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Claws with MANY flaws
This film was the first to rip off Spielberg's masterpiece, Jaws, followed quickly by Orca. No suspense, crappy dialogue, overuse of red kayo syrup,( blood), no originality. I couldn't wait for the entire cast to get eaten, so I could turn this off. Gee, Brody as the ranger, Quint as the grizzly expert, and Hooper as the copter pilot, Wow, I never noticed. Some of the worst makeup and slowmotion you will ever see. Hell, the grizzly actually looks petable, how ferrocious. Soundtrack is enough to make you hurl, better yet spending money on this film will make you lose your appetite. This is probably the worst looking,(grainy), dvd I have ever seen. The producers even know this piece of trash isn't worth remastering. Skip this exploitation film and view Jaws or even Piranha, which is a tongue in cheek tribute to Jaws. Grizzly doesn't roar, it whimpers....big time.

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Nostalgic fun, but poor DVD quality; dated un-scary JAWS rip-off
I remember being nine-years-old and seeing the newspaper and TV ads for GRIZZLY and being scared to death and begging my parents to let me go see it - so my friend snuck into a DRIVE-IN (remember those?) and saw it...well, now re-watching this mediocre, Grade-Z JAWS rip-off on DVD, I must say, the movie hasn't aged very well. What seemed scary and really GORY at the time (at least the first two girl attacks), now comes off as mildly graphic and very FAKE looking. Still, any movie with B-movie hero GEORGE MCLURE can't be all bad, and the grizzly is sorta fun, even if he's NOT very frightening and looks more like a tame zoo animal than the 15-foot killer he's purported to be!The "climax" doesn't really make sense, but for such a cheap price, this DVD is still fun to take you back to the good-ol days of 70s el-cheapo horror flicks that were a dime a dozen, and looked like it! MINUS points for NO extras at all - not even for TRAILER or TV SPOT for god-sake! Still, the CLASSIC campy cover art is almost worth the price of admission for collectors.

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"Paws," or better yet, "Claws"
Okay, I think everyone going in knows that this is another one of those "nature-runs-amok" flicks. If you're a fan of these types of movies you'll enjoy "Grizzly;" you won't be blown away or anything, but it's a nice little time-waster. <
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>"Grizzly" was made one year after the hugely-successful "Jaws." It's obvious that the creators wanted to profit from that film's popularity because the plot is basically the same, albeit with a different animal, land instead of ocean, etc. The main difference, however, is that "Jaws" was a first-rate film, whereas "Grizzly" is strictly Grade B. <
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>How can one tell? Well, First rate films like "Jaws," "Raiders of the Lost Ark" or "The Bridge on the River Kwai" stand the test of time -- although you can tell they're older films for obvious reasons, they're so well done on all levels that you hardly even notice. Grade B films like "Grizzly," however, do not pulsate with creative originality, they lack that certain pizzazz to set them apart. <
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>This is not to say that "Grizzly" isn't entertaining; it is, as long as you understand going in that you're seeing a Grade B Jaws-on-land type flick. We're not talking "Apocalypse Now" here. <
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>WHAT WORKS: The Northern Georgia location -- Black Rock Mountain State Park -- is a pleasant surprise. If you enjoy deep forest adventure type movies, then this film's for you. <
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>The scene wherein the bruin destroys a fire outlook post is good. <
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>WHAT DOESN'T WORK: aside from the obvious "Jaws" rip-off and Grade B film problems mentioned above, the grizzly in the picture doesn't look as big as they say it is. In the movie the bear is supposed to be a prehistoric survivor, some 15 feet tall or so. Don't get me wrong here, the thought of running into a grizzly is frightening enough, ask my wife who had a nervous breakdown on a trail in Glacier National Park, Montana (one of only two areas where grizzlies still dwell in the lower 48). It's just that the bear doesn't look as big as they SAY it is in the film. <
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>Also, as with most Grade B fare, the score is substandard and dated. <
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>FINAL ANALYSIS: Think rip-off, think Grade B, think "Paws" or "Claws," and you won't be disappointed.