man against nature in a non-stop, life-or-death battle that Jake Hamilton of Fox-tv calls “mesmerizing, electrifying and terrifying,” adding, “ The Grey is a viciously unnerving epic adventure that will hunt you with excitement, bury you in panic and outright scare the hell out of you.”
Directed by Joe Carnahan (The A-Team, Smokin Aces) and starring Dermot Mulroney (J. Edgar, Big Miracle), Frank Grillo (Warrior, Minority Report), James Badge Dale (Shame, The Departed), Joe Anderson (Across the Universe, Love Happens...
Directed by Joe Carnahan (The A-Team, Smokin Aces) and starring Dermot Mulroney (J. Edgar, Big Miracle), Frank Grillo (Warrior, Minority Report), James Badge Dale (Shame, The Departed), Joe Anderson (Across the Universe, Love Happens...
- 3/20/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Director: Joe Carnahan.
Writers: Joe Carnahan and Ian Mackenzie Jeffers.
Irish Catholic stubborness or that "never say die" attitude is one of the themes in Joe Carnahan and Ian Mackenzie Jeffers' The Grey. The protagonist, John (Liam Neeson), repeats one of his father's favourite poems to make this theme apparent: "[o]nce more into the fray./ Into the greatest fight I’ll ever know./ Live and die on this day./ Live and die on this day." Besides sounding very much like King Henry's Harfleur speech in Henry V, this short poem gives John the heart to keep pushing in difficult situations, while all his comrades fall by the wayside. Do these lines get him through a plane crash, blizzard and circling wolves? Fans of thrillers are encouraged to see this movie to find out.
John is a hunter and assigned to a group of roughnecks in the inhospitable Alaskan climate.
Writers: Joe Carnahan and Ian Mackenzie Jeffers.
Irish Catholic stubborness or that "never say die" attitude is one of the themes in Joe Carnahan and Ian Mackenzie Jeffers' The Grey. The protagonist, John (Liam Neeson), repeats one of his father's favourite poems to make this theme apparent: "[o]nce more into the fray./ Into the greatest fight I’ll ever know./ Live and die on this day./ Live and die on this day." Besides sounding very much like King Henry's Harfleur speech in Henry V, this short poem gives John the heart to keep pushing in difficult situations, while all his comrades fall by the wayside. Do these lines get him through a plane crash, blizzard and circling wolves? Fans of thrillers are encouraged to see this movie to find out.
John is a hunter and assigned to a group of roughnecks in the inhospitable Alaskan climate.
- 2/5/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
2012 promises to be a fantastic year in cinema. Not too long ago, we posted a list of thirty of our most anticipated films of 2012, and so I decided I would keep track of my favourite films released each month. Here are my five favourite films released in January.
#1- We Need To Talk About Kevin
Directed by Lynne Ramsay
UK
Hell best describes Lynne Ramsay’s latest feature, her first in nine years ever since her brilliant and much overlooked Morvern Callar. Many critics have criticized the film for the characters portrayal, but they seem to be missing the point. One would assume the movie is about its titular character, but the movie really isn’t about Kevin at all. We Need To Talk About Kevin is all about perception – in this case, in how Eva perceives the world, how she regards her son and how she views situations in her past.
#1- We Need To Talk About Kevin
Directed by Lynne Ramsay
UK
Hell best describes Lynne Ramsay’s latest feature, her first in nine years ever since her brilliant and much overlooked Morvern Callar. Many critics have criticized the film for the characters portrayal, but they seem to be missing the point. One would assume the movie is about its titular character, but the movie really isn’t about Kevin at all. We Need To Talk About Kevin is all about perception – in this case, in how Eva perceives the world, how she regards her son and how she views situations in her past.
- 2/2/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Complaint. Don’t leave the theater once the credits come on. Ever. There is a tag ending on "The Grey." If the entire ladies room had not been buzzing about what had happened after the credits, I would not know the conclusion. Not that it is black and white. Grey, it is. I refuse to say more so as not to spoil this thriller of a film directed by Joe Carnahan from a script by Ian MacKenzie Jeffers based on his short story "Ghost Walker." I was so frightened I was unable to watch the screen at times. The...
- 1/30/2012
- by Carole Mallory
- The Wrap
Life and death. The horror genre is built upon these two words that have involved so many different characters and stories in films over the years. Essentially in every horror film you are waiting to see who will live or who will die. Does the character have what it takes to survive? This is a simple idea that is usually made to be more convoluted through the inclusion of zombies, vampires, or deranged masked men. Yet, it always comes down to whether or not someone is going to live or die. In The Grey, hungry wolves take a back-seat to a stirring story that focuses on one man’s look back at the life he once had while comprehending that death now seems to be imminent.
