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Watch: The Grey 2011 123movies, Full Movie Online – In Alaska, a team of oil workers board a flight home; however, they cross a storm and the airplane crashes. Only seven workers survive in the wilderness and John Ottway, who is a huntsman that kills wolves to protect the workers, assumes leadership of the group. Shortly after they learn that they are surrounded by a pack of wolves and Ottway advises that they should seek protection in the woods. But while they walk through the heavy snow, they are chased and attacked by the carnivorous mammals..
Plot: 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.
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Ratings:

	6.8/10 Votes: 253,716
	79% | RottenTomatoes
	64/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 3368 Popularity: 33.951 | TMDB

Reviews:

I can’t believe it took me so long to get around to watching _The Grey_.

What a ride. Don’t know that it’s realistic but damn it was good. Put me in that wolf pack. Would I be instantly dismembered? Sure, but you get that on the big jobs.

_Final rating:★★★½ – I really liked it. Would strongly recommend you give it your time._

**_Go out fighting (and believing)_**

Liam Neeson stars as the quasi-leader of seven misfit Alaskan oil workers who survive a plane crash in the wilderness. As if this isn’t bad enough, a pack of territorial wolves want to take them out. Will they survive?

Released in January 2012, “The Grey” is a somber survival flick filled with primal reflections on death and faith. The trailer is misleading in that it advertises the movie as an action film, but that’s not the case at all. Although there is some action, this is a grave, dreary adventure with raw meditations about the will to live or die and more — God.

It’s not as good as 1997’s “The Edge,” “Flight of the Phoenix” or “Sands of the Kalahari,” the latter two from 1965, mainly because it’s so funereal and seemingly empty, but it’s unique and worthwhile.

Some complain that the story’s unbelievable, like the wolves and the jump from the cliff, but movies (or certain things in them) aren’t always meant to be taken literally and aren’t supposed to be realistic as filmmakers are more concerned with aesthetics, psychology, metaphors and conveying ideas; and that’s the case with “The Grey.” The survival story is merely a stage.

Which brings us to another common complaint, that the film’s ultimately pointless, which simply isn’t the case. Now you may not like the story or the points that it conveys, but it’s not pointless. See my interpretation below, if interested.

The film runs 1 hour, 57 minutes, and was shot in Smithers, British Columbia.

GRADE: B

**MY INTERPRETATION** (Read only if you’ve seen the film)**:**

Ottway (Neeson) is in a horrible state of grief after the passing of his beloved wife as he protects oil workers by shooting wolves that get too close to the camp. Depressed, he decides to commit suicide but before he can pull the trigger a wolf howling in the distance strangely prevents him. I believe the howling wolf was the Creator’s way of speaking to Ottway and giving him a chance to go out fighting; and not just that, go out _believing_ as well, even if it’s belief in its rawest form.

The next day Ottway finds himself surviving a plane crash in the wilderness with six other men. In contrast to his near-suicide attempt, his survival instincts kick-in and he finds himself doing everything he can to survive, for himself and the others. Do you see the irony? The night before he desperately wanted to die and a mere day later he’s doing everything in his power to live and save others.

The topic of God and faith comes up at a campfire. A couple of the guys believe, but Diaz naturally mocks such things. Ottway says he doesn’t believe either, but wishes he could.

Later in the story, Ottway finds himself the sole survivor and at the end of his rope. Cursing, he passionately cries out to the Almighty for succor, but the heavens remain mysteriously silent. Regardless, he musters the strength to (try to) carry on. Shortly later, while reflecting on the men and their loved ones who died, he seems to clasp his hands in prayer and the Alpha wolf appears and challenges him. Unlike a few days ago when he was going to kill himself, he goes out fighting and, even more important, believing.

For those who argue that Ottway didn’t believe, remember that he was praying when he was crying out to God. Yes, it was a prayer of desperation and rage, but prayer nevertheless. Job did the same thing in the bible. The utterly humbling situation drove Ottway to his Creator and compelled him to go out fighting. It was God’s gift. The Almighty knew Ottway better than Ottway knew himself.

