Have you ever seriously thought what it would be like to be shot? If I ever consider the - not particularly nice - possibility my mind always comes back to that early scene in 'Reservoir Dogs' where Mr Orange has been 'tagged' in the belly and is writhing around in a bl00dy mess. I'm guessing that would what it would probably be like - to have a piece of burning metal blasted through your soft organs at great speed.
The reason I started with that was because 2015's 'Into the Grizzly Maze' is about a big ol' bear who starts tearing people apart in an American forest. Now, I could get behind that principal if the victims the bear was after were, for example, children. I.e. they would be scared, not really know what to do in such a scary situation and - most importantly - not be armed!
However, the - fully grown men - the bear is after are either professional bear hunters, or police officers. And, of course, they're armed. Now, this bear is supposed to be extra big for its species, yet it somehow is able to 'creep up on' a human without being heard, appearing next to them for a kill/jump scare. Now, if that wasn't unbelievable enough, the human do actually manage to shoot it. A lot.
I don't care how big the bear is - it's mortal. Any bullet (assuming the bang from the gun itself didn't just frighten it away!) - even from a handgun - would cause the animal enormous pain and send it lumbering in the opposite direction. But the bullets seem to just bounce off it before it - seemingly - disappears in the forest ready to jump out on our hapless heroes without them noticing.
Okay, the cast is pretty good with Thomas Jane, Billy Bob Thornton and Cyclops from the 'X-men,' but the overall premise of this film just kind of made it too unbelievable to be taken seriously. It could have been good. It should have been good. It just didn't sit right for me.
4/10 You can watch this film while you're doing the ironing (you'll still get the general gist of it)
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