  MOVIE REVIEW: "The Grey" $10/10  Is this purgatory?  We have a
group of men society left behind, working at an outcast oil rig
in Alaska. These are the kind of men who only call each other by
their last names. The plane taking them back to civilization
crashes in an even more remote area, leaving an even smaller
group behind to face the elements. One by one, they're all
tested in some way. It's at that point a group of demonic
looking wolves will come out of nowhere to tear them to shreds,
taking their souls wherever it is they're heading.  Liam Neeson
plays Ottway, the man with the thankless job of keeping
everybody on the rig safe. He picks off darting wolves as they
try to attack his fellow workers. They don't seem to realize how
close they are to death. Ottway places his hand over the dying
animal's body as it breathes its last breath.  Ottway is the
masculine ideal - a man so loaded with respect, it seems to
sicken the rest of the crew. He is a man who is strong enough to
lead, has the wisdom to concoc