I'm not one to be picky when it comes to movies released in January. The first month of the year generally tends to be a dumping ground for studios to release movies that they don't think they can market. Most of the worst movies of the year come out at this time.
So, yeah, judging by that standard, The Grey is actually pretty good. It's got Liam Neeson, whose greatest skill as an actor is his ability to class up any movie that he's in. And, in this movie, he's in good form. He brings his trademark gravitas to the lead role, convincing us yet again that he is both smarter than all of us and that he wouldn't think twice about choking us to death if we pissed him off.
