Why, beautiful nature? Nature is cruel, cruel and immoral. Nature has no mercy, the strong survive, the weak eaten. Due to a comfortable chair watching a movie but laugh at desert ritual can be a special experience. This shows the latest film from director Joe Carnahan The Grey. Playing with actor Liam Neeson lovely Irish accent excel.
John Ottway (Liam Neeson) is a hunter who was employed by the oil company in a remote corner of Alaska. His work literally keep the wolves at bay, because they control the pipeline attack crew. The wolf is a strong focus on its territory and do not like intruders. Ottway is the problem with secrets that provide suicide. After the service is completed flying back to civilization with the crew, a mixture of colorful losers, weirdos and adventurous. However, the plane crashed in a snow storm in the desert. Some victims, including Ottway must save it in the hard cold scenery. They are unwanted stranger in a gray area, the gray wolf. Death is in the air and wolves have blood in their eyes.
It is British Columbia, stupid.
Joe Carnahan has a questionable past when it comes to the quality of their work. He specializes in comedy action movies like The A Team (2010) and Aces (2006). Actor Liam Neeson spent in biopics principal is responsible for the modern hero as the Irish freedom fighter Michael Collins (1996) or a war hero Oskar Schindler (1993). This, he said, is closer to Oscar Wilde Rambo. Carnahan and Neeson are not directly party in heaven wrought for The Grey. The film is based on a story by Ian Jeffers, Carnahan wrote the script with him. The result is called a surprise.
The plane crashed in a rugged and majestic. This film tells the story of which is located in Alaska, but he recorded in Canada (mostly north of Vancouver and partly in British Columbia forests around the town Smithers). Interesting detail is that they are out there suffering more than bears wolves. Cinematographer Masanobu Takayanagi has managed to create a variety of visual spectacle.
shock
For a long time, the shock is in Cast Away (2000) with Tom Hanks on the list of the most terrible of all aircraft accidents, but The Grey is a tough competitor. The unpleasant noise, fireworks and confuse the desperate cries when the plane goes down, is cold. The scene in silence then one of them is by framing: A Ottway thrown in white on a deserted landscape away from the plane wreckage. He is one of several victims and how little later the crew members died inpraat special. Between the lines you like déjà vu may be some in Ottway, but still not clear. Calm mastery of oppression, but impressive. This is a rare scene thanks Neeson playing games.
Eye.
Gray full of memorable scenes, but the first encounter with wolves amazing. In the darkness of night, the leader of the wolves that threaten the victim. There was silence, but behind the leader looming in the darkness, one by a pair of white eyes, like someone turned on the Christmas tree lighting. In the darkness, there is only silence and white eyes. Grim and terrible.
Swiftly through the cliches all
In the genre of survival, there is a long list of pending, including films (1972), The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) and, recently, the epic of Sean Penn Into The Wild (2007), which also is Alaska. Gray points can be placed there. Play continuously and cold threaten Neeson starred in this epic. Neeson as Ottway no termination, but vulnerable, fragile human. In addition, it sets a very strong lead with Frank Grillo as Diaz. Her metamorphosis complain, aggressive bully clutch philosopher nothing forced. In a genre where death has a prominent place, tired cliché lurking. The Grey avoid this agile. Functional and relevant dialogue, because it is too cold for many words.
sound design
The so-called sound design and original music by Marc Streitenfeld increase the drama. The term sound design is not complicated, but here is in place. Minimalist sound interspersed with primal screams and all of a sudden noise and thunder (either stolen from Japanese horror genre) is very effective, so you sit on the edge of your seat. Wolves for many difficult and mysterious animals with strange moans month, but The Grey, we see a killer nomad, although this according to wildlife experts redundant. One last important tip: not far from the credit, because then there will be a special occasion for six seconds.
conclusion
Gray is a beautiful nightmare. Release remains a highlight in the genre, but see here the release of XL. Hannibal Lecter is teletubbie compared with The Grey. With less than five stars we do Carnahan, Liam Neeson, British Columbia, and last but not least the wolves too short.
