In this cult comedy hit, a large bear in a National Park finds and ingests a large stash of cocaine and picks off the locals. It is clearly designed as a throwback to 80s creature-features, the surprise (and perhaps inexplicable) starring of Keri Russell, Alden Ehrenreich and Ray Liotta with Elizabeth Banks directing makes it hard to determine if the film is a genuine affectionate parody or just a weakly-scripted and rather slow retro-styled cheapie. Some low-rent hillbilly stereotype characters (complete with jarringly swearing children) and laboured comedic moments are just about outweighed by some effective FX work and well-delivered thriller sequences, so it really depends whether or not you are in the mood to embrace the daft premise and go along for the ride. There are also two end-credits sequences.
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