Liam Neeson: The Grey is uncivilised

(Cover) - EN Movies - Liam Neeson thinks The Grey director tried to make the films as “uncivilised” as possible.

The actor stars in filmmaker Joe Carnahan’s upcoming Arctic action thriller.

The Grey centres on the plight of oil workers who are stranded in Alaska after their plane flight home crashes. The surviving members of the group are forced to leave the wreckage after they realise that rescue crews aren’t coming and they are being followed by a pack of wolves.

Liam is impressed with the way Joe depicted the men’s desperation.

“The element of survival is different because these are just much different men, as opposed to being civilised,” Liam told MTV News. “They're not real civilised guys, and I think that's what Joe [Carnahan] tries to show you in the beginning of the film.”

The characters in the film are vulnerable, but they are very aware of the danger they face.

“They're definitely flotsam and jetsam of society,” Liam explained. “One of them says after the mishap with the airplane that 'Nobody's going to care about us,' Nobody's going to send out reconnaissance planes to try and find these guys because who cares? You know?"

Liam thinks Joe’s directorial take is fresh. He likes that the men eventually become empowered through their desperation.

“It's from that sadness that they realise who they are and what they are and how they're just a speck of dust in society,” Liam said.

“But that somehow empowers them to continue on with this crazy journey for freedom and solace and to get out of this predicament. It actually gives them strength, the fact that they're nondescript.”

The Grey will be released in US theatres this weekend.

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