Synopsis
Two estranged brothers reunite at their childhood home in the Alaskan wild. They set out on a two-day hike and are stalked by an unrelenting grizzly bear.
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Cast
- James MarsdenRowan
- Thomas JaneBeckett
- Piper PeraboMichelle
- Scott GlennSully
- Michaela McManusKaley
- Billy Bob ThorntonDouglass
- Adam BeachJohnny Cadillac
- Kelly CurranAmber
- Reese AlexanderGerry Smith
- Bart the Bear IIRed Machine
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Village Voice
What keeps Maze humming is Hackl's firm sense of narrative tension. He knows character and dialogue are icing in films like this, so it's taut pacing, editing, and sound design that are crucial. (The actors are all fine, playing everything straight, sans irony.) The final showdown is ludicrous and thrilling -- as it should be. - 63
Slant Magazine
David Hackl often shoots his bear in fashions that accent its lumbering, powerful grace, even during its death rattle. - 30
Los Angeles Times
Rarely do you sense that any key performer was ever in the vicinity of a real animal. - 25
RogerEbert.com
Into the Grizzly Maze is bad where it counts, and tedious throughout.
