The Edge

I can't believe how many awesome Survivor movies were made in 1997! Anaconda, Alien Resurrection, Cube, Event Horizon, The Lost World, Starship Troopers...and the most Survivor-esque of them all: The Edge. What a great year.

In The Edge, four men take a quick flight over the Alaskan wilderness in search of an Indian man for their photoshoot. The plot is so very non-epic which is great. The movie teased me in the beginning with a cabin full of several other people. I thought -oh yay- a large expedition into the woods, but no, they all stay back at the cabin safe and sound. After smashing through a flock of birds, the four men's plane crashes. They are stranded out in the middle of the wilderness and being hunted by that bear.

The pilot dies in the crash leaving us quite quickly with just 3 men left: Alec Baldwin, Anthony Hopkins and Michael from Lost.

Stephen (aka Michael) gets seriously injured and later eaten by the bear in one of the most frightening scenes.

Things get heated when it's just Charles (Hopkins) and Bob (Baldwin) left. Charles' wife is cheating on him with Bob, and Bob is on this trip to kill Charles out in the wilderness ($$$).

Charles outsmarts the bear and Bob [justly] gets fatally wounded and does not make it back.

My final word: The Edge is a good movie, but not very fun to rewatch.

Grizzly Park

It's Gonna Be A Bear. That's what the sub-text on the DVD says. I picked up one of the "Limited Edition" versions that has a glossy cardboard sleeve over the DVD case. I always hate those things. I believe that only great movies deserve a cardboard sleeve. I know they must be cheap to produce and they make the movie look better and therefore they probably rake in more dough- but still. A movie like Grizzly Rage does not deserve a fancy cardboard sleeve! Especially one as cool as the one on the Limited Edition. OH did I just call the movie Grizzly Rage? I meant Grizzly PARK. Grizzly Rage was that other bear movie. If you're interested in watching a bunch of young hotties run around the forest being ripped apart by a bear I definitely recommend Grizzly PARK and not Grizzly RAGE. The plots aren't exactly the same but they still feel like the same movie. The plot of Grizzly Park actually reminded me of See No Evil. A bunch of hooligans sent to do community service run into trouble and they all get killed (oops!) as karma bites them in the butt.

Synopsis: As part of a new rehabilitation program, eight unrepentant young adults must serve a week of community service in a remote California forest preserve known as Grizzly Park. Under the supervision of stalwart, no-nonsense Ranger Bob, this group of rotten-to-the-core bad apples is offered an opportunity to seek redemption on their journey through the woods. But while Ranger Bob seeks to provide both literal and spiritual guidance to the reluctant campers, an escaped serial killer with an insatiable bloodlust has also found his way into the park. As it happens, however, he's not the only lethal hunter on the loose...

The movie started out well and I actually found myself saying that it might not be too bad. Remember of course, I live for these types of movies so it doesn't take much to please me. There were many times where I seriously thought the movie would turn into a porno. I kept reminding myself that it said rated R for violence and gore; not nudity. Unfortunately the acting in this movie is very bad and the bear attacks are lame. Not as lame as the bear attacks in Savage Planet but close. I would say the attacks are better than they were in Grizzly Rage but you never actually see the bear attack in that movie! So as far as bear movies go Grizzly Park is definitely number two. Number one being The Edge which was an actual movie and actually frightening!



Which one of these characters survives? Click here for spoilers

First Victim: Ranger Mike. Jerry is the serial killer and when he gets Ranger Mike alone he puts a knife in him.

Second Victim: Jerry. The bear says "Hey that's my job!" and rips Jerry's head off.

Third Victim: KiKi. She sees a wolf, runs, gets chased [blood], [blood], dead.

Fourth Victim: Ty. He gets sprung up in a wolf trap. The bear comes along and has his way with Ty.

Fifth Victim: Scab. He gets high sniffing gasoline. He sees the bear and thinks its Trickster (Trickster just so happens to have a bear costume). But nope it's not Trickster.

Sixth Victim: Trickster. He tries to scare the others with his bear costume. Then the real bear runs up behind him and knocks Tricksters skull off.

Seventh Victim: Lola. She runs from the bear but the bear grabs her and rips her body in half. [intestines] [guts]

Eighth Victim: Ryan. Gets pulled out of a window by the bear.

Ninth Victim: Candy. The bear corners her in a little shack.

Tenth Victim: Bebe. She thinks she's the winner like this was Survivor (hahahahahahahahahahaha) and she plans to kill Ranger Bob. But then we learn Ranger Bob is actually a bear wrangler and has planned this whole massacre. Bebe then runs into the bear and he rips one of her implants out and tosses it.

Survivors: Ranger Bob and the Bear.