Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Grizzly’

Written by Scott Edwards

Many people believe that going camping is relaxing and a good way to reconnect with nature. While I share those views, I also know how much trouble you can get into if you veer too far away from the assigned camping locations. With dangers that you possibly never thought about when entering the camp site, the responsible rangers make sure you know what you can be in for. With so many unknowns in the woods, it is better to be safe than sorry, and if you are told to be careful of anything, you better pay attention, because they are telling you that for a reason.

With his new assignment for the day, Ranger Michael Kelly is ready to show Allison Corwin the sights around the park. With little to nothing going on and campers all around, it should be an easy assignment and since she is pretty as well, Kelly wants to turn up the charm. But their time together gets interrupted when reports of a bear attack come over the wire and the two head out to check it out. With two girls being torn limb from limb, Kelly knows that a warning needs to be sent out but is stopped when the park supervisor does not want to hurt the park's profit margin.

Needing to find the bear that attacked the poor girls, Kelly takes to the skies with pilot Don Stober to get a bird’s eye view of the park. Not able to pinpoint where the bear might be making its home, the two see something on the ground that might be what they are looking for but find out quickly that it is not. Arthur Scott is searching for his own clues about what kind of bear would be attacking and eating humans, as the normal brown and black bears in the hills do nothing of the sort. Using his scientific method, Scott is able to pinpoint that the bear is a grizzly and must be standing over fifteen feet tall. Thinking that the rich man is out of his mind, the group head back home for the day, only to find out that another attack has taken place at the waterfall.

As a fourth attack takes place at a popular camp site, Kelly demands that the park be shut down, but his supervisor once again is hesitant. Getting local hunters on the case, Kelly is dumbfounded and wants the drunk men out of his park. But since the hunters are the best bet at getting the bear before anyone else gets hurt, they are allowed to stay and take shots at whatever comes their way, as long as it is a bear. Getting his own men together to stage a hunt for the massive beast, one of the rangers is sad to report that the bear has been spotted by one of the hunters and he is in the hospital. With time ticking before the next attack, Kelly and his crew are looking for a way to put the bear down before things get worse, but the grizzly cannot be stopped.

Talk about a bear with a one-track mind. After he gets a taste for women, he never wants to go back. With the only victims that the bear eats being women, the jokes are made about it having good taste and I am sorry, but I could not stop laughing. Let me tell you, they don’t make movies like this anymore and when they try, they fall drastically short of what this movie accomplished. The cast really had to deliver to make this movie watchable and I am happy to say that they did. With some flying limbs, plenty of blood, bullshit being said once, a maverick ranger and the man behind the curtain really calling the shots, you get to see a bear attack movie like never before. I just hope that nobody gets to see it in real life, because a massive bear is one thing, but stopping it is something completely different. Stay Scared.

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