Director: Elizabeth Banks
Genre: Comedy/
Thriller
Runtime: 95
minutes
Year:
2023
Starring: Keri Russell, Alden Ehrenreich, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Ray Liotta, Isiah
Whitlock Jr., Margot Martindale, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Kristoffer Hivju, Hannah
Hoekstra, Matthew Rhys
Description: An oddball
groups of cops, criminals, tourist and teens converge on a Georgia forest where
a huge black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting
cocaine.
Review: Cheap slasher films of the 1980s had a plot as high quality as the
budget. Nothing more was needed, it just had to be entertainment. This is also
a slasher, set in the 80s, but this time is not a knifed killer on the loose, but
a bear.
1985. A drug smuggles makes
a mistake that causes hi to crash somewhere in a residential neighborhood. The
bags full of cocaine he threw from the plane are now yup for grabs in the
Appalachian Mountains. Only a drug lord knows about it and sends some people to
get them. Meanwhile, a bear has stumbled upon the cocaine and becomes
uninhibitedly addicted to it. All visitors to the preserve are a target.
Elizabeth Banks is a fine actress,
in both serious and funny roles. For “Cocaine Bear” she took on the role of
director. She has yet to proof herself as a director. “Pitch Perfect 2” was
just okay and her version of the outdated TV-series “Charlie’s Angels” wasn’t well-received.
“Cocaine Bear” is loads of fun, but it’s not the best movie you will see this
year.
Banks does have a great cast
to work with. Keri Russell is pretty good, as well as Ray Liotta, in one his
last appearances. Margo Martindale is the funniest of the cast, as a park ranger.
This movie feels exactly like
a drug trip: chaotic, wild and out of control. I believe it was a fun time,
lots of laughs. Do not take it too seriously please, and you will enjoy it.
Rating: 3/ 5
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