Wed turn up at the cinema to watch liam neeson fight, well, anything. Liam neeson in joe carnahans thriller the grey the new. A man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, not even his wife, believes him. Liam neeson actionthriller honest thief sells to uk deadline.
Liam neeson takes us on a journey through his most iconic roles, including a man with a very particular set of skills, a jedi master, and his new role in cold pursuit. Just before the fur flies, director joe carnahan cuts to. The grey has already been labeled the liam neeson wolf punching movie when its trying to be much more than that, a meditation on manhood and. Set in the snowy wilds of alaska, joe carnahans uniquely morose thriller is unequivocally about death and dying, and about characters struggling and ultimately failing to stave off the inevitable.
Theres footage of liam neeson fighting a wolf well never. Liam neeson was born on june 7, 1952 in ballymena, northern ireland, to katherine brown, a cook, and bernard neeson, a school caretaker. Mar, 2018 hell, wed hazard a guess that 50% of the people who went to see the film were entirely convinced to do so by the image of liam neeson preparing to uppercut the fuck out of a wolf and thats the very last thing the film ever shows. Why liam neesons the grey is much more than you think. The film initially imagined a muchyounger lead character and bradley cooper, who also worked with carnahan on the ateam, was cast in the lead role, but he was eventually replaced by neeson. It is one of the softest questions in film reporting, but the world got much more than it bargained for when liam neeson admitted to the. The film met with a lot conversation on release, topics mostly focused on the ending, which many found all too cut short, the trailers hinting at something the movie ultimately didnt deliver, that being an actionoriented survival film with liam neeson smacking wolves right in the face. The grey trailer 2012 official movie teaser trailer starring liam neeson in alaska, an oil drilling team struggle to survive after a plane crash strands them in the wild. The grey reunited director joe carnahan with producers ridley scott and tony scott credited as executive producer as well as actor liam neeson, who collaborated on the 2010 action film the ateam. Sep 28, 2011 the grey is going to be a film about neeson punching an actual wolf. Dec 21, 2012 liam neeson punches a wolf in the face. During his early years, liam worked as a forklift operator for guinness, a truck driver, an assistant architect and an amateur boxer.
Episode i the phantom menace, taken, michael collins, les miserables, batman begins, kinsey, clash of the titans, and the chronicles of narnia. The grey is not really about liam neeson battling wolves film. Hell, wed hazard a guess that 50% of the people who went to see the film were entirely convinced to do so by the image of liam neeson preparing to uppercut the fuck out of a wolf and thats the very last thing the film ever shows. He has since starred in a number of other successful films, including star wars. The most vocal of which hated the end of the film in which liam neeson is facetoface with the alpha wolf and just as. Director joe carnahans latest film is way smarter than its wolf clobbering promo materials would lead you to believe. The grey movie trailer 2012 official teaser hd youtube. This time we take a look at the finale to director joe carnahans 2011 film the grey starring liam neeson. Liam john neeson obe born 7 june 1952 is an actor from northern ireland. While on the flight they go through some bad turbulence and then the plane crashes. Liam neesons wolf stew claims land the grey in hot. This film is about a group of oil workers in alaska who are all catching a flight home.
While the primal theme of man versus nature and indeed man versus. Liam neesons wolf stew claims land the grey in hot water. It follows a journey of prince colwyn and his group of outlaws on the planet krull to save future queen princess lyssa from the beast and his constantly teleporting black fortress. And if the film where liam neeson punches a wolf with bottles on his hands doesnt end up being the greys primary tagline, im. Liam neeson prepares to fight off wild wolves in a scene from the grey. Well as it turns out that there is actually footage of the latter, but we may never get to. 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. By jared rasic liam neeson, the actor best known for playing thoughtful, sometimes heroic men, has somehow managed in his late 50s, no less to reinvent himself as a steelyeyed action star in the vein of clint eastwood or the late charles bronson. Joe carnahans the grey open road films provides everything you could reasonably want from a january release about liam neeson fighting wolves. This century has seen liam neeson in real leading roles, when his character permeates the whole movie and is strong and quickwitted. Upon the film s release there were two camps with regards to the ending. The teaser trailer for the grey, joe carnahans man vs.
The nominal star of the grey, americas topgrossing film, is liam neeson. 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. Empire magazine ranked neeson among both the 100 sexiest stars in film history and the top 100 movie stars of. Mobster and hit man jimmy conlon has one night to figure out where his loyalties lie.
