Cocaine Bear – ABC Film Challenge – Catch-Up 2023 – K (Keri Russell) – Cocaine Bear – Movie Review
Director: Elizabeth Banks
Writer: Jimmy Warden (Screenplay)
Cast
- Keri Russell (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes)
- Alden Ehrenreich (Oppenheimer)
- O’Shea Jackson Jr (Ingrid Goes West)
- Ray Liotta (Goodfellas)
- Isiah Whitlock Jr (Cedar Rapids)
Plot: An oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge on a Georgia forest where a huge black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.
Runtime: 1 Hour 36 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Cocaine Bear starts when a drug drops off a mountain and sees an accident happen. The drug dealer Syd (Liotta) sends Daveed (Jackson jr) and Eddie (Ehrenreich) to collect the missing packages. Meanwhile, Officer Bob (Whitelock Jr) leads the investigation into what happened, also searching for the drugs. Elsewhere, Sari (Russell) must track down her teenage daughter Dee Dee (Prince) who has run away.
However, no one was prepared for the outcome of the lost drugs. When a bear ends up swallowing a pack of cocaine, an unstoppable beast is unleashed on the local residents.
Verdict on Cocaine Bear
Cocaine Bear is an action-comedy horror following a group of people in a woodland area who come face to face with a bear high on cocaine. It follows the different groups and their different altercations with the beast, as they all have their own problems to solve.
This is a brilliant over-the-top action comedy that completely plays into everything happening. It holds nothing back in the brutality of the attacks. As well as leaving us surprised by different events unfolding. This is a movie you must sit back and relax and don’t expect anything too serious. Which only makes this more enjoyable.
Final Thoughts –Cocaine Bear is bonkers and brilliant.
