Makers of 'The Grey' confront inner beasts

Joe Carnahan's thriller The Grey, currently receiving kudos for its blend of red-blooded action and considered existentialism, tells the fictional tale of a group of oilrig workers who survive a plane crash only to be hunted by wolves in the wild.

Speaking about his character in The Grey, Grillo continued, “To have a character that has such a life on screen was just a gift. So it was really a no-brainer — it was more a matter of him being able to get me in the movies

These are the lofty questions posed by The Grey, the new film by director and co-writer Joe Carnahan, based on a short story called “Ghost Walker” by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers (who also co-wrote the screenplay).

"The Grey" will likely be No. 1, ahead of "Man on a Ledge" and "One for the Money."

But The Grey is so much more than that. It's really the story of men who need a life-or-death struggle such as this to remember that life is worth living, even if death is a certainty, either by the fangs of a wolf or the extreme and ruthless cold.