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The Colony (2013)
Too quick of and end
I'm a die-hard apocalypse type movie fan and I've accepted most movies whether its cliché or not but this movie just ended too short, after the problem comes up that reveals the after problem that causes the story to set in motion it just ends just ends. The CGI and music were good and the story line could've been more thought out instead of The Hills Have Eyes snow edition, it reminded me a lot of the Chernobyl Diaries which wasn't that great either. Anyways the characters weren't really developed, the leader of the cannibal pack I think was supposed to be this bad-ass guy but all he ever did was walk in a trench coat and roar as for Briggs his sacrifice didn't feel as terrible because it wasn't really developed. The blonde was also supposed to be this bad-ass but frankly wasn't. Mason was supposed to be the stubborn leader but he only showed it a few times. And the most annoying moment is that instead of telling mason about the safe zone the lovebirds keep it closed. Its full of clichés and you should only watch it only if its on TV
The Grey (2011)
Unique but Lacking
Okay starts out with cliché airplane survivor beginning so I'm thinking this will probably be a tedious descent into nothing kind of like Outpost 11.But when I came in with my dad there was some guy who was decked out in total tundra survival outfit I mean ski pole goggles 2-ton backpack and a sweater that made him look like he just spent 2 hours at a all you can eat buffet who looked at me and said "This is the best movie ever I've watched it 7 times" so I thought "Okay this guy likes it enough for him to look like he's ready for one of those climate apocalypse movies". Having Liam Neeson be the main character already told me this is going to be a hardcore movies and as for acting he did well in his role as a social outcast who turned to protecting oil workers from unrealistic wolf attacks who also I think had a family(watched it a long time ago). The storyline seemed predictable just to have that ending that you never saw coming. I'm going off track anyway to add on to it the survivors are being picked off one by one by wolves which is very rare unless they're starving and the one survivor who gets up without his arm fractured is guess what... A wolf expert and hunter, but yet he still thinks it's a good idea to go into the woods where the wolves are totally not caring for their young. So the survivors decide to take the journey to the woods, so then there's this chase scene where the wolves are either to lazy or too drunk to be able to catch up to wounded survivors wading through the snow. The chase scene ends when the wolves stop at the wood I'm like "What is this Snow White! Are the wolves afraid of the woods they've been living in for the oh 40 years" the few survivors make a campfire with a billion little Efing eyes just piercing your soul before there's a scene where they make torches that do absolutely nothing to fend off the wolves. The proof: an Omega wolf- Lowest of wolves attacks them and ends up as dinner apparently "tasting like s**t" and the rest of the movie is them running deeper into the woods trying to survive. The ending although kicks away the Hero turns out to be alive cliché but instead turns out that the group was heading towards the den the whole time and Liam and Alpha face off where Liam makes some pretty bad ass wolverine claws by using bottles and cracking them and the movie ends with both jumping at each other. My dad and I were about to leave before Mr.Santa told us to wait after the credits and we did it shows both alpha wolf pack leader and Liam 9/10 dead with his finishing action being looking at the picture of his family which was really sad and kept me that way for the next week. The movie was enjoyable with it's jump scares and savage beasts but also depressing knowing that there was no other ending but it's downside is wolves never act like that unless they have rabies. Overall it was a movie that I was pleased with and I spent some quality time with my dad (for once he got scared) (oh and the birth year not sure if being 17 and under restricts me for reviewing R rated movies)