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It's man against the elements in 'THE GREY'

After reviewing some very fine, blue plate special Oscar worthy films: "Descendants,'" "The Help," " The Artist," I felt ravenous for a good cheeseburger with fries movie. I needed to see people run, things blown up, etc. So I walked into Joe Carnahan's ("A-Team") new epic "The Grey," expecting all of the above with extra onions. While I didn't get filet mignon, I was very surprised at what I was given.

"The Grey" is all about a plane full of oil field roughnecks, tough and angry men, divorced wanderers, ex-cons hiding out in Alaska's wilderness, who come crashing down in the vast emptiness of the North. The crash itself is one of the best, most frightening air disasters since "Castaway."