Why liam neesons the grey is much more than you think by david duprey on feb 8, 2018 the grey is a 2012 action film set after a small plane crash in alaska where six. Carnahan, who produced and wrote the film as well as directing it, clearly knows his stuff. Liam neesons wolf stew claims land the grey in hot water with. Liam john neeson obe born 7 june 1952 is an actor from northern ireland. Theres a great little poem thats read in the movie the grey with actor liam neeson. Liam neeson has the look of man who can conquer even the fiercest of wolves. The grey is going to be a film about neeson punching an actual wolf. I think they fought, called it a draw and became friends. The grey is usually described as the movie about liam neeson fighting wolves, which is misleading, because it implies that the grey is a wilderness survival yarn, which it. He has been nominated for a number of awards, including an academy award for best actor, a bafta. After their plane crashes in alaska, six oil workers are led by a skilled huntsman to.
The grey was one of them films that i bought thinking it would be a survivalist movie, but this was much more than that with its cast of unknowns who you come to know throughout the film. He has since starred in a number of other successful films, including star wars. Liam neeson is an irish actor from northern ireland who rose to prominence with his acclaimed starring role in steven spielbergs 1993 oscar winner schindlers list. The grey 2011 the grey is usually described as the movie about liam neeson fighting wolves, which is misleading, because it implies that the grey is a wilderness survival yarn, which it isnt.
The short clip after the credits shows the wolf breathing with liam neesons head resting on it. Open road filmssportsphotoallstar t hings dont look so great for liam neeson. Liam neeson set for actioncomedy the revenger news briefs. Liam neeson is an irish actor from northern ireland who rose to prominence with his.
In 2008 besson launched liam neeson, then 55, as a lateblooming action star with taken and its 2012 sequel. The teaser trailer for the grey, joe carnahans man vs. Martin harris wakes from a car accident to find another man has assumed his identity. Liam neeson stars as a man who gets caught up in a criminal conspiracy during his daily commute home and works against the clock to stop a. The grey is 2012s first truly great film by jared rasic liam neeson, the actor best known for playing thoughtful, sometimes heroic men, has somehow managed. See more ideas about liam neeson, liam neeson movies and movies. In istanbul, retired cia operative bryan mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper mills killed while rescuing his daughter. With liam neeson, laura dern, micheal richardson, michael eklund.
Liam neeson celebrity profile check out the latest liam neeson photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Joe carnahans the grey open road films provides everything you could reasonably want from a january release about liam neeson fighting wolves. Peta also criticised carnahan for allegedly ordering wolf carcasses from a trapper for use in the film. The grey is not really about liam neeson battling wolves.
Curse of the mayans free movie horror scifi full movie action adventure duration. While there is an ambiguous postcredit scene which shows neesons character and the wolf locked. Standing a burly 64, liam neeson was once described by a theatre critic as a towering sequoia of sex. It is based on the short story ghost walker by ian mackenzie jeffers, who also cowrote the screenplay with carnahan. At least, thats the primary message in the trailer for the latest entry in this most curious period of the oscarnominees. In the grey, liam neeson leads an unruly group of oilrig roughnecks when their plane. Battling mortal injuries and merciless weather, the survivors have only a. Liam neeson leads a group of men stranded in alaska after a plane crash in joe carnahans film the grey, a lean, strippeddown tale of survival in brutal circumstances. Liam neeson in joe carnahans thriller the grey the. Why liam neesons the grey is much more than you think. Mobster and hit man jimmy conlon has one night to figure out where his loyalties lie. In the grey, liam neeson leads an unruly group of oilrig roughnecks when their plane crashes into the remote alaskan wilderness. All i can say is it was very gamey, is how actor liam neeson described eating wolf meat for his new survival movie the grey.
Before even a single dropkick is shown, the screen abruptly cuts to black. Liam neesons 10 best movies grey is a 2011 survival film cowritten, produced and directed by joe carnahan and starring liam neeson, frank grillo and dermot mulroney. A grieving snowplow driver seeks out revenge against the drug dealers who killed his son. If youre an optimist, you could say that neesons character got lucky and was able to fend off all. Which is kind of annoying because holy shit, liam neeson was just about to try and stab a wolf with his fists.
After their plane crashes in alaska, seven oil workers are led by a skilled huntsman to survival, but a pack of merciless wolves haunts. His last highprofile movie, steve mcqueens widows, began with a quietly radical shot of neeson in bed with black actor viola davis. In the grey, liam neeson leads an unruly group of oilrig. Liam neeson actionthriller honest thief sells to uk. Liam neeson eats a wolf for new movie, the grey outdoor life. The answer to this question really depends on how you want to look at things. In this last scene of the movie, liam neeson stumbles.
During his early years, liam worked as a forklift operator for guinness, a truck driver, an assistant architect and an amateur boxer. A man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his. Liam neeson leads an unruly group of oilrig roughnecks when their plane crashes into the remote alaskan wilderness. Did liam neeson manage to kill the alpha wolf in the. With liam neeson, diane kruger, january jones, aidan quinn. Theres footage of liam neeson fighting a wolf well never. John ottway liam neeson is a marksman for an oil company in alaska, killing grey wolves that threaten the drillers. Pity the foolhardy wolf that gets in liam neesons way.
Liam neeson 2 episodes, 20142015 run all night 2015 jimmy conlon clash of clans. With liam neeson, dermot mulroney, frank grillo, dallas roberts. Revenge short 2015 liam uncredited taken 3 2014 bryan mills a walk among the. Alone, tired, and on the run, he plunges headlong into a. No great shakes as cinema, these two inexpensivelymade films earned more. Theres no easier way to get a movie made in hollywood than to walk into a room full of studio executives and say these 16 magic words. Episode i the phantom menace, taken, michael collins, les miserables, batman begins, kinsey, clash of the titans, and the chronicles of narnia. After their plane crashes in alaska, six oil workers are led by a skilled huntsman to survival, but a pack of merciless wolves haunts their every step. Liam neeson was born on june 7, 1952 in ballymena, northern ireland, to katherine brown, a cook, and bernard neeson, a school caretaker. Battling mortal injuries and merciless weather, the. We refuse to believe that this isnt how liam neeson travels to auditions. Silence is a 2016 epic historical drama film directed by martin scorsese and with a screenplay by jay cocks and scorsese, based on the 1966 novel of the same name by shusaku endo. Forget what i said earlier, this is the most ridiculous premise for a liam neeson film in all of history. Joe carnahan went back and forth to try to keep the films plot in the yukon, but.