Live or Die on This Day

Starring: Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts, Joe Anderson, Nonso Anozie, James Badge Dale

DML Rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ - good

"A job at the end of the world. A salaried killer for a big petroleum company. I don't know why I did half the things I've done, but I know this is where I belong, surrounded by my own. Ex-cons, fugitives, drifters, assholes. Men unfit for mankind." - Ottway

Why watch this? It's bleak and cold... hungry wolves are tracking plane crash survivors... but then again, they have Liam Neeson.

Plot Summary: A group of oil workers find themselves stranded in the treacherous Alaskan wilderness after a devastating plane crash. Led by a skilled huntsman, the surviving men must battle the harsh elements and a relentless pack of territorial uber-wolves stalking their every move. As they fight for survival against overwhelming odds, the men are forced to confront not only the primal forces of nature but also their own fears and vulnerabilities.

Dad's Preview: I was not prepared for such a great film. The surly Neeson portrays Ottway, an introvert whose job is to hunt and kill massive Arctic wolves who harass and attack oilfield workers. On a flight back home, his plane crashes into the chilling forest a few hundred miles from anything. A few men survive, but they are now being hunted by the hungry pack. This is a brutal battle for survival as the desperate men try to make it back to civilization.

LD Ent., Scott Free Productions, 1984 Private Defense Contractors;
Open Road Films