"COCAINE BEAR" MOVIE REVIEW

There will be "Cocaine Bear" Before and "Cocaine Bear" After. This is how civilization will measure time from now on. That demonstrates how powerful this movie is.Okay, so it might not be all that deep. But it's a blast, particularly if you get to sethe wildly violent comedy/thriller from filmmaker Elizabeth Banks in a theatre full of people. Here, the social interaction is crucial. The "Cocaine Grizzly" will unite individuals. The movie "Cocaine Bear" will save it.

This is so because "Cocaine Bear" is fully aware of both its identity and its obligations. About a bear who is high on cocaine. The high-concept, wild-animal idea of "Snakes on a Plane" and the giddy hype that accompanied it make comparisons to the 2006 catastrophe extravaganza "Snakes on a Plane" unavoidable. Both films do exactly what their names indicate, with little attempt to be deeper or more profound. The pace slows down whenever "Cocaine Bear" even slightly indulges in pathos. We are not here for this purpose. We're here to watch a bear consume a lot of cocaine before going on a killing spree in the woods.

One of the many insane aspects of Banks' movie is the fact that it is based on a real tale. A 175-pound Georgia black bear consumed some cocaine that a drug smuggler dropped from an aircraft in 1985. Screenwriter Jimmy Warden has taken these fundamental facts and envisioned what might have happened if the bear hadn't perished but instead had tried the drug and developed an addiction. She just so happens to come across a strange assemblage of hikers, guides, crooks, and police agents. When she is seeking her next fix, they particularly find themselves in danger as they intersect her path. (And lest you assume this is an anti-drug movie with a preachy, puritanical message, think again; it includes a satirical compilation of those 1980s "Just Say No" PSAs, including one from First Lady Nancy Reagan herself).

With an indistinguishable Matthew Rhys maniacally dropping duffel bags of powder (and sprinkling in a line here and there) with the intention of retrieving them later, "Cocaine Bear" opens amid the excess of the time. Spoiler alert: He didn't. However, a number of individuals search for them as they are dispersed throughout Georgia's Chattahoochee National Forest. A police detective from the Kentucky town where the smuggler's plane eventually crashed is among them, along with a pair of mismatched buddy drug dealers (Alden Ehrenreich and O'Shea Jackson Jr.); their humourless boss (Ray Liotta in his final film role, recalling one of his signature performances in "Goodfellas"); and the smuggler's hapless boss (Isiah Whitlock Jr., perfectly

A group of idiotic teenagers, a park ranger (a randy Margo Martindale), a wildlife expert (Jesse Tyler Ferguson), and a determined single mother (Keri Russell) searching for her 13-year-old daughter (Brooklynn Prince) and her daughter's friend (Christian Convery) who skipped school to visit the falls are also seen wandering around the woods that day. (Both children are fantastic in a retro sense, reminding you of the brazen, foul-mouthed figures you'd find in films like "The Bad News Bears" or "The Goonies." When the child finds one of these illicit packages, his response is a cheerful, "Let's sell drugs together!" rather than one of dread.)

The appearance of the monster, which is shockingly high-tech for a corny, silly movie, is a big source of the film's pleasure. Stuntman Allan Henry performed a motion capture act to bring her to life, and Weta FX, a renowned New Zealand studio, provided the Animation. Although the movements and anthropomorphization of the animal have been greatly exaggerated, they still manage to achieve a level of reality that makes the bear assaults terrifying. Throughout, you'll squeal with delight and grin, but you'll also cry and wriggle. The brutality is frequently so gruesome and explicit. Some of the most terrifying scenes don't involve the bear at all, but rather all of these individuals making poor decisions and finding other methods to harm themselves.

You'll undoubtedly find yourself pulling for the bear's success for this and a tonne of other reasons as well. She rips through brick after brick with such joy as she inhales a strong scent of the white substance up her nostril. She frequently uses very creative methods to consume cocaine, such as doing a line off a limb she has just amputated. And one specific scene featuring a charging bear, a speeding ambulance, and the upbeat "Just Can't Get Enough" by Depeche Mode is a masterclass in pacing and tone. Speaking of music, Mark Mothersbaugh's soundtrack gives these shenanigans the ideal synth touch. Likewise, the period-appropriate outfit, needle drops, and production design are spot-on without being overt parodies. The adolescent Prince's room is decorated with some particularly creative posters.

It's disappointing that the directors had to take a pause from the action to make us care about these characters as real people because "Cocaine Bear" has done what it does so well for so long. Aaron Holiday as one of the annoying teenagers and Scott Seiss as a paramedic are two outstanding secondary actors who undergo unexpected character development. However, "Cocaine Bear" still succeeds as a heck of a high, even though the tension that had powered the movie for the first two thirds of its brisk running time dips as it approaches its end.