Liam Neeson, who is no stranger to playing the tough grizzled hero, plays Ottway, a sharpshooter who protects Alaskan oil workers from any attacking wolves.
Liam Neeson, who is no stranger to playing the tough grizzled hero, plays Ottway, a sharpshooter who protects Alaskan oil workers from any attacking wolves.
- 1/30/2012
- by Michael Haffner
- Destroy the Brain
Movie box office sees The Grey top with $20 million. One for the Money third. Joe Carnahan's The Grey wolf adventure thriller from Open Road Films, took a decent bit out of of the box office, scoring an estimated $20 million debut from 3,185 theaters. Pic starring Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo, Dallas Roberts, James Badge Dale, Joe Anderson and Nonso Anonzie, averaged $6.279 per theater. Carnahan scripts alongside Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, based on the short story "Ghost Walker" by Mackenzie Jeffers. Friday - Sunday Daily Figures for The Grey: - Friday: $6.5 million. - Saturday: $8.2 million. - Sunday: $5.3 million. In second, Screen Gems' Underworld: Awakening showed a 51% change in its sophomore weekend at the box office, pulling in around $12.5 million. Total domestic cume for the Kate Beckinsale starrer is over $45.1 million. Performing well in third, Lionsgate's One for the Money comedy grossed $11.75 on its debut weekend. Movie's based on Janet Evanovich...
- 1/29/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Movie box office sees The Grey top with $20 million. One for the Money third. Joe Carnahan's The Grey wolf adventure thriller from Open Road Films, took a decent bit out of of the box office, scoring an estimated $20 million debut from 3,185 theaters. Pic starring Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo, Dallas Roberts, James Badge Dale, Joe Anderson and Nonso Anonzie, averaged $6.279 per theater. Carnahan scripts alongside Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, based on the short story "Ghost Walker" by Mackenzie Jeffers. Friday - Sunday Daily Figures for The Grey: - Friday: $6.5 million. - Saturday: $8.2 million. - Sunday: $5.3 million. In second, Screen Gems' Underworld: Awakening showed a 51% change in its sophomore weekend at the box office, pulling in around $12.5 million. Total domestic cume for the Kate Beckinsale starrer is over $45.1 million. Performing well in third, Lionsgate's One for the Money comedy grossed $11.75 on its debut weekend. Movie's based on Janet Evanovich...
- 1/29/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Movie box office sees The Grey top with $20 million. One for the Money third. Joe Carnahan's The Grey wolf adventure thriller from Open Road Films, took a decent bit out of of the box office, scoring an estimated $20 million debut from 3,185 theaters. Pic starring Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo, Dallas Roberts, James Badge Dale, Joe Anderson and Nonso Anonzie, averaged $6.279 per theater. Carnahan scripts alongside Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, based on the short story "Ghost Walker" by Mackenzie Jeffers. Friday - Sunday Daily Figures for The Grey: - Friday: $6.5 million. - Saturday: $8.2 million. - Sunday: $5.3 million. In second, Screen Gems' Underworld: Awakening showed a 51% change in its sophomore weekend at the box office, pulling in around $12.5 million. Total domestic cume for the Kate Beckinsale starrer is over $45.1 million. Performing well in third, Lionsgate's One for the Money comedy grossed $11.75 on its debut weekend. Movie's based on Janet Evanovich...
- 1/29/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
This Review Does Contain Some Spoilers
When The Grey opens, we meet Ottway, yet another of Liam Neeson’s derivative tough-man characters he’s been unleashing on weary movie audiences since Taken and Unknown. He is a member of an oil pipe line crew in the frozen wastelands of Alaska and his ice-water-in-the-veins, super tough-man job involves protecting his comrades from wolves with a sniper rifle. The crew itself is made up of the dregs of society; Ottway describes them (and himself) as “men unfit for mankind.”
We first see them engaged in a huge bar brawl, but Ottway abstains and remains above the fray, obsessing over a stereotypical wife from the past. Something happened, and now Ottway is alone. (Ottway’s wife, by the way, being the only woman in the movie aside from a flight attendant on the plane.) Knowing what’s in store...
This Review Does Contain Some Spoilers
When The Grey opens, we meet Ottway, yet another of Liam Neeson’s derivative tough-man characters he’s been unleashing on weary movie audiences since Taken and Unknown. He is a member of an oil pipe line crew in the frozen wastelands of Alaska and his ice-water-in-the-veins, super tough-man job involves protecting his comrades from wolves with a sniper rifle. The crew itself is made up of the dregs of society; Ottway describes them (and himself) as “men unfit for mankind.”
