The Name Cast draws Attention to this "Monster on the Loose' Movie. James Marsden, Thomas Jane, Billy Bob Thornton, Scott Glenn, and Piper Perabo.Oh Yea..."Bart the Bear" gets Opening On Screen Credit too.All do Workmanlike efforts to make this an Entertaining Out of Doors Thriller. It's all about the Killings, Maulings, and Shreddings done in Thankfully "R" Rated fashion. The Story is Weak but at times is Interesting Enough to Listen. The "Pissed-Off" Grizzly is Hostile because of Greedy Poachers and Bootleg Loggers. He's Smarter than the Average Bear and has taken it upon Himself to Do Something about these Homo Sapiens. He's there to "Kick-Ass and Chew Bubblegum"...oh wait... He's doesn't Chew Bubblegum, just Human Flesh. In one of the Movie's Best Lines, Billy Bob Thornton's Nerdy but Lethal Hunter says..."This bear doesn't care if you're a Poacher or a Tree Hugger, You all taste the same."Overall, Worth a Watch for some B-Movie Excitement. It's done on the Semi-Cheap and these Type of Things have been around since Forever. "Are You Not Entertained?" Only You can answer that question.

This is one of, if not the worst movies I have ever seen. Never has a movie gotten me so angry that I was yelling at the screen. I was still angry just thinking about it the next day. Ridiculously useless characters and a bear that is apparently a ninja. The female characters are just there to be rescued, they serve no other purpose. Why is one of the girls deaf? It does not add anything substantial to the story, just makes her more of a damsel in distress to be rescued. This movie had a few really good actors that I really like, and it wasted them. Somehow the experienced hunter can't shoot a thirteen foot tall and four to five foot wide bear. There is a scene at the end of the movie where they are trying to escape onto the boat from the beach. Scott Glenns character has a gun and it gets knocked out of his hands by the bear and he gets attacked. Do the other characters grab the gun and help save him? No, they just stand there and yell at the bear instead and let his character get killed, because he is a bad guy, and all of the bad guys must die. Avoid this movie if you can, if you want to watch a bear attack movie, watch Backcountry instead, that is actually a really good movie.

Don't be fooled by the title or bear sighting of this movie, this is actually a slasher movie in disguise. Every clichés from three decades ago is here , including bear killer that pops out of nowhere, people stumbling when being chased and even the incompetent acts from the characters simply because the demand of plot. It's a mix of cheap effect and surprisingly famous names, but still a B movie.The premise is simple, albeit slightly forced. A bear is on the loose, and this bear is particularly special for its murderous rampage. There are a lot of famous actors here such as Patrick Madsen, Thomas Jane and Billy Bob Thornton. All of which have plenty experience on action movies, even the supporting characters are familiar faces from either cinema or TV show.However, the large cast doesn't mean a good story. As a matter of fact, the movie attempts to create too many subplots and none of them feel fascinating. There's the usual estranged family bonded together over the crisis, the tough guy who's determined to cap this bear and a couple girls who seem like padding to prolong movie.This is far from a genuine survival story, the bear literally pops up out of nowhere like a paranormal stalker, which is strange considering the number of people assembled. It also has plot armor which makes the humans momentarily miss all their shots or this bulky bear manages to dodge in the nick of time. There's a mountain of inconsistencies here, and it just piles up towards the end, especially with the visibly subpar CGI.One might get a bit of enjoyment from the slight horror, but Into the Grizzly Maze is nothing more than a poor imitation of Jaws or slasher flick, only with bear.

As a hunter and military man this was tough to watch. Its as if a tree hugger went out and made a hunting film. Let me just list the unbelievable happenings. I would not have been so disappointed except for the story build up. The people involved grew up hunting. The are all experienced woos people and yet they act like they are in the woods for the first time. 1. Deputy sees the bear, instead of using his hunting rifle he pulls out his pistol and starts shooting at long range. Of course he just hits trees. 2. 4 people and 2 rifles, 1 of which is a dart rifle. So they throw the dart rifle away because everyone knows 1 rifle is better than 2. 3. The scene i was looking forward to was billy bob meeting the bear, and everyone who watches these shows knows the bad hunter would lose. But they didn't even show the first meeting. All you heard was some shots and then you see his horse running away. Such a let down. 4. The group is down to 1 rifle and when the hero goes off to let the bear astray, of course in the first encounter he loses the rifle. 5. The sheriff knows there's a killer bear in the woods. So when he goes to meet the group he brings a shotgun and no extra rifles. Every beginning hunter knows you don't bring a shotgun hunting big game. And where are the big bore handguns experienced people carry in bear country. What we see are little semi autos being used at long range hitting a lot of branches. 6. So we see an experienced nature photographer out in the woods setting snares. So what happens when she sees a bear? She walks into the trap she just set. Really??? 7. The hero says he will take the first watch. There's a killer bear out here after all, but when he gets cold he crawls into a tent and neglects to tell anyone. Of course thats when the bear comes. The scenery was great and the acting was good but so unbelievable unless you have never been in the woods.