Boring, over-political, tech fuzed mess

A Brilliant Conflict

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

First of all, I think I should admit to anything I thought was good about this movie before getting to what I REALLY think about it. So what's good? Well, this is a rare Canadian movie where the setting is actually in Canada. And... um... well, the movie gave work to a bunch of Canadians in front of and behind the camera. Apart from those two things, I can't think of anything good to say about "Grizzly Rage". If you have seen other movies by director David DeCoteau, you probably have a good idea as to what to expect. The movie is ridiculously padded - there are a ton of scenes here that serve no purpose except to pad out the running time. The characters are unbelievably stupid for the most part, with their stupidity also stretching out the movie. And since this movie was made for television, there is no real exploitation material on display - no swearing, no nudity, no sex, and no graphic violence. This isn't a movie - it's product.

first off if you run over a grizzly cub , of course the mother is gonna be mad and go on the rampage,, these stupid little teenagers deserved exactly what they got.. so after the run over the cub, the mother furioulsly tracks down the dumb teens one by one,, their jeep get's wrecked so now they are on foot, one guy leaves to go get help ,, we know what happens to him,, the others are left for momma bear to come by for a visit. overall this movie was kinda silly, dumb in a way but somehow managed to hold my attention,, probably cause of the blonde hot girl they used in here as eye candy. i think this movie should have really aired on animal planet instead of sci-fi go figure. i thought the blood splatter on the camera was pretty cool though.

Why should detritus like this have to have so many lines to get a review on IMDb? Other reviewers voted for the bear, I was hoping my liver would leap out of my body and thrust itself down my throat cutting off oxygen to my lungs and hence my brain. This was wrong not on "so many levels" but on all levels. This movie as far as I could bear (pun intended) to watch it stank. OK, let's start. One girl going off with three guys? not nice... Maybe if they'ld been Church-going types. Even then it's wrong. (Is this actually what the USA is like?) Moving on, they fool around in their 4wd kill a bear cub and then get hunted by the oh so predictable toxically challenged bear mom. The formulaic crash later sees them looking to repair that steamy thing at the front of the car. Not only do they bring a cooler full of empty "evian" bottles, but they don't seem to realize a 4wd means four-wheel-drive, so the "dude, our tyres spinning" line makes the idiots look like they belong in kindergarten, as they and the "people" who made this do. The bear was laughable, no, that's not true, I cried it was that bad. Did the director, producer etc put their names at the start of this? I can't remember. I'm betting they only put it at the end knowing only teenagers intent on scoring might make it to the cringing finish (sorry teenagers, but hey, if it gets you where you're going who cares! right!).Finally, even the scenery was lame.

The movie seems to start out with the makings of a good Sci-Fi Channel creature flick - average acting, questionable plot, teenagers in the middle of nowhere, and a mutant bear. How did it go so wrong? (I mean that seriously.)I am of the persuasion that if you don't want to see a bad movie, you would not be watching (or even looking up) a movie with "Grizzly" in the title. Hence it is not fair to hold the movie's own lousiness against it - you should have known that, expected that, and indeed -hoped- for that going in. So disregard anyone giving this movie a 1 right off the bat - if you were looking for a masterpiece, and picked this to watch, you aren't too bright yourself.But here's a review for the -rest- of the crowd, people who wanted something crummy, low-budget, with mediocre acting and bad special effects - something comparable to all the other Sci-Fi channel movies. I -love- those movies, and appreciate the fact that their crumminess is part of their charm. But I think what the writers here failed to realize is that there's a difference between eating a delicious steak a few bites at a time, and having 72 ounces crammed down your throat at once. (Maybe comparing a delicious steak to a movie's crumminess isn't the best metaphor, but it's the best I could come up with). The point is there's just too much awfulness to take in, and it's just unpleasant.The first maybe 30 minutes or so are actually pretty decent, but after that the movie just sort of meanders around and nothing happens (I don't mean in terms of plot - no plot is fine, but no action? Come on.) In hindsight, I should have expected this - after all, how much can really happen between 4 teens and a bear? So although special effects, acting, etc are more or less on par with other Sci-Fi Channel movies, this movie fails in the one place a lousy movie never should - it fails to entertain. And without any entertainment value, all the other weaknesses begin to shine through, and you realize just how bad it really is.So - I'd recommend pretty much anything else. If you have your heart set on the bears-attack genre, "Grizzly Park" was not too bad. If you want a decent Sci-Fi Channel movie, "Aztec Rex" was pretty awesome. If all else fails, I guess watch this, but maybe consider doing your taxes during the middle hour to throw in some excitement.