We first see them engaged in a huge bar brawl, but Ottway abstains and remains above the fray, obsessing over a stereotypical wife from the past. Something happened, and now Ottway is alone. (Ottway’s wife, by the way, being the only woman in the movie aside from a flight attendant on the plane.) Knowing what’s in store...
- 1/29/2012
- by Trevor Gentry-Birnbaum
- Obsessed with Film
In another time, The Grey would have been considered a b-movie, but it would have been the best sort of b-movie: one made with a clever craftman’s skill, pulsing with an insistent tension and featuring familiar characters that grow beyond stock types as they reveal their true personalities. The temptation now is to simply refer to The Grey as an action movie. The film is about a man named Ottway (Liam Neeson) who, with a crew of roughnecks on their way back to civilization from a remote oil field job, crash lands in the Alaskan wilderness, where a pack of wolves stalks the survivors to the last man. As directed by Joe Carnahan, however, The Grey is also the antithesis of the action-movie template. Most action films exist explicitly to reject death -- consider "death-defying stunts," that clichéd huckster's pitch -- and in doing so define an existence in...
- 1/28/2012
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
“When we speak of 'seriousness' in fiction ultimately we are talking about an attitude toward death.”
This quote—which comes from Thomas Pynchon’s introduction to his collection of early stories, Slow Learner—was brought to my attention by Ben Sachs. Though, broadly applied, Pynchon’s thesis is debatable, it goes a long way toward explaining what makes The Grey—a Liam Neeson vs. wolves movie from the guy who did Smokin’ Aces and The A-Team—one of the most serious and, in many ways, most accomplished movies to come out of Hollywood (or whatever we’re calling the fractured American studio system nowadays) in a while. It’s “an attitude toward death” that shapes every part of The Grey—from the pacing and structure to the restricted color palette, which often casts characters as wispy figures against a blinding blank whiteness—and that attitude is unsentimental, harsh, and, above all,...
This quote—which comes from Thomas Pynchon’s introduction to his collection of early stories, Slow Learner—was brought to my attention by Ben Sachs. Though, broadly applied, Pynchon’s thesis is debatable, it goes a long way toward explaining what makes The Grey—a Liam Neeson vs. wolves movie from the guy who did Smokin’ Aces and The A-Team—one of the most serious and, in many ways, most accomplished movies to come out of Hollywood (or whatever we’re calling the fractured American studio system nowadays) in a while. It’s “an attitude toward death” that shapes every part of The Grey—from the pacing and structure to the restricted color palette, which often casts characters as wispy figures against a blinding blank whiteness—and that attitude is unsentimental, harsh, and, above all,...
- 1/28/2012
- MUBI
The Grey Directed by: Joe Carnahan Written by: Joe Carnahan & Ian Mackenzie Jeffers Starring: Liam Neeson, Durmont Mulroney, Frank Grillo So it's come to this: Liam Neeson, a pack of wolves, and a filmmaker with delusions of grandeur. The Grey might have passed as merely a second-rate survival flick had it laid off the pseudo-intellectual grandstanding and quickened the glacial pace. Unfortunately, its shepherd, Joe Carnahan, knows no such restraint. Bloated, juvenile, and absurd, the movie attempts to pass off a few cheap thrills as an ode to humanity. Oh, and according to Carnahan, it may return to theaters to make an Oscar run in October. Give me a break. Neeson plays Ottway, a professional wolf hunter with a penchant for internally reciting corny poems written by his deceased daddy. "Once more into the fray/ Into the last good fight I'll ever know/ To live and die on this day,...
- 1/27/2012
- by Colin
- FilmJunk
The Grey Directed by: Joe Carnahan Written by: Joe Carnahan and Ian Mackenzie Jeffers Starring: Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts and Frank Grillo January is usually known as an arid wasteland for new film releases. Studios dump all the films that weren’t good enough for awards consideration, and the results are not pretty. My expectations for The Grey were tempered accordingly. I expected a campy creature-feature, nothing more. What I got instead was a complex, touching and intelligent tale of survival. Solid acting, breathtaking set pieces and thoughtful ruminations on faith and spirituality elevate The Grey from the typical ranks of action-adventure movies. A group of oil company workers described as “unfit for mankind” depart on a small plane bound for Anchorage, which crashes in the middle of the frozen tundra somewhere in Alaska. Only seven of the passengers survive, but the crash becomes the least of their worries.
