‘Does Hollywood every come up with an original idea anymore’- LOLOL.
Let me present to you: Cocaine Bear. And yes, I realize that this is LOOSELY based on a true story, but the real story is much tamer than this movie script. Apparently in 1985, someone running drugs on a plane to Columbia needed to dump weight and dropped one of the duffel bags filled with cocaine into the woods in rural Tennessee. Months later a bear was discovered next to the torn up duffel bag of cocaine. The bear, nicknamed ‘Pablo Eskobear,’ actually did die of a cocaine overdose. But there is no evidence that he went on a cocaine fueled rampage that we see as the primary plot in this movie*. As is almost always the case, truth is more boring than fiction.
But sign me up for this bad boy. It looks like it’s going to be 95 minutes of fast action, gratuitous CGI violence, and crude language. Check, check, check.
*I’ve been trying to come up with a Tony Montana bear name like Pablo Eskobear and I can’t do it and it’s driving me insane.
PS: TEDDY MONTANA! Got it!
Double PS: Ray Liotta has more than just this movie coming out, but one of his last pieces of work being Cocaine Bear is pure poetry.
Triple PS: This movie is SCREAMING for a Liam Neeson appearance. Liam Neeson from Taken could take this bear down one-on-one.
