The Grey

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The Grey

R

2012

1h 56m

Adventure

Drama

Action

Mystery & Thriller

Horror

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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. 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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The Grey is an exciting tale of survival, populated with fleshed-out characters and a surprising philosophical agenda.

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Wendy Ide

The Times (UK)

Feb 6, 2024

Joe Carnahan has crafted a bone-chilling and relentless journey into the void.

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Wael Khairy

RogerEbert.com

Nov 6, 2023

"The Grey" explores man's most frightening questions...if there's an afterlife or if "dead is dead"...our fear of heights, flights, drowning or dying alone.

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Laura Kern

Film Comment Magazine

Jun 20, 2013

In the case of The Grey, less would have decidedly been more.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Oct 14, 2024

4/5

Liam Neeson, in his 50s, convincingly, and even poetically, takes himself to another place when playing these survival and revenge roles at his age.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Feb 23, 2023

3.5/4

An unforgivingly brutal, brilliantly acted, beautifully shot motion picture.

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James Croot

The Post NZ

Mar 29, 2021

3.5/5

All this talk could have been dull, but Carnahan keeps it interesting via extensive use of intimate, close-up, almost claustrophobic shots.

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Matt M

@JokersMind Oct 7, 2026

This is a great film. People are over sensitive because it didn't depict wolves properly?? It's a movie. Everything is always dramatized. Cry about. Saw one comment saying it's basically racist against wolves lol. The left is absolutely crazy in so many ways. You can tell the specific group of people that can't handle anything. It's a survival thriller. Who cares if it's not perfectly accurate you people are so soft. Anyway one of Liams best movies in my opinion.

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Robert P

@Superbad Oct 6, 2026

The Grey is a *3.5* star Movie!

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gwe T

@gt1029 Oct 2, 2026

As a Liam Neeson "super fan" this movie was added to my favorite Liam Neeson movies. The talent and skill he displays in all of his movies puts him right up there with the other highly talented and highly rated actors.

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Jason B

@RT86723460 Sep 19, 2026

Good servival fillm very cool all round good

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Vin C

@RT87136215 Sep 3, 2026

How did Liam land all alone when strapped to seats with not 1, but 2 seatbelts. Ridiculous. I also really dislike how it portrayed wolves, starting with the totally unnecessary killing of one in the opening scenes.

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R D

@RT70608956 Aug 31, 2026

Ridiculous movie. Wolves don’t act the way they did in this movie. Ever. They are shy and afraid of humans. A pack will not hunt humans. I hoped thru the entire movie that the wolves would tear the asses out of the survivors. Even Liam, whom I really liked. Disgusting. Dogs kill more humans each year than wolves. Even as a fictitious thriller, this premise sucks.

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Synopsis

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. 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.

Director: Joe Carnahan
Producer: Jules Daly, Ridley Scott, Mickey Liddell
Screenwriter: Ian Mackenzie Jeffers
Distributor: Entertainment Film Distributors Ltd.
Production Co: Scott Free Productions, LD Entertainment, Chambara Pictures
Rating: R (Pervasive Language|Bloody Images|Violence/Disturbing Images)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Action, Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 27, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 4, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $51.5M
Runtime: 1h 56m

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