Cocaine Bear Review: A Silly, Gory, and Completely Ridiculous Comedy-Horror Movie

 

"Cocaine Bear" is a new movie directed by Elizabeth Banks, based on a real-life incident that took place in 1985, in which an American black bear consumed a large quantity of cocaine and was found dead by authorities. The film takes significant creative liberties beyond what actually happened, with the bear going on a drug-fueled rampage and attacking humans. The movie is a silly, gory, and completely ridiculous comedy-horror that relies on a simple setting, a relatively low-budget ensemble cast, and CGI to animate the drug-fueled bear. The movie's ensemble cast, which features Keri Russell, O'Shea Jackson Jr., and Ray Liotta, does exactly what it needs to do - serve as fodder for the bear. The movie is wildly unpredictable with plenty of innocent bystanders going down in gory ways. The lead character of the film is the titular Cocaine Bear itself, which behaves in a manner completely unexpected and unlike the natural instincts and behavior of the species. The bear is fast, stealthy, and with heightened abilities, obsessed with only one thing - finding more cocaine to fuel its addiction. The movie is completely ridiculous, but it never pretends to be anything but that, and is entirely worth your time.