An average movie

Back in 2010, Joe Carnahan released his version of 'The A-team' and even though it didn’t get much love, I thought it was actually not bad at all. Well, a year later, Carnahan came again with another flick starring again Liam Neeson and if you would have expected another brainless action flick, you couldn't have been more wrong. Indeed, it is a bleak and relentless survival feature and nothing was glamorized whatsoever this time around. Indeed, ever since the surprise success of 'Taken', Liam Neeson has somehow become a new action star and it works mostly because he was, way before this new trend, a very fine actor so if you combine him with such a gripping tale, the result is rather spellbinding to behold. To be honest, I don't think the premise was actually really realistic though. I mean, what are the odds that anyone would survive with such harsh conditions, without any food or weapons, with a pack of wolf chasing them?  On top of that, I think I have seen too many movies dealing about some impossible survival but there is no denying that this one was very well made and I was on the edge of my seat until the very end.

6/10