Grizzly Park has got to be one of the most cliché ridden films of some time, but that said, writer/director Tom Skull has infused his killer bear movie with enough goofy humor and, towards the end at least, gratuitous gore that you can't help but have a good time with it. Is the film a classic? Not even close, but it is an entertaining horror-adventure film featuring some cute girls in their underwear and plenty of groan inducing dialogue. If that's not enough, it's got a giant killer bear in it. What more do you want?

A serial killer escapes from prison and kills a corrections officer and assumes his identity. His first job? To pick up a group of unusually attractive teens - four buff guys and four hot chicks - all of whom have been convicted of misdemeanors and escort them into the woods where they'll serve out some community service work by picking up litter in a giant park under the watchful eye of Ranger Bob. After Ranger Bob warns the kids not to feed any wild animals and to stay together at all times no matter what, they head into the forest to clean things up.

Unfortunately for them, there's a giant killer grizzly bear on the loose. After the serial killer offs Ranger Bob's assistant, he learns the hard way not to mess with bears and winds up the animal's first victim, quickly putting that superfluous subplot to rest with one swift smack from his mighty paw. But what about those rascally teens? Will they be smart enough to make it out of the park alive or will they wind up bear fodder? Will the kid with the white power tattoos get into a fight with the black dude? Will the dumb chick with the big rack named Kiki ever live down the humility of being sprayed by a skunk? Will the rich white guy hook up with the rich white girl, who also has a nice rack? Oh and the Hispanic girl who snuck a gun into the park, what about her? Who will she shoot? Oh so many questions, most of which are answered by the time Grizzly Park meets its ridiculous and surprisingly bloody conclusion.

Taking a page out of the late William Girdler's book on nature run amuck films, Grizzly Park doesn't aspire to be anything more than an entertaining slasher film with a bear replacing the hockey-masked killer. There's a fun twist at the end that adds a modicum of intelligence to the picture, but just barely. This is a popcorn movie through and through and it'd be unrealistic to expect anything more than that from something like this in the first place. It's a film made for the sole purpose of having fun. There are no lofty aspirations at social commentary nor are there any deep meanings to the film. It's simply a movie about teenagers getting slaughtered by a giant bear and on that level, it's a fun picture.

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Grizzly Park arrives on DVD in a 1.78.1 anamorphic widescreen transfer. There's a little bit of shimmering evident on the picture but aside from that it looks quite good. There aren't any issues with mpeg compression artifacts nor are there any problems with print damage, dirt, or debris. Color reproduction looks nice and accurate and skin tones appear quite lifelike. There are some scenes that show some edge enhancement but thankfully it's not a constant problem, rather a sporadic one. Aside from that, Grizzly Park looks very good.