UnBEARable Bloodbath: Dissecting the Kills – From rigging to special effects makeup, to some of the actors doing their own stunts, we’ll get a bears-eye view into some of the hilarious and gory kill scenes. Turn off your mind, relax, and let the absurdity reign with this gory dark comedy, which looks and sounds great on Blu-ray. Set in 1985 and based on a true story, Cocaine Bear begins with a drug kingpin throwing sports bags full of cocaine from an aircraft, with the aim of doing a deal with gangster Syd White (Ray Liotta, in one of his final roles) once he has leapt from the plane and opened his parachute. Unfortunately for him, his exit goes a bit wrong when he leaps and bags his head, sending him careering to the ground at a rapid pace and not being able to collect his drugs. definitely more of a fine tuning than it is a complete overhaul, no surprise considering that the Blu-ray was awarded a perfect core for its 1080p Cocaine Bear comes with an English DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 mix that is downmixed to 5.1 on my configuration. This mix has deep, resounding low end, and wide panning across the front. The dynamics are excellent, and dialogue is clear over the fray of audio effects. The Supplements

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There are also some short featurettes included here. All Roads Lead to Cokey: The Making Of Cocaine Bear is a nine minute piece that introduces the main cast members, spends some time with director Banks and offers some details about the real life situation that inspired the movie in the first place. UnBEARable Bloodbath: Dissecting The Kills is an eight minute piece that looks at what went into creating the different kill scenes featured in the movie. Doing Lines is a four minute piece where different cast members practice their lines. the original issue and considering just how good the Blu-ray is, a recommendation for a repeat buy is difficult right out of the gate. First time buyers Though not a fault of the transfer, the CGI effects (particularly the bear) are a bit sketchy. After all, there's no way to hide budget effects in a 1080p transfer. So should fans just wait for the inevitable 4K release from Universal now? Is that what they’re thinking we want? All Roads Lead to Cokey: The Making of Cocaine Bear– Meet the hilarious ensemble brought together to bring the movie of what is soon to be the world’s most famous bear to life.While I usually don't upvote the guy who says "not buying this", I had to give it to dougkuhn because this is what happens when studios screw their customers. The number of people who double dip is low, and the number of people who get pissed is high. While the official reason is "we're trying to see what's popular enough to sell on 4K", they know and we know that's bullshit. The real reason is they want to make more money. Elsewhere in the woods, two kids - Dee Dee (Brooklynn Prince) and her pal Henry (Christian Convery) – have skipped school so that they could go paint. They come across the cocaine and try it out, and soon enough Dee Dee is missing and Henry is literally up a tree. Liz and a bear expert Peter (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) come across them, but it doesn’t go well. When Dee Dee’s mom , Sari (Kari Russell), realizes her daughter has skipped class, she heads out to look for her.

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There are brief featurettes and a “making-of” in addition to an alternate ending and over four-minutes of deleted and extended scenes that continue the insanity. The audio commentary with director Elizabeth Banks and producer Max Handelman is the key inclusion. There's also a piece on the cast, a making of featurette about the film's numerous bloody kills, a gag reel, and more. For more about Cocaine Bear 4K and the Cocaine Bear 4K Blu-ray release, see Cocaine Bear 4K Blu-ray Review published by Martin Liebman on September 22, 2023 where this Blu-ray release scored 3.5 out of 5. stability in each region of light and dark. The image deepens natural greens while also making them brighter and more vivid. The same is said of

human flesh -- to find its next fix. The drugs are scattered all over the park, and they are also all over some of the people in the park. As the bear Immediately apparent on its night time airborne prologue, the film looks fantastic. Detail is absolutely razor sharp, with the expected fine lines of clothing and skin textures all present and correct and nestling nicely alongside the pristine edges of the various locations and sets used throughout. Patterns from start to finish – be they intricate clothing designs or simply the foliage of the beautiful and lush scenery – are clearly distinct and look thoroughly natural. Maybe not quite best in class as say something like The Matrix Resurrections, but very good nonetheless. These are further unhindered by the pristine image source – no pesky grain to obscure any of the fine detail underneath.

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The 2160p resolution allows for a more finely clear and precise picture. There is no mistaking the natural glossy sheen to the image. It looks very Extras start off with a feature commentary with Director/Producer Elizabeth Banks and Producer Max Handelman. It’s a decent talk that goes over the inspiration for the movie, casting the film, working with the different actors, the locations, the effects work and quite a bit more. Directed by Elizabeth Banks (Charlie's Angels, Pitch Perfect 2) from a screenplay by Jimmy Warden (The Babysitter: Killer Queen), Cocaine Bear is produced by Oscar® winners Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, The Mitchells vs. The Machines) for Lord Miller, Elizabeth Banks (Pitch Perfect franchise) and Max Handelman (Pitch Perfect franchise) for Brownstone Productions, Brian Duffield (Spontaneous) for Jurassic Party Productions and Aditya Sood (The Martian) for Lord Miller. The film is executive produced by Robin Mulcahy Fisichella, Alison Small and Nikki Baida.Universal's 2160p/HDR UHD presentation of Cocaine Bear does indeed offer a fairly stout visual upgrade over the very excellent Blu-ray, but bright sunlit areas and shadows is very well pronounced, and the characteristics of each are seamless and share the screen with excellent contrast