Joe carnahan and liam neeson reunited after the ateam to make the grey, an adventure film set in alaska in which neeson and a gang of oilrig workers survive a plane crash, but face the. Synopsis john ottway liam neeson works in alaska killing the wolves that threaten an oil drilling team. Mar 09, 2018 wed turn up at the cinema to watch liam neeson fight, well, anything. Feb 06, 2012 liam neeson has come under fire from animal rights group peta after claiming he ate wolf meat to prepare for his role in the action thriller the grey. In the grey, the british actor plays the leader of a group. Battling mortal injuries and merciless weather, the survivors have. Liam neeson s character is the only one who seems to know what hes doing throughout the film and its his performance that drives the story. The real stars are the hungry wolves that pursue him and his fellow planecrash survivors through alaskas pristine wilderness. Open road films sportsphotoallstar t hings dont look so great for liam neeson. Which is why some audiences were more than a little disappointed when the grey, a film in which neeson has. Jan 27, 2012 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 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.
He has been nominated for a number of awards, including an academy award for best actor, a bafta award for best actor in a leading role, and three golden globe awards for best actor in a motion picture drama. The grey movie endings explained 2011 joe carnahan. Feb 06, 2019 it is one of the softest questions in film reporting, but the world got much more than it bargained for when liam neeson admitted to the. The final postcredit shot is of neeson and the wolf lying b. The grey, a superior example of the genre, reunites in alaska the director joe carnahan and the star liam neeson of the misbegotten a team. Theres footage of liam neeson fighting a wolf that well. Taken 1 and 2 are best known, unknown has for some reason or another remained in their shadow. Liam neeson has the look of man who can conquer even the fiercest of wolves. 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. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is. There are some survivors including john ottway liam neeson and they band together to try and survive the harsh cold conditions. Krull is a 1983 britishamerican science fantasy swashbuckler film directed by peter yates and produced by ron silverman with a screenplay by stanford sherman. Wolf center says new liam neeson film full of scat. Also, who wouldnt buy this film s upbeat soundtrack, which includes.
Liam neeson has come under fire from animal rights group peta after claiming he ate wolf meat to prepare for his role in the action thriller the grey. May 31, 2012 liam neeson has the look of man who can conquer even the fiercest of wolves. Forget what i said earlier, this is the most ridiculous premise for a liam neeson film in all of history. Open road films sportsphotoallstar t hings dont look so great for liam neeson at the end of the grey. Feb 02, 2012 liam neeson prepares to fight off wild wolves in a scene from the grey. The grey movie endings explained 2011 joe carnahan, liam.
Liam neeson actionthriller honest thief sells to uk. Set in nagasaki, japan, the film was shot in taiwan, using studios in taipei and taichung and locations in hualien county. Anthology film comprising six stories of the old west, presented as a chapter in a dusty storybook. Liam neeson in joe carnahans thriller the grey the. Set in nagasaki, japan, the film was shot entirely in taiwan, using studios in taipei and taichung and locations in hualien county. While the survival thriller was generally well received, its last scene split audiences. Since he appeared in taken and proved to the world that his right hook can make jawbones an endangered species, liam neeson has found himself being cast in a number of roles requiring him to dole out haymaker after haymaker to anyone who gets in his goddamn way.
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. Also, who wouldnt buy this films upbeat soundtrack, which includes. Dec 01, 2017 the marketing of the film had built up the expectation for moviegoers that they would get to see liam neeson fighting a wolf. With liam neeson, diane kruger, january jones, aidan quinn. If youre a liam neeson fan and like all the other movies hes done, i suggest this, but if you dont, i dont recommend this. By turns hilarious and macabre, with each story impeccably crafted.
Leeson plays ottway, a tough, taciturn, deeply sad. Jan 27, 2012 director joe carnahans latest film is way smarter than its wolf clobbering promo materials would lead you to believe. Theres a great little poem thats read in the movie the grey with actor liam neeson. Photo courtesy open road films via ap the grey is the new thriller starring liam neeson, who leads a stranded. Oct 24, 2012 theres a great little poem thats read in the movie the grey with actor liam neeson. Or not, but the trailer made it seem like he did, resulting in a great internet meme. Liam neeson is an irish actor from northern ireland who rose to prominence with his acclaimed starring role in steven spielberg s 1993 oscar winner schindlers list. Actor liam neeson from taken and unknown stars in new movie, the grey. Animal rights activists have demanded a boycott of liam neeson s new film after he revealed he ate wolf flesh to prepare for his role. Call to boycott liam neeson after he admits he ate wolf. With liam neeson, dermot mulroney, frank grillo, dallas roberts. James franco, brendan gleeson, zoe kazan, liam neeson, tim blake nelson, tom waits. Liam neeson set for actioncomedy the revenger news briefs. 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.
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