The Grey - One mustn't give up until the very end

Hello hello, you haven't heard from me in a while but I don't need to make any apologies. I've been busy. So this review is on The Grey starring Liam Neeson, Dallas Roberts, and Frank Grillo. This movie was directed by Joe Carnahan, who also worked on Smokin' Aces, and the A-Team. Let me start this review by saying that I did go into this movie expecting. What, I'm not to sure, but I was expecting something. Was it delivered? Mostly yes, I did enjoy this movie, it lived up to about ninety five percent of my expectations. The greatest thing this movie has going for it is the tension. You can feel it when the movie starts, then it just gets thicker and thicker. A knife won't cut the tension, you need a damn chainsaw. The tension weighs down on you, you feel like you are there, you feel like you might be next. The making of this movie says that they actually filmed this in negative ten degree weather. There were no pussies on this excursion. I felt cold just watching it. The movie starts with Liam being at the ass end of the world

working as a hunter. He and some men get on an airplane and disaster strikes. If you have seen the trailer then I'm not telling you anything new. Now here comes that five percent I did not like. The secondary characters...I don't want to ruin anything. But when they were no longer needed in the film it was abundantly clear, and they were just written off. I felt robbed of any actual meaning or purpose for them. To me it was just bad writing. But at the same time this movie seems like it could be a true story, and all of that could have happened. Though I doubt it is. And the ending...it's always the ending. It wasn't bad by any means, but I still feel I need some kind of closure. You can stay after the credits and there is a five second clip to add to the ending. It may or may not help you. It didn't help me with any closure, but I'm lucky to be blessed with an imagination and can make up my own ending. It kind of felt like an Inception ending. Oh well. I give The Grey a 3 out of 4.