Truly Dreadful Film

The Worst Film Ever

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

After seven years in prison Rowan (James Marsden) is requested to come back to his home town in Alaska to find his best friend Johnny Cadillac (Adam Beach) who guided some poachers into a forest region known as the "Grizzly Maze". With poachers killing cubs, bootleg cutters clearing the forest, and the salmon no longer running, Papa Grizzly (Bart the Bear) has become a hunter of men.Several people are in the woods hunting the bear while it is hunting him. Good role for Billy Bob Thornton. Some good up close grizzly attack scenes. The forest looks so pristine, I thought it was CG.Guide: F-bomb, no sex. Nudity (Kelly Curran)

Returning back to his homeland, a man find him and his estranged brother sent off into the wildnerness looking for some lost and stranded friends only to run into a savage killer bear stalking the area and must find a way to help them and the remaining survivors escape alive.This here was quite the decent and enjoyable killer bear effort. As is usually the case with these, once the bear is on-screen the film's is generally at it's best which is the case here with this one really generating some fantastic work here with the strong bear attack scenes in this one. This tends to go for more shorter burst attacks rather than long extended sequences so there's plenty of scenes of the bear going for the quick attack scenes here of the bear attacking the poachers in the remote cabin, the blazingly quick attack on the tree-cutters off the road where he makes for a nice two-shot attack appearing out nowhere to get them and the nice overall attack on the police squad set-up trying to find the others which provide this one with some rather enjoyable attacks. These are just as much fun in the second half where they're out in the wilderness being stalked by the bear which provides this with many more types of chilling, action-packed moments which are quite frequent throughout here with the whole part of the film basically turning into one long, extended sequence of them finding the bodies of the previous encounters and trying to maneuver through the dense, twisting underbrush in an attempt to not only find their way back but also to try to fight off the bear long enough to do so, and these hunting and stalking scenes are great fun. The bear charging after them and bringing them to try to escape makes for some fun moments, and when it gets to the point of having to hunt down the creature that final confrontation makes for a spectacle-packed sequence with their desire to get away and it's sheer relentlessness in continuing to come after them brings a ton of action here to the scenes. As these scenes are based mainly on the use of the real-life bear being involved there's even more to like here by giving the scenes with the creature some real weight behind it as it's featured here, and that comes into play here with the scenes of the gore and bloodshed as there's a more explicit take on the kills due to the use of the real bear. These here all make this one quite fun and enjoyable which is enough to hold out the film's few, minor flaws here. The biggest problem with this one is the fact that there's such a low body-count featured that it really doesn't allow for much sense of danger that the cast is in any real threat here with this one featuring far more survivors than any true body-count. This here probably could've done with either knocking one of them off or either thrown in one more that would help the body count even more. Likewise, there's little about the first half with his returning to the town not being all that interesting and really doesn't generate any kind of interest or sympathy from what's going on and it's just not that enjoyable. These here are what hold this one back somewhat.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Brief Nudity and violence-against-animals.

The only things good here are the settings and the end of that half crap. I highly prefer the Bill Girdler's film, back in 1976. I know there are many bear films in the movie history. This one is not the best anyway, if maybe not the worst either. But everything is badly done. For instance, in the beginning, when the two men begin to fight outside the bar, in front of the girl; well, just after a couple of fist hits, only two seconds, the police car and the ambulance arrive. Rubbish. The audience is full of idiots for the audience or what?and the climax is terrific, I agree, although very unbelievable. I thought the bear would be killed by the boat helix...A foreseeable time waster, not more.

Surprisingly good performances from every actor. The plot is simple, but interest in the the plight of quite sympathetic characters is sustained throughout. Although there is no character development per se, each one is believable. In spite of the simple story, the characters are more than caricatures, as they have more than one dimension. The scenery is gorgeous. Just a bit more time spent on showing its beauty would have given a better understanding of the motivations of the characters. A bit gory in parts, but more is left for the imagination than is shown. Pretty good tension throughout the whole movie as a result of really tight post-production. If you look at the credits, you will be amazed to see how people from around the globe had a hand in making this movie. Wow, what a global process Hollywood has become.