- 1/27/2012
- by Shannon
- FilmJunk
I know what you're thinking. Liam Neeson trudging through the Alaskan wilderness in a humdrum January survivalist thriller flick. Looks kinda like Alive and certainly doesn't have a whole lot to offer horror fans. But what promotional materials only hint at, wild wolves watching the every move of these men as they battle for survival amidst the harshest conditions, is actually the central struggle of this surprisingly engaging tale from writer/director Joe Carnahan. Adapted from Ian Mackenzie Jeffers' short story "Ghost Walkers," The Grey tackles numerous themes as its story plays out. These men are put to the ultimate test, left for dead in a place not meant for man. If that weren't enough, the...
- 1/27/2012
- FEARnet
There is no way to describe Liam Neeson other than a badass. Sure there were inklings of his badassery early on in his career (1995′s Rob Roy is a woefully underrated film) but his action hero status didn’t click with worldwide audiences until 2008′s Taken, a wonderfully trashy B-movie that was elevated by his phenomenal performance. What was suppose to be a by-the-numbers dumb action flick that could have starred a countless number of bland pretty boys was turned into the “don’t mess with Liam Neeson” show. And a don’t-messing we all did — so much so that Taken 2 is scheduled to be released sometime this Fall. In the meantime, we have The Grey to keep some of us content while others may have a hard time not nodding off in the middle.
The Grey, which reunites Neeson with director Joe Carnahan (The A-Team), centers around a...
The Grey, which reunites Neeson with director Joe Carnahan (The A-Team), centers around a...
- 1/26/2012
- by Mo Fathelbab
- BuzzFocus.com
What does it mean, on a spiritual and moral level, to be a man? What is our place in nature? When all the chips are down, what do we cling to as the measure of our character and worth as we leave the final mark of our very existence? These are the lofty questions posed by The Grey, the new film by director and co-writer Joe Carnahan, based on a short story called “Ghost Walker” by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers (who also co-wrote the screenplay)....
- 1/26/2012
- Pastemagazine.com
Reuniting with his A-Team director, Joe Carnahan (Narc, Smokin' Aces), Liam Neeson returns to theaters this Friday as the star of The Grey, a survivalist thriller that blends a modern day Jack London tale with an existential meditation on human conflict. At the same time, the film adapts a slasher film formula, except just replace a masked killer with wolves.
Leeson plays Ottway, a man haunted by a past romance that has driven him to the desolate cold of the Alaskan wilderness and surrounded him with similarly tortured souls. When his plane goes down in a snow storm, Neeson and a few survivors are left not only victims of the Earth's cruelest elements, but also prey to a pack of hungry wolves intent on picking off the group one by one.
Written by Carnahan alongside Ian Mackenzie Jeffers from his own short story, "Ghost Walker," The Grey also stars Frank Grillo,...
Leeson plays Ottway, a man haunted by a past romance that has driven him to the desolate cold of the Alaskan wilderness and surrounded him with similarly tortured souls. When his plane goes down in a snow storm, Neeson and a few survivors are left not only victims of the Earth's cruelest elements, but also prey to a pack of hungry wolves intent on picking off the group one by one.
Written by Carnahan alongside Ian Mackenzie Jeffers from his own short story, "Ghost Walker," The Grey also stars Frank Grillo,...
- 1/25/2012
- by ryanrotten@shocktillyoudrop.com (Ryan Turek)
- shocktillyoudrop.com
With films like Taken and Unknown Liam Neeson has quickly become the guy you want to have with you when the stakes are high.
In his new film The Grey, the stakes don't get much higher than a team of Alaskan oil-drilling ex-cons who are faced with impossible odds when a plane crash strands them in the middle of the Arctic, leaving them to contend with the bitter cold, starvation and a pack of fierce, almost larger-than-life wolves.
Based on the short story "Ghost Walkers" by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, The Grey reunites Neeson with his A-Team director, Joe Carnahan for a tensely-crafted survivor film that asks the question, "Who would you be when the chips are down?"
We recently had the chance to speak with Carnahan and actor Frank Grillo (Warrior, Edge of Darkness) and talked about surviving the cold, how your prepare for a survival movie and those giant wolves.
In his new film The Grey, the stakes don't get much higher than a team of Alaskan oil-drilling ex-cons who are faced with impossible odds when a plane crash strands them in the middle of the Arctic, leaving them to contend with the bitter cold, starvation and a pack of fierce, almost larger-than-life wolves.
Based on the short story "Ghost Walkers" by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, The Grey reunites Neeson with his A-Team director, Joe Carnahan for a tensely-crafted survivor film that asks the question, "Who would you be when the chips are down?"
We recently had the chance to speak with Carnahan and actor Frank Grillo (Warrior, Edge of Darkness) and talked about surviving the cold, how your prepare for a survival movie and those giant wolves.
