Cocaine Bearis coming home with Digital and Blu-ray releases this month. The movie has been widely loved by fans and critics alike and enjoyed a good box office run. The reviews call it full ofabsurdity, violence, and humor, and rightfully so. TheElizabeth Banks-directed feature takes inspiration from the 1985 true story of missing cocaine from a drug runner’s plane and the black bear that ate it. While the real bear had a different ending, the dark comedy plays like the bear’s revenge story.
The movie follows a ragtag group of cops, criminals, tourists, and teens coming together to find a 500-pound American black bear, who has ingested a staggering amount of cocaine, and has gone on a coke-fueled rampage. The performances and the primes both paves way for very dark comedic moments laced up in somehigh-octave scenes with the bear.
The Bonus Features
The Blu-Ray and Digital will come with various special bonus features like the alternate ending, some deleted and extended scenes, and gag reels among other things. AnAll Roads Lead to Cokeyfeaturette will showcase the making ofCocaine Bearalong with theensemble castthat brought the movie to life. Another featurette will dissect the action in the feature, from rigging to special effects makeup to some of the actors doing their own stunts, fans will get a view into some of the movie’s hilarious and gory kill scenes. Also, fans will find commentary from director/producer Banks and producerMax Handelmanabout bringing Cokey’s story to life.
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Meet theCocaine BearCast
Cocaine Bearhas been one of its kind with a marketing strategy, asunique as its premise. The trailers and teasers hyped various features of the titular bear, and it was all well worth it as the movie turned out to be a laugh riot on the big screen.Cocaine Bearmade a worldwide total of $84.5 million at the box office and was well-favored by both fans and critics.
The movie castsKeri Russellas Sari,Alden Ehrenreichas Eddie,O’Shea Jackson Jr.as Daveed, the lateRay Liottaas Syd,Isiah WhitlockJr. as Bob,Matthew Rhysas Andrew Thornton,Brooklynn Princeas Dee Dee,Christian Converyas Henry,Jesse Tyler Fergusonas Peter,Kristofer Hivjuas Olaf,Hannah Hoekstraas Elsa andMargo Martindaleas Ranger Liz among many more.
Cocaine Bearis available on Digital and Blu-ray on April 18. In the meantime, check out our interview with Keri Russell below.
