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Inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner's plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it, this wild thriller finds an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converging in a Georgia forest where a 500- pound apex predator has ingested a staggering amount of cocaine and gone on a coke-fueled rampage for more blow … and blood.
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Cocaine Bear (2023)
This is a Movie Health Community evaluation. It is intended to inform people of potential health hazards in movies and does not reflect the quality of the film itself. The information presented here has not been reviewed by any medical professionals.
Cocaine Bear has no cause for concern with flashing lights.
There is brief peril at extreme heights, and the camera is handheld on a few occasions.
Flashing Lights: 0/10. Motion Sickness: 2/10.
TRIGGER WARNING: This film is very bloody and gory, with carnage that includes severed limbs, deep gashes, and one graphic moment of road rash.
Image ID: A promotional poster for Cocaine Bear
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Cocaine Bear (2023, dir. Elizabeth Banks) - review by Rookie-Critic
What to say about Cocaine Bear? It is schlocky, it takes awhile before the film really kicks it into high gear, the CGI on the bear is goofy, and while some of the acting is very, very good, some of it isn't that good, and I loved it. This is a movie where everyone on set was clearly having a ball the entire time, and that fun spirit leaks over into what you see on screen. The jokes land, the gore is plentiful and nasty without being too gross-out or too real (again, the CGI work isn't exactly Avatar-quality stuff), and sure, the bear looks silly, but it should look silly. Anyone saying that they wish the bear looked better is either a) a liar, or b) someone who hates fun. The whole vibe of the film is that of a cartoon version of an 80's slasher B-movie and, for the most part, it really works.
The acting in the film, outside of a couple of the more minor characters' performances, is outstanding. Not only do you have the late, great Ray Liotta in his final film appearance, but you also have Keri Russell, Alden Ehrenreich, O'Shea Jackson Jr., and Margo Martindale all giving great performances. However, and I mean this as no disrespect to any of the amazing actors I just mentioned, but none of them even hold a candle to the scene-stealing ability of Christian Convery. That kid is, other than maybe, MAYBE the bear, the funniest thing in the film by a country mile. From the second he shows up, it seems like every line that comes out of his character's mouth is pure comedic gold, and that doesn't let up until the credits start to roll. I've been aware of Convery since his turn as the titular character in Netflix's Sweet Tooth, and I was aware that he was an incredible young actor from that alone, but I had no idea just how funny he could be. Another high point of the film is that it doesn't shy away from the ridiculousness of its premise, and leans into it in the best, goriest way that it can, à la Tucker & Dale vs. Evil. It really feels like a bad 80s slasher mixed with the cocaine equivalent of a stoner comedy, but the kind of bad 80s slasher that you secretly really enjoy because everything that's happening, especially the gory deaths, are creative and well executed (pun definitely intended). I won't go into details of any specific thing, because more than half the fun of the film is staring, jaw dropped and eyes wide, at the pure blissful horror that is unfolding in front of you.
It's not all sunshine and cocaine, though; the film wants to be a cult classic so bad that it still falls prey to some B-movie problems. Firstly, the story is a little too boilerplate and basic for how much time the film spends setting it all up, and it causes a majority of the first act to be very slow. It's not the worst thing in the world, it manages to keep you engaged and holds a couple of the film's funnier moments (one in which the two main children find one of the bricks of cocaine), but when compared to the insanity that kicks off in the film's second and third acts, it is pretty boring. Also, there are a few sequences that feel poorly edited, mostly in the film's final act. It seemed like there were last minute decisions made to cut scenes out of the film, and then last-last minute decisions were made to somehow cut them back into the film. There's one flashback scene in particular that felt incredibly out of place to me. So much so that it honestly reminded of something along the lines of a Family Guy cutaway. I also could have used a bit more of Isiah Whitlock Jr.'s character, but that's just because he's fantastic in everything he's in.
Cocaine Bear isn't perfect, I won't even venture to call it great, but it was a fantastically fun distraction. It revels in its stupidity, it revels in its gory moments, and it revels in the fun it knows everyone on screen and everyone in the audience is having. A purely fun, harmless, hilarious, coke-addled roller coaster ride.
Score: 7/10
Currently only in theaters.
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(短評)映画『ロング・ショット 僕と彼女のありえない恋』
(引用元)
『ロング・ショット 僕と彼女のありえない恋』(2019年、米国、原題:Long Shot)
時期大統領候補の女性政治家&しがないジャーナリストが恋に落ちるラブコメ💋
しがらみばかりで本質を見失うことのアホらしさ、不寛容であることの無自覚など、単に身分違いの恋愛をおもしろおかしく描くのではない、射程の広い素晴らしい映画です👍
ラブコメ以外の要素がとても良かったです‼️
女性の活躍に対するしょうもない障壁をしっかり描いています💦女性が能力の評価より下世話な消費的評価ばかりされることのバカらしさがよく分かります👍
終盤の、正しさを追求によって他者に不寛容になっているかもしれないというメッセージは素晴らしい🙌
持たざる女性がステキな男性と結ばれてハッピーみたいな、よくある受動的で型にはめ込んだラブコメ的なスタイルではなく、バリバリの女性と落ち目の男性という変則的な構造も特徴的で、今のラブコメって感じです🌟
中盤の国家間の大問題の件や、いちいちお馬鹿な下ネタなども笑えて楽しい映画😆
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