I cant help but wonder if some of neesons real emotions translated into the films core powerhouse performance. These tv and movie cast reunions have been the silver lining of quarantine. Even though a scene in which liam neeson fights anything usually adds at least 10% to any film on metacritic. Liam neeson in joe carnahans thriller the grey the. Liam neeson has the look of man who can conquer even the fiercest of wolves. The wolves are well done, but everything else is complete hokum. Prior to 2008, liam neeson was an oscarnominated actor best known for his ability to shine in period pieces and his unfortunate mullet in the phantom menace. I hope that you saw the grey and loved it like i did, because the larger themes and characters resonated with me and i think its an important work from joe carnahan. The grey full movie liam neeson, dermot mulroney, frank grillo.
Liam neeson in winter, filming the grey the globe and mail. The actor liam neeson has become one of the main action figures in hollywood, starring in such popular films as taken, batman begins, and gangs of new york. There are some survivors including john ottway liam neeson and they band together to try and survive the harsh cold conditions. In the grey, liam neeson leads an unruly group of oilrig roughnecks when their. Liam neeson train thriller ultimately runs out of steam bmovie master jaume colletserra the shallows frontloads the thrills and sticks too much plot in. Carnahan, director of past hits like narc 2002, smokin aces 2006 and his most recent ateam 2010 adaptation, knows how to pump testosterone and action into almost every scene. After a major film debut with 1981s excalibur, liam neeson spent the rest of that swingin decade slowly climbing the acting ladder. 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 survivors have. Liam john neeson obe born 7 june 1952 is an actor from northern ireland.
With supplies running short and hungry wolves closing in, the shaken survivors face a fate worse than death if they dont act fast. Theres footage of liam neeson fighting a wolf well never. Jan 25, 2012 neeson is kickass and unrelenting in this film, a perfect casting choice for an actionsurvival film. Liam neeson feels his age while filming latest action. Like faith movie interpretations arent as simple as black and white. How liam neesons action movie career made him the motley fool.
After three years, we essentially have a new movie tradition on our hands. The man who brought down the white house, liam neeson delivers a still, almost marmoreal performance as the anonymous source who came to be known as deep throat during the. Liam neeson stood up after the first group reading of the script for the grey and told the young actors in the cast that the only way this movie could be made was for all of them to pull together. To say that he has undeniable charisma is certainly accurate, but it is a charisma composed as much of impressive talent as of brokennosed. Overview v filmography v other appearances v awards v. While on the flight they go through some bad turbulence and then the plane crashes. See more ideas about liam neeson, liam neeson movies and movies. Following a grueling fiveweek shift at an alaskan oil refinery, workers led by sharpshooter john ottway liam neeson are flying home for a muchneeded vacation. Liam neeson schindlers list, taken stars as the unlikely hero ottway in this undeniably suspenseful and powerful survival adventure. Open road filmssportsphotoallstar t hings dont look so great for liam neeson at the end of the grey. Sep 12, 2017 liam neeson has put aside his special set of skills and announced he is retiring from thrillers due to his age. 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.
A laborer before becoming an actor, he cuts a strapping figure that makes him ideal for overthetop hero roles in the grand tradition of hollywoods golden age. Liam neesons new movie the grey could be physically the hardest experience of his film career. The grey liam neeson on working with a frozen brain. 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. Audiences werent accustomed to seeing the actor hold down the lead in an action film, but neeson succeeded and the film was a categorical success. The actor is set to star in the minuteman, an upcoming action thriller helmed by director robert lorenz, deadline reports.
Jan 18, 2012 the grey behind the scenes liam neeson movie 2012 hd. 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. If you are looking for ransom, i can tell you i dont have money. See him randomly in krull, the mission, the dead pool, and more, for example. The final postcredit shot is of neeson and the wolf lying b. Neeson was left in care of their two children, michael. Liam neeson biography, movie highlights and photos allmovie. 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 liam neeson movies.
Liam neeson feels his age while filming latest action movie. Longtime actor liam neeson, known for his voice, and unique acting talent. 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. The grey is not really about liam neeson battling wolves film. What is surprising is how poetic the movie is, partly thanks to its highlonesome sound design and the desolate beauty of its visuals, but mostly because of its star, liam neeson. As they trek southward toward civilization and safety, ottway and his companions must. He moved to london after that and acted in movies like. See more ideas about liam neeson, irish actors, actors. Liam neeson movies list i wish, i could upload all liam neeson movies, but however there is an option to watch liam neeson full movies by visiting the relevant channels here in youtube.
Liam neeson full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. This film is about a group of oil workers in alaska who are all catching a flight home. The grey is a 2011 survival film cowritten, produced and directed by joe carnahan and starring liam neeson, frank grillo and dermot mulroney. A list of titles on netflix uk starring liam neeson. 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. The grey director joe carnahan talks controversial ending mtv. Photo by chung sungjungetty images by chung sungjungetty images. Which is why some audiences were more than a little disappointed when the grey, a film in which neeson. Liam neeson stars in producerdirector joe carnahans tense adventure thriller about a group of toughasnails oil rig workers who must fight for their lives in the alaskan wilderness after their airplane crashes miles from civilization. He has since starred in a number of other successful films, including star wars. The movie was a little bit better than i was expected.