- 1/25/2012
- by Rob Lazar
- Cineplex
Liam Neeson has carved a rather comfortable nook for himself of late, as Hollywood’s brooding badass from across the shore. But there’s more behind that uncompromising gravelly voice and quietly threatening steely glare, as Joe Carnahan (Narc) proves in his adaptation of Ian MacKenzie Jeffers’ short ‘Ghost Walker‘, taking Neeson’s safe pair of Irish hands to the Alaskan wilderness for a run with the wolves… and boy are they bitey.
Set at the frozen ends of the Earth, amongst a desolate Oil Rig made up of fugitives, crooks, and has-beens, we meet Ottway (Neeson), a wolf hunter who is lost and alone, tortured by memories of a past love (Anna Friel). During a flight back to civilisation, their plane crashes in the snowy tundra, leaving eight alive to face nature’s harshest environment – battered, bruised, and hunted by a territorially violent pack of wolves. No time for a snowball fight,...
Set at the frozen ends of the Earth, amongst a desolate Oil Rig made up of fugitives, crooks, and has-beens, we meet Ottway (Neeson), a wolf hunter who is lost and alone, tortured by memories of a past love (Anna Friel). During a flight back to civilisation, their plane crashes in the snowy tundra, leaving eight alive to face nature’s harshest environment – battered, bruised, and hunted by a territorially violent pack of wolves. No time for a snowball fight,...
- 1/25/2012
- by Matt Hamm
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Reveals He Showed The Cast 'Deliverance' & 'Raging Bull' To Help Them Prepare For The Film Writer/director Joe Carnahan has no regrets. The twists and turns many up-and-coming directors face during their first brush with a big budget studio project could leave anyone bitter and jaded. Instead, Carnahan took his ill-fated experiences on “Mission: Impossible III” (which was ultimately directed by J.J. Abrams) and began looking to the future. After proving he could blow stuff up with the best of ‘em on 2010's “The A-Team,” Carnahan finished an adaptation of the short story “Ghost Walker” by Ian MacKenzie Jeffers and began casting. Originally set to star Bradley Cooper, “The Grey” is a return to Carnahan’s roots, a gritty project close to his own heart with a production plan not for the faint of heart. Shot in British Columbia with temperatures dropping to 20 degrees below zero and winds zipping by.
- 1/25/2012
- The Playlist
Reuniting with his A-Team director, Joe Carnahan ( Narc Smokin' Aces ), Liam Neeson returns to theaters this Friday as the star of The Grey , a survivalist thriller that blends a modern day Jack London tale with an existential meditation on human conflict. Leeson plays Ottway, a man haunted by a past romance that has driven him to the desolate cold of the Alaskan wilderness and surrounded him with similarly tortured souls. When his plane goes down in a snow storm, Neeson and a few survivors are left not only victims of the Earth's cruelest elements, but also prey to a pack of hungry wolves intent on picking off the group one by one. Written by Carnahan alongside Ian Mackenzie Jeffers from his own short story, "Ghost Walker," The Grey also stars Frank Grillo, Dermot...
- 1/25/2012
- Comingsoon.net
Liam Neeson is back to save the world in .The Grey.. The unlikely action star reteams with his .A-Team. director, Joe Carnahan, for a high-concept movie that is quite deeper than your average run-of-the-mill popcorn flick.
Inspired by the short story .Ghost Walker. by Ian MacKenzie Jeffers, .The Grey. tells the tale of John Ottway (Neeson), a sharpshooter who has been hired by an Alaskan oil refinery to keep indigenous wild beasts from attacking oil workers during their shifts.
The film begins at the refinery where crude oil is broken into various elements for commercial use. Workers endure grueling five-week shifts then have about two weeks off for vacation. From the moment we hear Neeson.s narration in the beginning, we are sucked into the narrative of .The Grey..
The Ottway character is very intriguing. His internal monologue at the start of the movie defines him as a loner who has been missing his wife.
Inspired by the short story .Ghost Walker. by Ian MacKenzie Jeffers, .The Grey. tells the tale of John Ottway (Neeson), a sharpshooter who has been hired by an Alaskan oil refinery to keep indigenous wild beasts from attacking oil workers during their shifts.
The film begins at the refinery where crude oil is broken into various elements for commercial use. Workers endure grueling five-week shifts then have about two weeks off for vacation. From the moment we hear Neeson.s narration in the beginning, we are sucked into the narrative of .The Grey..
The Ottway character is very intriguing. His internal monologue at the start of the movie defines him as a loner who has been missing his wife.
