Bear (film)
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Bear is a natural horror Z movie
directed by John Rebel and stars Patrick Scott Lewis
and Katie Lowes. The film was released on June 4th 2010 in the United Kingdom
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bear. Despite efforts of Sam to convince the group to calmly leave, Nick takes matters into his own hands and shoots the bear down with a handgun. After the bear dies, they are approached by a larger male bear who charges them in revenge, causing them to retreat into their car. In his rage, the bear overturns the car, trapping the humans inside. After striding around for several minutes, the bear leaves, allowing the crew to turn the car back over. But as they start driving, the axles break under both sets of tires, stranding them again. The group tries to leave on foot, but they are ambushed by the bear who chases them to an out-of-ground pipe. He tricks them into leaving for the car again and attacks again; this time he is able to catch Christine who is killed then dragged away while the others watch.
Sam begins to think that the bear is taking out his revenge on them one-by-one due to a native american legend that bears are actually the reincarnated spirits of shaman and are capable of human thoughts and emotion. Nick dismisses this and they set a trap to try to keep the bear in the car in order for them to escape. The trap is sprung, but Sam is nearly killed by the bear, forcing Nick and Liz to release the bear and retreat back into the vehicle themselves. Nick opts as a marathon runner to jog the several miles to the restaurant, but when he arrives he is attacked before he can get help by the bear who followed him. Meanwhile, Liz tells Sam that she and Nick have been having serious financial troubles which has caused a rift in their marriage putting him into extraordinary debt and possibly under scrutiny for embezzlement from Nick's company, which is the reason he gave their father a Porche (as the banks then wouldn't be able to collect it). Nick is returned rather violently by the bear and released to climb into the car. Sam surmises there must be a reason Nick had been returned, and Liz reveals to him that she's pregnant. But it was established earlier that due to the rift in their marriage, they hadn't slept together in about six months while she is two months pregnant. Sam realizes that he is the father, due to an affair he and Liz had months prior which breaks Nick's heart and Sam realizes the true reason the bear had locked all three of them together; Nick, realizing that Liz might be happier with Sam offers to sacrifice himself and attack the bear so the other two can escape, as he is dying, Sam rushes to help and is killed as well. The bear approaches Liz, who sinks to her knees as the bear sniffs her, closing her eyes ready to die. But the attack never comes, and the bear instead leaves her alone, likely having sensed her pregnancy. As she begins down the road by herself, the camera turns to the bodies of Sam and Nick lying next to each other and the screen goes black.
Z movie
The term Z movie arose in the mid-1960s as an informal description of certain unequivocally non-A films. It was soon adopted to characterize low-budget pictures with quality standards well below those of most B movies and even so-called C movies...
directed by John Rebel and stars Patrick Scott Lewis
Patrick Scott Lewis
Patrick Scott Lewis is an American TV, film and theatre actor.He studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. His screen career began with the role of Paul on NBC's American Dreams...
and Katie Lowes. The film was released on June 4th 2010 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
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Plot
Business man Nick, his wife Liz and his brother musician Sam with his girlfriend Christine are driving through a remote countryside. Nick, not wanting to arrive at their father's birthday dinner after them is driving erratically and fast, but when he takes a shortcut to a back road through some woodlands. Several miles in, the tire gets a flat and they are unable to get cell phone signals to call for help. While repairing the car, Nick confronts Sam about how he thinks Sam is wasting his life being a musician, his latest fling with Christine being another mistake on his judgement list. As they are arguing, they are approached by a grizzlyGrizzly
Grizzly may refer to:* Grizzly bear , a North American bear* Grizzly , a Marvel Comics character* Grizzly , a novel in Gary Paulsen's World of Adventure series...
bear. Despite efforts of Sam to convince the group to calmly leave, Nick takes matters into his own hands and shoots the bear down with a handgun. After the bear dies, they are approached by a larger male bear who charges them in revenge, causing them to retreat into their car. In his rage, the bear overturns the car, trapping the humans inside. After striding around for several minutes, the bear leaves, allowing the crew to turn the car back over. But as they start driving, the axles break under both sets of tires, stranding them again. The group tries to leave on foot, but they are ambushed by the bear who chases them to an out-of-ground pipe. He tricks them into leaving for the car again and attacks again; this time he is able to catch Christine who is killed then dragged away while the others watch.
Sam begins to think that the bear is taking out his revenge on them one-by-one due to a native american legend that bears are actually the reincarnated spirits of shaman and are capable of human thoughts and emotion. Nick dismisses this and they set a trap to try to keep the bear in the car in order for them to escape. The trap is sprung, but Sam is nearly killed by the bear, forcing Nick and Liz to release the bear and retreat back into the vehicle themselves. Nick opts as a marathon runner to jog the several miles to the restaurant, but when he arrives he is attacked before he can get help by the bear who followed him. Meanwhile, Liz tells Sam that she and Nick have been having serious financial troubles which has caused a rift in their marriage putting him into extraordinary debt and possibly under scrutiny for embezzlement from Nick's company, which is the reason he gave their father a Porche (as the banks then wouldn't be able to collect it). Nick is returned rather violently by the bear and released to climb into the car. Sam surmises there must be a reason Nick had been returned, and Liz reveals to him that she's pregnant. But it was established earlier that due to the rift in their marriage, they hadn't slept together in about six months while she is two months pregnant. Sam realizes that he is the father, due to an affair he and Liz had months prior which breaks Nick's heart and Sam realizes the true reason the bear had locked all three of them together; Nick, realizing that Liz might be happier with Sam offers to sacrifice himself and attack the bear so the other two can escape, as he is dying, Sam rushes to help and is killed as well. The bear approaches Liz, who sinks to her knees as the bear sniffs her, closing her eyes ready to die. But the attack never comes, and the bear instead leaves her alone, likely having sensed her pregnancy. As she begins down the road by herself, the camera turns to the bodies of Sam and Nick lying next to each other and the screen goes black.
Cast
- Katie Lowes as Christine
- Mary Alexandra Stiefvater as Liz
- Patrick Scott LewisPatrick Scott LewisPatrick Scott Lewis is an American TV, film and theatre actor.He studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. His screen career began with the role of Paul on NBC's American Dreams...
as Sam - Brendan Michael Coughlin as Nick