7 Movies That Were Way Weirder Than Advertised

No one could have predicted the comparatively late career resurgence of esteemed Irish actor Liam Neeson as one of the premier action stars of the early 21st century. 2008's runaway hit Taken surprised everyone, and all of a sudden the then-56 year old thespian was a latter day Charles Bronson. Further tough guy roles followed in The A-Team and Unknown.

As such, when Neeson reunited with A-Team director Joe Carnahan for 2011's The Grey, it seemed reasonable to anticipate more of the same. The film's marketing certainly promised as much, the trailer establishing Neeson's character as a tough and manly security expert who must lead the few survivors of a downed plane to safety when they crash on a freezing mountain range populated by wolves.

Fans were immediately frothing at the mouth at the prospect of Liam Neeson fighting with wolves. What no one anticipated was that The Grey would in fact be a surprisingly sombre, reflective drama centred heavily on a man's contemplation of his own mortality.

Obviously, 'Liam Neeson has an existential crisis' was never going to be as easy a sell as 'Liam Neeson punches wolves,' so it's not too surprising that The Grey's marketing pushed that angle; but this is a great misrepresentation of a film which really isn't an action thriller, even if it does boast some striking stunts and action sequences.