- 1/25/2012
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Grey
Written by Joe Carnahan and Ian Mackenzie Jeffers
Directed by Joe Carnahan
USA, 2012
Man vs. nature may be a narrative as old as time, but Joe Carnahan’s The Grey would probably have been most at home in the 1970s. Clocking in at a hefty, patient 117 minutes, boasting as bare-bones a plot as a mainstream feature possibly can, and with a minimum of dramatic showboating or audience-friendly dramatic signposting. The Grey is pleasantly and excitingly out of time.
Liam Neeson, who previously starred in Carnahan’s version of The A-Team, stars here in a very different capacity as Ottway, a sadly adrift figure working in self-exile, as a wolf hunter for an oil company in Alaska. Since the death of his wife, he is entirely without purpose, even entertaining notions of suicide. He doesn’t get that far, though, as his routine is cut short when he and...
Written by Joe Carnahan and Ian Mackenzie Jeffers
Directed by Joe Carnahan
USA, 2012
Man vs. nature may be a narrative as old as time, but Joe Carnahan’s The Grey would probably have been most at home in the 1970s. Clocking in at a hefty, patient 117 minutes, boasting as bare-bones a plot as a mainstream feature possibly can, and with a minimum of dramatic showboating or audience-friendly dramatic signposting. The Grey is pleasantly and excitingly out of time.
Liam Neeson, who previously starred in Carnahan’s version of The A-Team, stars here in a very different capacity as Ottway, a sadly adrift figure working in self-exile, as a wolf hunter for an oil company in Alaska. Since the death of his wife, he is entirely without purpose, even entertaining notions of suicide. He doesn’t get that far, though, as his routine is cut short when he and...
- 1/24/2012
- by Simon Howell
- SoundOnSight
New red band trailer for Joe Carnahan's The Grey, starring Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo The adrenalin-packed ride from Open Road Films is just around the corner - just 3 days to go until the film's release on January 27th. Now, get more hyped with a brand-new and intense red band trailer courtesy of Break.com. Joe Carnahan (The A-Team) directs as well as scripting alongside Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, author of the short story "Ghost Walker" on which The Grey was based. The strong cast also includes Dallas Roberts, James Badge Dale, Joe Anderson, Nonso Anonzie, Ben Bray, James Bitonti, Jonathan Bitoni and Larissa Stadnichuk.
- 1/24/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
New red band trailer for Joe Carnahan's The Grey, starring Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo The adrenalin-packed ride from Open Road Films is just around the corner - just 3 days to go until the film's release on January 27th. Now, get more hyped with a brand-new and intense red band trailer courtesy of Break.com. Joe Carnahan (The A-Team) directs as well as scripting alongside Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, author of the short story "Ghost Walker" on which The Grey was based. The strong cast also includes Dallas Roberts, James Badge Dale, Joe Anderson, Nonso Anonzie, Ben Bray, James Bitonti, Jonathan Bitoni and Larissa Stadnichuk.
- 1/24/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
New red band trailer for Joe Carnahan's The Grey, starring Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo The adrenalin-packed ride from Open Road Films is just around the corner - just 3 days to go until the film's release on January 27th. Now, get more hyped with a brand-new and intense red band trailer courtesy of Break.com. Joe Carnahan (The A-Team) directs as well as scripting alongside Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, author of the short story "Ghost Walker" on which The Grey was based. The strong cast also includes Dallas Roberts, James Badge Dale, Joe Anderson, Nonso Anonzie, Ben Bray, James Bitonti, Jonathan Bitoni and Larissa Stadnichuk.
- 1/24/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The Grey, Man on a Ledge, One for the Money in this week's upcoming movies. Liam Neeson starrer The Grey will look for a howling good weekend at the box office via Open Road Films. The Joe Carnahan film opens in 2,700-3,000 venues with a cast including Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo, Dallas Roberts, James Badge Dale and Nonso Anonzie. Carnahan co-wrote the script alongside Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, based on Jeffers' short story called "Ghost Walker." This looks to be a solid, adrenalin-packed adventure thriller, produced by Mickey Liddell, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott and Carnahan. Summit Entertainment's Man on a Ledge action thriller opens nationwide, and includes a strong cast frontlined by Sam Worthington, as well as Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Anthony Mackie, Ed Harris, Genesis Rodriguez, Edward Burns and William Sadler. Asger Leth, known for the documentary Ghosts of Cité Soleil, helms from the writing by Pablo F. Fenjves...