Good Horror but Not a Wolf Film
An airplane loaded with roughneck oilmen crashes in Alaska and the survivors trek through a snow storm to survive while a pack of wolves kill them off one by one.

Some reviewers loved it. Some hated it. Those who loved it saw a competently directed action horror film in a realistic setting filled with real people facing real threats. Those who hated it saw an unrealistic depiction of wildlife behavior and unworkable outdoor skills. People who loved it thought the movie was realistic. People who hated it thought it was ridiculous.

Without giving away the story, let me tell you that this is not a story about actual wolf behavior. This is more like the numerous movies of the produced through the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s about a group of people picked off one by one by unseen creatures lurking in the dark. In the ’70s, they were natural animals like sharks, killer whales, reptiles, furry animals and insects. In the ’80s they were space aliens and robots. In the ’90s they were super assassins. Lately they are vampires and zombies. Now we are back to furry animals. But the overall theme is the same.

It is refreshing to see this theme played out in the Alaskan wilderness rather than on a space ship or an underground city overrun by zombies. In that sense, this movie is realistic. But the furry animals in the movie behave more like space aliens than actual wolves. The “expert hunter” in the movie is not actually giving you wisdom that will be useful in the Alaskan wilderness. He is more of a generic zombie hunter. In that sense, this movie is unrealistic.

So whether you like this movie or not depends entirely on what you are in the mood to see. If you want Discovery Channel, look elsewhere. If you want to see good acting in a scenic backdrop with lots of scary moments, you will like this movie. You don’t have to really check in your brain at the door. Like so many Ridley Scott movies, this one is also a meditation on the nature of fate. This movie is a good piece of fiction. Just a bad documentary.

Watched by so many for all the wrong reasons due to misleading trailers.
This movie is not about Action, it’s not about watching half a dozen men battle it out with a pack of wolves. It’s not about seeing Liam Neeson wrestle to the death with an alpha wolf in the freezing snow.

Many fail to realize that this movie is an allegory for the struggles we face as we live our lives, and how every time something comes to challenge you between death and life you have to fight back and be strong.

By the end, you see his wife’s dying on a hospital bed, her last words to him were “don’t be afraid”, telling him to be strong. This is where you realize why he’s been contemplating suicide and how the world around him has become so cold. His life then flashes before his eyes with the unforgettable poem. That scene tears a hole in my heart every time I see it. I always cry until my eyes dry out at the last few minutes of this misunderstood movie.

You can talk about how unrealistic it is. About how poorly they showed how wolves act and the logic behind nature. But as far as I can tell, they already died when the plane crashed, them walking through the frozen wastelands of Alaska and getting picked off by the pack led by the black alpha wolf was them moving on one by one from purgatory as they slightly understood one another and what they’ve dealt with in their lives.

In the end, death is black and life is white, we all end up in the grey at some point.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 57 min (117 min)
Budget 25000000
Revenue 77278331
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama
Director Joe Carnahan
Writer Joe Carnahan, Ian Mackenzie Jeffers
Actors Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo
Country United States
Awards 2 wins & 8 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Datasat, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arriflex 235, Panavision Primo, Super Speed Z-Series MKII and Ultra Speed Z-Series MKII Lenses, Panavision Panaflex Millennium XL2, Panavision Primo, C-, E-Series, Super Speed Z-Series MKII and Ultra Speed Z-Series MKII Lenses, Panavision Panaflex Platinum, Panavision Primo, Super Speed Z-Series MKII and Ultra Speed Z-Series MKII Lenses
Laboratory DeLuxe EFilm Toronto, Toronto, Canada (digital intermediate), DeLuxe, Vancouver, Canada (dailies) (laboratory services)
Film Length 3,202 m (Portugal, 35 mm)
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision2 Expression 500T 5229)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), Panavision (anamorphic) (source format) (one scene), Super 35 (3-perf) (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision 2383), D-Cinema