Cocaine Bear [2023]

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Cocaine Bear" is directed by the one and only Elizabeth Banks. On the acting side of things, you know Banks from "The Hunger Games" franchise, the "Pitch Perfect" series, and projects like 2017's "Power Rangers," "Modern Family," and "The LEGO Movie." On the directing side of things, Banks had two previous movies under her filmmaking belt before taking on "Cocaine Bear" — "Pitch Perfect 2" and 2019's "Charlie's Angels." The story, then, is practically nonexistent, and that's what the film wants: any semblance of forward narrative motion is due only to the progression Also, while it’s great to see Ray Liotta, and especially in what was his last-completed film role, just a week before he passed away on May 26th 2022, bar an early scene, he doesn’t turn up again until the last third. He should’ve been used more. That said, he’s more demanding about retrieving the cocaine than most, and as such, his scenes are the ones without any humour in them. time and again in white powder and red blood. It's a ridiculous premise but, if nothing else, in a world of copycat movies, this one at least aims to do

it to play to its strengths. At about 90 minutes sans credits, it's very brisk, too, so love or hate what it does, there is no mistaking that the film is We also really needed to see more of the kids being outrageous, and we DEFINITELY needed more of Margo Martindale's park ranger! What a waste of an incredible talent! knows its audience, and maintaining focus on what the audience wants, rather than pretentiously try to build something more into the film, the real story. In this take, the drugged-out bear drags out human victim after human victim, ripping off limbs, destroying flesh, and indulging itself

person, rightly disregards even a hint of internal growth in favor of working up the energy to push the film's content on the outside. The film is fully This was a fun ride for the first little while, but they shouldn't have shoehorned in a villain-arc in the later half. It was too much story for the ludicrous premise to support. However, Griffin had issues with the latter part of the movie, saying, "'Cocaine Bear' makes the same mistake a lot of movies playing in this darkly comic space tend to make. They try to wring real pathos from something we've all already agreed to accept as goofy artifice." The critic went on to add, "'Cocaine Bear' ends too saccharine, too concerned with trying to say something encouraging in a movie otherwise unconcerned with such aims." the top characters who are hopelessly one dimensional but who serve the movie well enough as cannon fodder for the bear, and sometimes for the human flesh -- to find its next fix. The drugs are scattered all over the park, and they are also all over some of the people in the park. As the bear

cocaine) bare minimum and there are no compression artifacts, banding, or anything of the like. This is modern Blu-ray presenting a modern movie at Meanwhile, after hikers Olaf ( Kristofer Hivju) and Elsa ( Hannah Hoekstra) have come across the bear, the outcome being something you’ll have to see for yourself. Soon after, wildlife activist Peter ( Jesse Tyler Ferguson– who just reminded me of Bo Selecta) and park ranger Liz ( Margo Martindale) are dancing around each other, but will their love come to fruition in this turbulent time? environment, to rip apart. The film delivers exactly what is expected of it, then: a carnival ride through the grisly world of a bear hopped up onUniversal releases Cocaine Bear to Blu-ray with a top-flight 1080p transfer. The digitally sourced image is super sharp, abundantly clear, and perfectly colorful. The image (cocaine) bears much fruit for crispness and textural efficiency, boasting ample clarity and definition to faces, landscape, For more about Cocaine Bear and the Cocaine Bear Blu-ray release, see Cocaine Bear Blu-ray Review published by Martin Liebman on April 13, 2023 where this Blu-ray release scored 3.5 out of 5. behind the story, Elizabeth Banks' direction, key roles and actor performances, the bear in the film, and more. All Roads Lead to Cokey: The Making of Cocaine Bear (1080p, 9:14): Looking at cast enthusiasm for the material, the real

Oh, and like how I first saw a trailer for Cocaine Bear before Violent Night, and how it made me laugh my head off just from the trailer, I got a similar feeling from a trailer before this, for The Strays, which is like The Incredible Journey, but for adults. You can see the trailer below. gory moments spread out over 90 minutes. The characters are likewise uninteresting, but they are at least played with physical zeal to spare. The Director Elizabeth Banks feels comfortable with this material. Anyone familiar with her acting roles is aware of her natural comedic timing and that talent shines in tone and pacing here. She’s directed a couple other films to mixed response, but it’s clear that COCAINE BEAR is her baby. The characters are all memorable and are treated as possible meals for the bear. But there is plenty of time that allows them to shine as actual actors who want to guarantee a good time. Martindale, in particular, has the funniest scenes with her potty mouth and taking her position as a ranger with so much pride. splendidly deep and realistic. Vivid red blood and punchy clothing both appear well saturated, especially during bright sunlit exteriors. Noise is kept to aUn bearable Bloodbath: Dissecting the Kills (1080p, 8:16): Making several of the more grizzly, er, grisly, kills.

UnBEARable Bloodbath: Dissecting the Kills – From rigging to special effects makeup, to some of the actors doing their own stunts, we’ll get a bears-eye view into some of COCAINE BEAR’s hilarious and gory kill scenes. Cocaine Bear delivers just about everything that one would expect of a movie called Cocaine Bear: it's gory, irreverent, and All Roads Lead to Cokey: The Making of COCAINE BEAR – Meet the hilarious ensemble brought together to bring the movie of what is soon to be the world’s most famous bear to life. hunts for its next fix, a handful of humans find themselves in danger, including park ranger Liz (Margo Martindale), Nurse Sari (Keri Russell),Doing Lines – Cast and filmmakers read lines from the script to COCAINE BEAR, which was a work of art unto itself. The film would have been a lot better if it focused on her and the kids instead of following Keri Russell's blandly forgettable nurse around, not to mention the crooks whose entire story-arc felt wholly unnecessary. As for cocaine bear's potential victims, that includes a single mom whose daughter has gone missing, a drug lord and his cronies who are searching for their missing stash, and a wide variety of characters ranging from a frustrated detective to a rather distracted park ranger. Together, these weirdos, heroes, and crooks find themselves all banding together to survive the onslaught of the titular, crazed predator. whom find themselves forced to set aside differences of objectives and personalities if they are to survive a nightmare journey into the world of the When a movie decides to call itself COCAINE BEAR, it promises to deliver two things and this one succeeds in both. While it easily could have fallen into the bottom ranks of a cash-grabbing TV parody, this one uses all its Hollywood resources to provide 90 minutes of pure absurdity and hilarious hijinks. The story is taken from an actual real event, but anyone watching can assume that quite a few liberties have been taken. I’m sure many fans will scour the internet after watching this to get the details.