What a great film that was?! I went in blind, I heard Burnie over at Roosterteeth talk about it on the podcast but that I shouldn't watch the trailer, just go in blind. I did that and was not disappointed. Everyone talks about the wolves and the ending, and while they are fantastic, noone seems to have mentioned the Plane Crash yet.
As far as the few Plane crash scenes I've seen on Film, this was probably the best. The sense of impending doom from the first bit of turbulence was intense. And that shot where he fell out the plane? My brain was just full of "FUCK. THAT."
And although this was probably expected as a straight up men vs wolves film, there was a surprisingly level of subtext and talk about faith for what you'd expect was an action flick. The revelation about Neeson's wife at the end as well sort of threw into question his whole desire for survival. Was it just for the sake of the other men? Was it because he had failed in his mission to keep them alive that he was resigned to death? But then the posturing for a fight at the end suggests otherwise, unless it just boiled down to a personal thing with him and the Alpha.
Either way, I really really liked this film. I wouldn't give it an excellent score as it wasn't quite something that blew me away, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. A well earned Above Average from me.