Here are his films listed from best to worst according to. Many middleaged actors have attempted to emulate neeson s latterday action hero formula but he is the brand original. The grey continues what has become a welcome seasonal movie tradition. May 31, 2012 liam neeson has the look of man who can conquer even the fiercest of wolves. His roles range from dramas to comedies and everything in between. This is a chilling, calmly and deliberately delivered speech, by liam neeson as bryan mills. However, while these roles were a bit onedimensional or short lived in terms of his supporting role, you get to see the full scope of his talents in a powerful and dramatic role in the 2012 film, the grey. Find films and movies featuring liam neeson on allmovie. A monster calls trailer 2 the third movie trailer for a monster calls 2016 has been released for the j. With liam neeson, dermot mulroney, frank grillo, dallas roberts.
Liam s character is former cia operative, whose skills are used to defeat the bad guys whose identity is elusive throughout most of the plot, wi each of the three movies. This time we take a look at the finale to director joe carnahans 2011 film the grey starring liam neeson. Liam neeson announces retirement from action films ents. While the survival thriller was generally well received, its last scene split audiences. Empire magazine ranked neeson among both the 100 sexiest stars in film. 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. 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. Liam neeson is an irish actor who is known for his roles in the star wars prequel franchise and the taken movie franchise. Of all the january releases, the grey is surely a mustsee. Oct 21, 2012 natasha richardson, talented actress and wife to liam neeson unfortunately passed away due to an untimely skiing accident two years prior to filming. A brutal storm causes their plane to crash in the frozen wilderness, and only eight men frank grillo, dermot mulroney, including ottway, survive. Mar 14, 2012 director joe carnahan teams up with liam neeson to create a fastpaced, suspenseful film with, of all things. Standing a burly 64, liam neeson was once described by a theatre critic as a towering sequoia of sex.
Liam neeson delivers a manasmonument performance in mark. Jun 02, 20 the ending is very ambiguous, and everyone can draw his own conclusion. Neil jordans historical biopic of irish revolutionary michael collins, the man who led a guerrilla war against the uk, helped negotiate the creation of the irish free state, and led the national army during the irish civil war director. It is based on the short story ghost walker by ian mackenzie jeffers, who also cowrote the screenplay with carnahan. Neeson starred in two films in 2011, the identitytheft thriller unknown 2011 and joe carnahans survival thriller the grey 2011. 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. Theyve spent untold millennia learning how to survive, naked and without weapons, in fearsome places like the arctic circle in the dead of winter. To paraphrase his now infamous monologue from 2008s taken, liam neeson has a very particular set of skills, both as a dramatic actor and an action movie hero. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Episode i the phantom menace, taken, michael collins, les miserables, batman begins, kinsey, clash of the titans, and the chronicles of narnia. Liam john neeson obe born 7 june 1952 is a northern irish actor. The grey behind the scenes liam neeson movie 2012 hd. Its full of terrific performances from all the actors involved, including frank grillo, dallas roberts, dermot mulroney, and especially liam neeson.
Irishborn liam neeson has the features and presence of a film star of the 1930s or 1940sa paul muni, perhaps, or robert mitchum. Sep, 2017 liam neeson attends the press conference for operation chromite on july, 2016 in seoul, south korea. Jan 20, 2012 liam neeson plays a man grieving his wifes untimely death in his latest movie the grey. All liam neeson movies ranked by tomatometer liam neeson movies ranked by tomatometer. During his early years, liam worked as a forklift operator for guinness, a truck driver, an assistant architect and an amateur boxer. What happened to liam neeson at the end of the grey. Unexpectedly beating up people at age 65 liam neeson never expected to be beating up people on a train at the age of 65 or still getting into trouble for opening his big ballymena. He may have enjoyed box office success in the taken franchise and other action. 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. The teaser trailer for the grey, joe carnahans man vs. 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 grey movie endings explained 2011 joe carnahan. 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.
Learn more about liam neeson at with exclusive news, full bio and filmography as well as photos, videos, and more. Shes got really long hair almost down to her waist. The sequel wrath of the titans 2012 was followed by two highprofile summer pictures, the criticallyderided battleship 2012 and the dark night rises 2012, the culmination of christopher nolans. Leeson plays ottway, a tough, taciturn, deeply sad. Battling mortal injuries and merciless weather, the. In it he plays john ottway, a sharpshooter who has been hired by a oil refinery in alaska to keep bears and other wild beasts from attacking the workers during their shifts. The story follows a number of oilmen stranded in alaska after a plane crash, who must wage a war against a pack of timber wolves. In the grey, liam neeson leads an unruly group of oilrig roughnecks when their plane crashes into the remote alaskan wilderness. Jan 28, 2012 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.
But after holding his own opposite patrick swayze in 1989s next of kin, neeson was at last upgraded to star for sam. I thought, i can access this mans emotions with ease. In the grey, liam neeson leads an unruly group of oilrig roughnecks. For posts announcing new additions, removals and expiry dates please follow newonnetflixuk on twitter, facebook or instagram. The grey is an unrelenting demonstration that wolves have no opinion. As they trek southward toward civilization and safety, ottway and his. 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. First worked with his future wife, actress natasha richardson, on the miniseries ellis island. Liam neeson talks about making unknown, being an action star, the grey with joe carnahan, and visiting brazil. Liam neeson in joe carnahans thriller the grey the new york. Sadly, the following year, liam s wife actress natasha richardson died suddenly after suffering a severe head injury during a skiing accident.
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