Grizzly Rage (2007) (TV)

Director:

David DeCoteau

Writer:

Arne Olsen (written by)

Release Date:

16 September 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

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

Directed by
David DeCoteau

Writing credits
Arne Olsen		(written by)

Produced by
Robert Halmi Sr.	....	executive producer
Phyllis Laing	....	producer

Original Music by
Joe Silva

Film Editing by
Bruce Little

Production Design by
Réjean Labrie

Costume Design by
Linda Madden

Production Management
Kate Harrison	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ronaldo Nacionales	....	first assistant director
Rick Skene	....	second unit director

Art Department
Gary Barringer	....	graphic artist
Nick Burns	....	storyboard artist
Bruce Cook	....	set dresser
Olaf Dux	....	construction coordinator
Joe Mohos	....	assistant property master
Robb Paraskevopoulos	....	lead dresser
Remi Verfaillie	....	sets buyer

Sound Department
Don Baker	....	cable puller
Russ Dyck	....	foley artist
Leon Johnson	....	production sound mixer
Bruce Little	....	sound re-recording mixer
Anita Lubosch	....	sound effects editor
Stan Mak	....	boom operator
Paul Morrow	....	dialogue editor

Special Effects by
Jimi Campbell	....	special effects assistant

Stunts
Kristen Sawatzky	....	stunt performer
Dan Skene	....	stunt performer
Rick Skene	....	stunt coordinator
Rick Skene	....	stunt driver
Sean Skene	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
François Balcaen	....	key grip
Jim Campbell	....	generator operator
Allen Fraser	....	still photographer
Jason Heke	....	second assistant camera
Joao Holowka	....	gaffer
Michael Kelly	....	lighting technician
Reil Munro	....	lead grip: second unit

Editorial Department
Brittany Smith	....	assistant editor

Transportation Department
Dave Perich	....	driver
Corey Walker	....	picture vehicles

Other crew
Neal Baksh	....	assistant location manager
Paul Courchaine	....	payroll accountant
Cathie J. Edgar	....	location manager
Wendy Gaboury	....	key accountant
Tanya Mazur	....	script supervisor
Allan McGowan	....	security
Jennifer Omoth	....	first assistant accountant
RoseAnna Schick	....	unit publicist
Michelle Walker	....	key craft service

Production Companies

• Peace Arch Entertainment Group

Distributors

• RHI Entertainment (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• CN Entertainment (2009) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• EuroVideo (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Initiative Cinema One (ICO) (2011) (France) (DVD)
• Syfy Universal (2010) (Belgium) (TV) (limited)
• Syfy Universal (2010) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)

Other Companies

• Post Modern Sound  ADR recording facility

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 bear's name is Koda. Despite the fact that the bear in the movie is female, Koda is male. In places where the filming was too dangerous for a real bear, an actor in a bear suit was employed.

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 The Fast and the Furious (2001)

Soundtrack:

Home

If Howling 3 did not exist, this would be a surefire contender for "Worst film of all time"

I first saw Grizzly Rage, like so many other Big Creature Eating Attractive People films late one night on the Sci Fi channel with a large group of friends while the majority of us were downing sizable amounts of alcohol. As the sub-par Fast and the Furious style credits sequence shot past with a low rent nu-metal band playing in the background, I was still reasonably sober but could feel the effects of two purple nightmares (look them up) taking effect and knew that soon, I would be swimming in a haze of my own creation. For the sake of a cheap laugh or two, I found a pen and paper and wrote down all the things I learned from this movie. The results are as follows:

1. Bears pursue blood vendettas. 2. Americans graduate from high school at the average age of 24. 3. Bears can push land rovers over. 4. Being torn limb from limb by ferocious, man eating bears is nature's way of punishing you for minor traffic violations committed in your youth. 5. Girls tops can magically sew themselves back together after being ripped open. 6. Eating toxic waste makes bears bigger, stronger, more intelligent and far more bloodthirsty than average, rather than the predicted scientific outcome of causing malignant tumors and killing them. 7. Dressing like an extra from a Vanilla Ice video is no guarantee of survival. 8. You can get attacked by a bear, rolled off a cliff in a car, thrown spine first onto a bear trap and spend all day battling for survival on a sun parched strip of mid-western wilderness and still have better skin and hair than Andie McDowell. 9. Bears respond to sass. 10. Smashed land rovers will still run for miles if rolled down a small hill to gather momentum.

In other words folks, this is not great. In fact it's terrible. CGI blood, stock footage, awful characters and death scenes so pathetic they don't even make a group of five young men, drunk off their heads on aftershock concoctions laugh. Avoid.