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The Guardian - Culture: Film Edit Unfollow The Grey: Liam Neeson's best action film takes on masculinity – and a few wolves too by Luke Buckmaster Aug 2, 2022 This 2011 action flick was marketed as a gnarly genre picture (Neeson! Wolves! Snow! Survival!), but it is surprisingly deep – and often very moving The Grey is streaming in Australia on Binge. For more recommendations of what to stream in Australia, click here Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email Over the years there have been many wilderness survival movies, loads of Liam Neeson action flicks, and a fair few depictions of hungry wolves craving human flesh. Joe Carnahan’s frosty 2011 action-thriller The Grey ticks all three boxes, and then some – it not only stars the grizzled Irishman, but has him wrestling ravenous canines. After being bitten during one moment of man-on-wolf action (oh yes, there are more!), Neeson’s straight-talkin’ protagonist John Ottway jokes: “Maybe I’ll turn into a wolf man now.” But it isn’t that kind of film. Having said that, one of the amazing things about The Grey – Neeson’s best action movie by a wide margin – is its blurring of the line between high and low art. This allowed it to be accurately marketed as a gnarly genre picture (Neeson! Wolves! Snow! Survival!) and then, once in the door, audiences expecting little more than an interspecies punch-on found themselves grappling with, and potentially sniffling through, a deep exploration of masculinity. The Grey contains some extraordinarily moving sequences that give me shivers just thinking about them. Continue reading... Continue Reading

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