Grizzly II: The Predator

This movie is easily one of the worst hack jobs I have ever seen. Why in the love of fudge would you take an unfinished film from the 1980s and pad it out with stock footage from the 2010s instead of using stock footage that was around when production was initially halted? Those clips stick out like a sore thumb and completely take me out of the film. This movie is all a giant train wreck from start to finish, every decision they made while stitching together this Frankensteinian abomination is the absolute wrong, worst possible choice they could have made.

William Girdler made Grizzly, Day of the Animals, and The Manitou which are all amazing films. I'm willing to bet that had he been alive to see what became of this movie, cease and desist orders would have been sent out fast enough to make your head spin. This is a complete insult to his legacy that no doubt has him turning in his grave. I myself have zero film-making experience and I could have put this film together better. Ed Wood could have done a better job!

If this is the best they could have done, they shouldn't have even bothered. Nothing in the new footage syncs up with the old stuff, things that are meant to be in the same location look like they are miles away. This "movie" is little more than a compilation of stock footage with the thinnest plot possible and it's a complete waste of time, effort, and money. Not just yours, but everyone who "finished" it. Shame on all of you.

Watching Grizzly 2 without Dad seemed useless but i found it thru Movies Unlimited and got it for EASTER. It should have stayed lost. It was awful. I mean one of the very worst. The 1st one can't be beat anyway, there is not beating the original. Dad loved that one so much i still have his VHS i haven't the heart to get rid of it yet. This one was pitiful. I give it 1 star but i really don't know why. Rhys Davies was good in it, maybe that's why.

I read comments that there were problems with the animatronic 14" bear". That may be what techs were told in the US but there was NO such item. The 14 foot version was a puppet that was only intended to be used on the full sized stage and all those shots were completed before leaving Hungary. The half size animatronic version was complete and working prior to leaving Hungary too and we shot tests of it at that time. I had an agreement with Joe Proctor to direct the half size effects unit and all elements ( other than the man in a suit version which was almost complete) were finished and ready to shoot in coordination with the storyboard that I also supervised with artist Tony Beasley. The money dried up and the crew's PERSONAL equipment was seized by the Government who told us they were held against non payment of production bills. We never got our stuff out of there.

It is just bad. Has some big names well before they were big names, but it is so bad. Writing is terrible, editing is nonexistent, soundtrack is dismal, effects about as awful as low budget can get, and there's a concert amidst the movie- and I for the life of me don't know where they found people this bad.

Thankfully the movie is short and abruptly ends.

Oh this was bad.

Right, well I was lured in by this 2020 release of a movie that apparently was made 37 years prior to being released. Now, how or why something like that could or would happen is simply beyond me. But I think a movie such as "Grizzly II: The Predator" is one that should just have remained buried and unreleased, given whatever problematic circumstance prevented it from being released 37 years earlier.

I was, of course, intrigued when I saw that the movie had Charlie Sheen, George Clooney and Laura Dern listed on the movie's cover/poster. And yeah, sure they were there, all young and such, but come on. They weren't even in the movie for a good whole 5 minutes. Then aside from them having something less than a cameo in the movie, "Grizzly II: The Predator" boasted the likes of John Rhys-Davies and Jack Starrett. So this wasn't really a star studded movie after all. I will say, though, that it was actually a blast to have Jack Starrett in the movie, just a shame he didn't have a bigger role and more on-screen time - but then again, most performers in the movie had little screen time, as it was eaten away by pointless concert footage.

And not once did director André Szöts actually convince me that there was a huge and mean grizzly bear within close proximity of any of the actors or actresses, and it never felt like anyone was in any real danger. As such, the movie just failed to provide entertainment and didn't pass as being believable.

While we are on the topic of entertainment, then "Grizzly II: The Predator" is showing an abundance of pointless concert footage that served as nothing but filler in the movie. It was horrible and laughable.

This movie is without a doubt a complete and utter waste of time. It is not even a campy guilty pleasure movie. Nay, "Grizzly II: The Predator" is just downright boring and pointless.

My rating of "Grizzly II: The Predator" lands on a two out of ten stars. I would say that it is hardly worth the time, money or effort.