Grizzly Rage (2007) (TV)

User Rating:

2.3/10   

Director:

David DeCoteau

Writer:

Arne Olsen (writer)

Release Date:

16 September 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Ripped apart at the screams!

Plot:

After accidentally killing a bear cub while celebrating graduation in the woods, four teens become the target of a seemingly unstoppable Grizzly.

Plot Keywords:

Bear | Grizzly Bear | Car Trouble | Suv | Forest

Cast

Tyler Hoechlin	...	Wes Harding
Graham Kosakoski	...	Sean Stover
Brody Harms	...	Ritch Petroski
Kate Todd	...	Lauren Findley

Also Known As:

Off Road (Canada: English title)

Runtime:

Canada:86 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:14A | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Company:

Peace Arch Entertainment Group

Trivia:

The scenes with the bear howling were simulated. In reality, the bear standing up on hind legs was happily "smiling" and begging for marshmallows. The roaring sounds were dubbed in later.

Goofs:

Continuity: As the three kids are winching the Jeep back up the hill, all four of the tires are inflated. When the bear turns the Jeep over, the right side tires are flat and coming off of the rims. However, when the two remaining kids are pushing the Jeep, the tires have somehow re inflated themselves.

Quotes:

Wes Harding: You OK?
Lauren Findley: My head is cracked open, my best friend is dead, the car flipped over and no, I'm not OK!

Movie Connections:

References Top Gun (1986)

Soundtrack:

We'll Get to Venus

dumb, but not horrendous

The title told me right from the beginning that "Grizzly Rage" was going to be a bad film. And it is. However, it's not all that bad. I personally feel that although it started out on a truly horrible level that was absolutely bland and pointless and that it ends on an even worse and unexpected level, it slowly turned out to be an acceptable low-budget Sci-Fi flick. It's not an amazing achievement, but it's certainly better than "Python", "King of the Lost World", and "Gryphon" combined.

For once, a real creature is used to portray the monster. All of the scenes with the bear used a real grizzly bear: with a few exceptional scenes where you could easily tell those were manmade paws with rubber claws bashing in on the roof above the characters for the safety of the three actors and the one actress. That's a unique thing about "Grizzly Rage". It's got a cast of only four people. If I'm correct, there are no other people seen in the entire film, not even in the streets of a busy city. So therefore, its cast is just not there to be eaten by the monster. They are taken out one-at-a-time with large intervals of time between deaths with one exception and thankfully, the characters aren't as annoying as they could have been. They are weak characters, underdeveloped, stupid and mindless, and sometimes seemingly blind-until-it's-too-late individuals that use no common sense. As if they know they're suppose to die. But they aren't at the point where all I say is: "Okay, grizzly, just kill them. They're getting on my nerves."

So while "Grizzly Rage" is a bad film in a lot of regards, if you just don't take it too seriously, it'll actually turn out to be one of the better Sci-Fi flicks around. I personally found it to be a good adventure story. Definitely with room for improvement, but acceptable nonetheless. Performances were okay, the bear was real for once. But I just really wish the ending had been done differently. It just didn't work out, not even for a film of this type. Had the ending been different and the beginning made more sense, "Grizzly Rage" would have been a better achievement. But it's surprisingly good as it is.