Director: Elizabeth Banks
Actors: Keri Russell, Alden Ehrenreich, O’Shea Jackson Jr, Ray Liotta
Genre: Comedy / Thriller
Rating: MA
‘Cocaine Bear’ does exactly what it
says on the box – it’s a film about a black bear in Georgia, USA, that gets
high from some cocaine dumped in the forest and goes on a rampage. Very loosely
based on a true story, where illegal drugs actually were thrown out of a plane
and killed a bear. Needless to say, the bear is CGI. The cast is surprisingly
strong, with the main cast of ‘The Americans’ present – Russell, Rhys &
Martindale – along with Ehrenreich (from ‘Solo’), Jackson Jr (from ‘Obi-Wan
Kenobi’), Whitlock Jr (from heaps of stuff) & Ray Liotta’s final ever role.
Even though it has funny parts, there’s
probably not enough consistently funny jokes or moments to be a true comedy. Likewise
with the horror/thriller aspect – there’s some scary moments, but nothing
sustained or truly horrific. A bit of gore and I think the death tally reached
9 in the end, but probably needed to be a few more to reach actual horror
territory.
It’s basically a creature feature,
and I’d put it alongside ‘The Meg’ and ‘Piranha 3D’, rather than ‘Jaws’ or ‘King
Kong’. The cast are all likeable, but their skills are severely underutilised. The
score is good and some of the shots of the Chattahoochee forest are nice.
The ending is a bit underwhelming with too much family drama.
Overall: Tongue not quite enough in
cheek
Gav's Rating: 2.5 stars.
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