A drugged-up bear unleashes bloody chaos on an eclectic group of people in a Georgia forest.
Campy and pulpy, with dark satire. A late-night trip at a brisk pace. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Netflix.
Nothing past what an R promises: some innuendo or implied sex and strong violence.
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Inspired by a true story, an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converge in a Georgia forest where a 500-pound black bear goes on a murderous rampage after unintentionally ingesting cocaine.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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Reservoir Dogs (1992)Gritty · graphic gore · brutal violence · emotionally heavyA botched jewel heist unravels into a darkly comic, bloody standoff among double-crossing criminals.
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)Dark satire · gritty · full attention · strong violenceA relentless, darkly comic ride through a world of pulpy excess and financial corruption.
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Zombieland (2009)Mildly scary · graphic gore · strong violence · briskSurvivors of a zombie apocalypse discover that their biggest threat might be their own darkly comic dysfunction.Prompts we typed into CouchRot, and the lists that share its tags.
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