GRIZZLY RAGE is truly one of the most execrable films I've seen. The set up is not dissimilar to THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, except the overage teenagers here go riding around the woods in a remarkably sturdy jeep and fall foul of a grizzly bear rather than a supernatural witch. The stylistic similarities are few and far between, though.Everything about this film is plodding and mundane. The direction is awful, the acting straight out of drama school. There seems to be no semblance of a proper plot, just repetitive 'chase' scenes as the characters are supposedly pursued by an irate bear. The effects are a mix of tame bear footage and a guy in a furry suit and never once believable. Some cheesy gore sequences might have lifted this to appropriate B-movie level, but they never appear, and what we're left with is Z-grade garbage of the lowest level.

I was expecting little from Grizzly Rage, as many creature movies especially if they are low-budget range from slight guilty pleasure-worthy to truly terrible. Grizzly Rage belongs in the latter, really one of the worst films I've seen recently. People are not exaggerating when they say the bear is the best actor, however that is not saying much as through it is not enough of a threat, its range of movements is very few which undermines the tension. But when I say that, it is because the other actors are so terrible, some beautiful people here but no acting talent to match it, coming across as over-earnest or non-existent, mainly the latter. The acting is not the only bad thing about it. I have seen cheaper-looking movies, as the scenery is quite nice, the only redeeming quality of the movie actually, but Grizzly Rage is choppily edited and the bear at times looks like footage out of a nature documentary. The characters are little more than annoying stereotypes that I have many times in creature films and pretty all those times it's the same effect. The bear is the one character you come close to rooting for and that's counting for very little. The actors don't have much to work with either, aside from their annoying characters, the story is far too padded out, goes nowhere too often and when there is anything happening any potential for genuine terror or suspense is wasted for attack scenes that are awkwardly shot, predictable and also contrived. The script is awful as well, stilted and very cheesy, and a lot of the time is just as turgid as the pacing in the middle of the film. All in all, really bad, I struggled to finish it although somehow I managed to. 1/10 and that is only for the scenery. Bethany Cox

Off Road is a more appropriate title for this film. Most of it sees a group of young adults trying to get their car started. Meanwhile they are stalked by a Grizzly bear, that at least looks angry. The hilarity comes during the attack sequences. A couple of bear gloves allow for some slaps to the face and people being grabbed and dragged. There just aren't enough victims or ridiculous deaths to make this fun. The characters are annoying and when the bear is away it's just a downer. The cartoon blood effect is also overused and amateurish, which would be OK if the film wasn't so darn serious. Plenty of killer bear films out there for you to enjoy. Only see this as a last resort.

Why should detritus like this have to have so many lines to get a review on IMDb? Other reviewers voted for the bear, I was hoping my liver would leap out of my body and thrust itself down my throat cutting off oxygen to my lungs and hence my brain. This was wrong not on "so many levels" but on all levels. This movie as far as I could bear (pun intended) to watch it stank. OK, let's start. One girl going off with three guys? not nice... Maybe if they'ld been Church-going types. Even then it's wrong. (Is this actually what the USA is like?) Moving on, they fool around in their 4wd kill a bear cub and then get hunted by the oh so predictable toxically challenged bear mom. The formulaic crash later sees them looking to repair that steamy thing at the front of the car. Not only do they bring a cooler full of empty "evian" bottles, but they don't seem to realize a 4wd means four-wheel-drive, so the "dude, our tyres spinning" line makes the idiots look like they belong in kindergarten, as they and the "people" who made this do. The bear was laughable, no, that's not true, I cried it was that bad. Did the director, producer etc put their names at the start of this? I can't remember. I'm betting they only put it at the end knowing only teenagers intent on scoring might make it to the cringing finish (sorry teenagers, but hey, if it gets you where you're going who cares! right!).Finally, even the scenery was lame.