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Hola amigos, buenas vibras para todos.
**Hello friends, good vibes to all.
A bear who is up to his eyeballs in cocaine and as a result starts to go on a rampage in a forest. If this had come out of the head of a director or producer, he would be called either a genius or a totally crazy person, but the reality is that neither is the case for this film. Our protagonist today is the product of a true story, without as much fiction as in the film but yes, back in the mid-eighties when cocaine was the order of the day in the United States a black bear was found dead from an overdose of this drug after having ingested it when he found it in the middle of the forest. It's all very surreal, I know, but that's how it happened and what better way to remember that news than making it into a film, one that has its own little things.
I honestly expected absolutely nothing from this movie, I come with the precedent of Sharknado to name one where animals become irrational series and killing machines. The thing is that despite knowing what you are going to find, because believe me you know, the film ends up being strangely entertaining because in it we see a story full of a silly comedy, very 90's, early 2000's but with a gore and violent touch that actually surprised me, I didn't think that resource was what for me saved this film from being a total failure. I've always said that when these details are well used the result can be very cool, in Cocaine Bear it was honestly decent. But well, let's go ahead and talk a little more about this very weird film.
The story is simple and straightforward. As I told you back in 1985, a drug dealer was in a small plane with large quantities of drugs on him, when he wanted to jump out of it, things did not go as expected and he ended up falling into the void because he was knocked unconscious and therefore he never used the parachute. All the drugs he was carrying were scattered in the forest being easy prey for our friend of 500 kilos who decided to consume it all. As expected, or not, this bear became a killing machine, as if he was not already one, and being out of his mind and under the effects of cocaine, he began to devastate anyone who crossed his path, turning the forest into a hunting and killing zone.
But which people? - around the forest there were several groups of people; a couple of children/teenagers, the drug dealers who were looking for the drugs, the authorities who found out about it and a trio of criminals who are the typical fools who don't even know how to hold a knife. With everyone in place the plot doesn't have much science, it's about trying to make sure this bear doesn't kill you just because and this is something that caught my attention; this beast of almost half a ton was stealthier than Spiderman and faster than light, it was the 500 kilos ninja himself. When I saw that, I didn't know whether to laugh, stay disgruntled or just let myself go and enjoy the absurdity and that's what this movie is, a compilation of nonsense but that hooks you in a barbaric way.
The movie is a comedy and as such you have to see it, it is not one where common sense prevails so like me do not try to look for logic or explanation to things, just enjoy it and that's it. To me at times it was quite similar to Scary Movie in terms of the situations we saw, those typical interactions between the characters that bordered on the typical "comic" clichés, their ways of being, expressions and even the events themselves where the blood, wounds and all this excessive violence that is sometimes seen was quite funny or laughable even though it is indeed very graphic and direct.
It's crazy but the suspense or at least the tension is something that is also very well handled, at times you feel that desperation of not knowing where this ninja bear is going to jump to surprise you with very humanized movements and there are scenes where the bear really acts like an addict who is all bent in an alley. This leads us to say that the bear despite the above is very realistic, beyond his movements never looks like one of fiction or lie, the technology here fulfilled well because it gave us a good animal, especially in the close up looks pretty well achieved everything.
And finally we have all that part that in my opinion was the one that saved this film. The violence that we are spectators of here is what I enjoyed the most, there is a scene that takes place in an ambulance that is pure gold, everything happens in a very fast way but the end result is incredible. The element of mutilations, exposed fractures, dismemberments, etc, are things that can very easily look bad and terrible to the eye; fortunately and at least for me, in this film it was not the case. I think the key point is that there are no exaggerations, usually many times it is believed that more is better when the reality is that it is not so; everything in its right measure and that is well achieved. I say this within the environment of the absurd, and that is that we are still in some unusual situations.
The characters. We have Ray Liotta, probably in one of his last films before passing away, as one of the drug bosses. A terrible person, unscrupulous and extremely selfish. There is also Keri Russell, the famous Felicity, as a mom who is desperate because her daughter is lost in the woods; nothing else, nothing relevant to contribute. And this movie is not to analyze performances or characters, it is not about that because its plot is not so much focused on them but on the mere survival that they have to use to get rid of this addicted bear. But well, I repeat what I said before, there are silly performances, with very particular characters that in the end fit very well in what this film really is.
I give this film a 7.5/10 because it was more than I expected. It has good effects, the bear is quite believable and realistic, the violence and all the gore is just right, you don't get bored watching it because it's a short film, it goes about its business and that's it, it doesn't try to embellish or anything like that. There is suspense, tension, incredibly absurd things that end up making you laugh and that element of comedy that softens a little the killing of this bear. It's an hour and a half long which makes it much easier to watch. I'll leave the trailer below.
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Bueno mi gente por hoy es todo, espero que les hay gustado. ¡Un abrazo a todos, nos vemos en la próxima!
***Well my people that's all for today, I hope you liked it. ¡A hug to all of you, see you next time!