“Cocaine Bear” (** out of four) was a brainless horror comedy set in the 1980’s in Georgia when a large black bear unintentionally ingests a large batch of cocaine and goes on a murderous rampage while numerous locals (Keri Russell, O’shea Jackson Jr, Ray Liotta, and others) scramble to stay alive. Amusing only in parts and never as funny, scary, or ferocious as it could have been and should have been, especially since it’s based on a true story! An odd directorial effort from Elizabeth Banks who makes even odder choices of song selections (film plays Depeche Mode’s “I Just Can’t Get Enough” during an attack scene). Sadly, this was Liotta’s final film.

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