A scene from ‘Cocaine Bears’ | Photo credit: Universal Pictures
Creature features are always fun and cocaine bear Here’s another fun gem in Gore’s already overcrowded crown. Based on true events with some creative liberties, cocaine bear Begins with a former narcotics agent, Andrew C. Thornton II (Matthew Rhys), dumping bags of cocaine while being smuggled out of his overloaded plane. He dies when his parachute fails.
Bags of cocaine have been dumped in and around Chattahoochee National Park. Sid (Ray Liotta), the intended recipient of said drugs from ruthless Colombians, instructs his son, Eddie (Elden Ehrenreich), and enforcer, Daveed (O’Shea Jackson Jr.), to retrieve the cocaine.
Cocaine Bear (2023)
director: Elizabeth Banks
starring: Keri Russell, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Christian Convery, Alden Ehrenreich, Brooklyn Prince, Isiah Whitlock Jr.
plot: A bear overdoses on cocaine and goes on a rampage in Chattahoochee National Park
Duration: 95 minutes
Sari (Keri Russell), a nurse, promised her daughter, Dee Dee (Brooklyn Prince), they could go to the park but cancels to spend the weekend with the new man in her life. Heartbroken, Dee Dee skips school and decides to go to the park with her best friend, Henry (CHRISTIAN CONVERY). Local forest ranger, Liz (Margo Martindale), who has a crush on Inspector Peter (Jesse Tyler Ferguson), sees her day in the woods ruined by Sari, who arrives looking for Dee Dee.
Bob (Isiah Whitlock Jr.), a police detective, overhears Daved and Eddie and goes to the park to find the cocaine and catch the bad guys. There are innocent climbers, Olaf (Kristofer Hivju) and Elsa (Hannah Hoekstra), paramedics Beth (Kahyun Kim) and Tom (Scott Seuss), and Reba (Ayula Smart), Bob’s co-worker who takes care of Bob’s newly-adopted dog. Let’s promise Dog, Rosette. And in the middle of all these people is a “hunter high on cocaine.”
While a bear did die of a cocaine overdose in December of 1985, it did not go on a killing spree as depicted in the film. at 95 minutes, cocaine bear It’s a lean, action-packed ride through eye-poppingly beautiful scenery that contrasts delightfully with all the gory and dismembered body parts. The bear is a marvel of CGI and looks adorable as it circles trees and miscellaneous gazebos to reach a duffel bag full of cocaine.
Mainly funny lines from Stauch (Aaron Holliday), a teen who has the misfortune of getting mixed up with Daveed and Eddie. He gives advice to Eddie who is mourning his wife he lost to cancer on how to connect with his son, Gabe.
Whereas cocaine bear Can be seen as a metaphor for conspicuous consumption or the eternal man-versus-nature debate (anything is a metaphor for anything else, for that matter), it can also be enjoyed as a silly thriller. Where human beings can be counted on to do and say the most senseless things and are slapped, swiped or pushed aside, and even shot for their pain.
Cocaine Beer is currently playing in theaters