Bear hits cinemas today (February 24) – and is expected to scare up a storm at the box office.Based on the 1985 story about an American Black Bear that ingested a duffle bag’s worth of coke, Cocaine Bear doesn’t stick to the facts.
Instead of being found dead by police shortly after its drug binge, the furry beast goes on a murderous rampage, attacking anyone who gets in its way.
These innocent bystanders include two schoolchildren playing truant in the woods – and the search party that goes to find them (led by outdoorsy mum Sari, played by Keri Russell).
Later, a drug dealer duo (played by Solo‘s Alden Ehrenreich and O’Shea Jackson Jr.) join the fray, desperate to track down more of the bags that have been strewn across the Georgia countryside.
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