- 1/23/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The Grey, Man on a Ledge, One for the Money in this week's upcoming movies. Liam Neeson starrer The Grey will look for a howling good weekend at the box office via Open Road Films. The Joe Carnahan film opens in 2,700-3,000 venues with a cast including Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo, Dallas Roberts, James Badge Dale and Nonso Anonzie. Carnahan co-wrote the script alongside Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, based on Jeffers' short story called "Ghost Walker." This looks to be a solid, adrenalin-packed adventure thriller, produced by Mickey Liddell, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott and Carnahan. Summit Entertainment's Man on a Ledge action thriller opens nationwide, and includes a strong cast frontlined by Sam Worthington, as well as Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Anthony Mackie, Ed Harris, Genesis Rodriguez, Edward Burns and William Sadler. Asger Leth, known for the documentary Ghosts of Cité Soleil, helms from the writing by Pablo F. Fenjves...
- 1/23/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The Grey, Man on a Ledge, One for the Money in this week's upcoming movies. Liam Neeson starrer The Grey will look for a howling good weekend at the box office via Open Road Films. The Joe Carnahan film opens in 2,700-3,000 venues with a cast including Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo, Dallas Roberts, James Badge Dale and Nonso Anonzie. Carnahan co-wrote the script alongside Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, based on Jeffers' short story called "Ghost Walker." This looks to be a solid, adrenalin-packed adventure thriller, produced by Mickey Liddell, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott and Carnahan. Summit Entertainment's Man on a Ledge action thriller opens nationwide, and includes a strong cast frontlined by Sam Worthington, as well as Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Anthony Mackie, Ed Harris, Genesis Rodriguez, Edward Burns and William Sadler. Asger Leth, known for the documentary Ghosts of Cité Soleil, helms from the writing by Pablo F. Fenjves...
- 1/23/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Since his directorial debut Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane premiered at the Sundance Film Festival almost fourteen years ago, Joe Carnahan has only directed four other feature films, his fifth and latest being The Grey , a wilderness thriller that reteams him with his The A-Team star Liam Neeson. This time, Neeson plays John Ottway, a loner working in the oilfields of Alaska as a sharpshooter keeping wild animals away. When the plane returning him to civilization crashes in the tundra, he and the other surviving men on board are forced to endure the tough elements and a pack of large and ferocious wolves. Based around the Ian Mackenzie Jeffers short story "Ghost Walker," this story gives Carnahan a chance to play with a couple different genres, and while there's...
- 1/23/2012
- Comingsoon.net
Writer/director Joe Carnahan might not be known for making emotional powerhouse type films, but with his latest, The Grey, he's looking to step beyond Hollywood's perceptions of his career and show off a different side of himself as a filmmaker.
Dread Central recently caught up with Carnahan for an exclusive interview with the director, who chatted with us about his long journey to get The Grey made, why he considers star Liam Neeson to be one of the greatest living actors today and the reason fans won't be seeing an A-Team 2 anytime soon. He also offered up a small tidbit on a brand new project that has yet to be announced.
Although the turnaround on The Grey from beginning of production until the film's release has been a relatively quick one (just a tad over a year now), Carnahan discussed how the project had been in the works for well over four years now.
Dread Central recently caught up with Carnahan for an exclusive interview with the director, who chatted with us about his long journey to get The Grey made, why he considers star Liam Neeson to be one of the greatest living actors today and the reason fans won't be seeing an A-Team 2 anytime soon. He also offered up a small tidbit on a brand new project that has yet to be announced.
Although the turnaround on The Grey from beginning of production until the film's release has been a relatively quick one (just a tad over a year now), Carnahan discussed how the project had been in the works for well over four years now.
- 1/18/2012
- by thehorrorchick
- DreadCentral.com
Boasting a kinetic and visually-adventurous filmmaker, a battle-tested and diverse action star and a supporting cast equal parts testosterone and heartbreaking vulnerability, not to mention its stripped-down, man vs. nature plot, The Grey promises a lot. That it doesn’t quite make good on its promise demonstrates the strange state movies are in right now. Half actioner, half drama, Carnahan’s film reflects a time for cinema in which we expect to know everything about the movie we are seeing before we see it. Trying to go against the grain here might severely hurt The Grey‘s commercial chances after the first weekend.
With a star like Liam Neeson and its Taken-mimicking release date (not to mention it’s deceiving marketing campaign), writer/director Joe Carnahan‘s film appears to be an action extravaganza, much like Unknown was last year. This time around, the film in question is not what is hinted at.
With a star like Liam Neeson and its Taken-mimicking release date (not to mention it’s deceiving marketing campaign), writer/director Joe Carnahan‘s film appears to be an action extravaganza, much like Unknown was last year. This time around, the film in question is not what is hinted at.
- 1/9/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
From VancouverFilm.Net, Sneak Peek new billboard art supporting director Joe Carnahan's BC-lensed, action thriller, "The Grey", starring Liam Neeson.
The film also stars Dallas Roberts, James Badge Dale, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo, Nonso Anozie, and Joe Anderson, as 'oil-rig roughnecks'.
The crew are suddenly stranded by a plane crash in the hunting zone of a pack of 'grey' wolves.
Neeson plays the leader of the group, as his men are systematically attacked.
The 'social predators' live in nuclear families, feeding on prey, which they hunt by wearing them down in short chases.
"I haven’t had a situation like this since 'Narc'", said Carnahan, "where you get to make the movie you want to, staying as light on your feet as you can."
Screenplay for "The Grey" is by Carnahan and Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, who wrote the original short story.
Scott Free's Ridley and Tony Scott...
The film also stars Dallas Roberts, James Badge Dale, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo, Nonso Anozie, and Joe Anderson, as 'oil-rig roughnecks'.
The crew are suddenly stranded by a plane crash in the hunting zone of a pack of 'grey' wolves.
Neeson plays the leader of the group, as his men are systematically attacked.
The 'social predators' live in nuclear families, feeding on prey, which they hunt by wearing them down in short chases.
"I haven’t had a situation like this since 'Narc'", said Carnahan, "where you get to make the movie you want to, staying as light on your feet as you can."
Screenplay for "The Grey" is by Carnahan and Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, who wrote the original short story.
Scott Free's Ridley and Tony Scott...
- 1/9/2012
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
We've already seen a full trailer for the Liam Neeson/Joe Carnahan "man against the wild" flick The Grey, but now Open Road Films has released a new 90-second TV spot via Ain't It Cool News. It's got all the elements we've come to expect from this rather awesome-looking movie: wolves, snow, frostbite, snow, Liam Neeson being badass, and snow. If you're wondering what's up with all the Twitter-speak and hash-tags throughout the spot, The Grey actually premiered at Ain't It Cool's annual Butt-Numb-a-Thon film festival, so this TV spot is incorporating the excited Twitter reactions from attendees rather than the usual film critic pull quotes. It's kind of odd and distracting, but I'm sure also cool for the folks whose quotes got used. Thankfully, it can't overwhelm the sheer awesomeness of Liam Neeson fighting wolves. Directed and co-written by Joe Carnahan (with Ian Mackenzie Jeffers), The Grey tells the...
- 12/23/2011
- cinemablend.com
60 second trailer for Joe Carnahan's The Grey, starring Liam Leeson, Dermot Mulroney and Frank Grillo Open Road Films' adventure thriller opens on January 27th next year and is screenwritten by helmer Joe Carnahan and Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, based on the short story "Ghost Walker" by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers. Also in the cast of the powerful-looking film are Dallas Roberts, James Badge Dale, Joe Anderson, Nonso Anonzie, Ben Bray, James Bitonti, Jonathan Bitoni and Larissa Stadnichuk. In The Grey, Liam Neeson leads an unruly group of oil-rig roughnecks when their plane crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness. Battling mortal injuries and merciless weather, the survivors have only a few days to escape the icy elements – and a vicious pack of rogue wolves on the hunt – before their time runs out...
- 12/22/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
60 second trailer for Joe Carnahan's The Grey, starring Liam Leeson, Dermot Mulroney and Frank Grillo Open Road Films' adventure thriller opens on January 27th next year and is screenwritten by helmer Joe Carnahan and Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, based on the short story "Ghost Walker" by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers. Also in the cast of the powerful-looking film are Dallas Roberts, James Badge Dale, Joe Anderson, Nonso Anonzie, Ben Bray, James Bitonti, Jonathan Bitoni and Larissa Stadnichuk. In The Grey, Liam Neeson leads an unruly group of oil-rig roughnecks when their plane crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness. Battling mortal injuries and merciless weather, the survivors have only a few days to escape the icy elements – and a vicious pack of rogue wolves on the hunt – before their time runs out...
- 12/22/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
60 second trailer for Joe Carnahan's The Grey, starring Liam Leeson, Dermot Mulroney and Frank Grillo Open Road Films' adventure thriller opens on January 27th next year and is screenwritten by helmer Joe Carnahan and Ian Mackenzie Jeffers, based on the short story "Ghost Walker" by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers. Also in the cast of the powerful-looking film are Dallas Roberts, James Badge Dale, Joe Anderson, Nonso Anonzie, Ben Bray, James Bitonti, Jonathan Bitoni and Larissa Stadnichuk. In The Grey, Liam Neeson leads an unruly group of oil-rig roughnecks when their plane crashes into the remote Alaskan wilderness. Battling mortal injuries and merciless weather, the survivors have only a few days to escape the icy elements – and a vicious pack of rogue wolves on the hunt – before their time runs out...
- 12/22/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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