Cocaine Bear

The ending of “Cocaine Bear” combines chaos, dark humor, and a touch of absurdity, reflecting the wild ride the movie takes through its various storylines. After the chaos in the forest reaches its peak, Sari and Dee Dee find themselves in a cave where the bear has taken refuge, guarding her cubs. Sari bravely enters to rescue her daughter, and they find the cubs and a bag of cocaine inside the cave. Meanwhile, Syd White’s group, including Daveed and Eddie, also locates the cave while trying to retrieve the remaining stolen drugs. The mother bear fiercely protects her cubs and attacks the intruders, forcing the characters to escape by jumping into the river from a waterfall — a moment that had been a target for Dee Dee’s adventure.

As the characters flee, Syd injures and kills the bear with a gun, aiming to retrieve the last of the cocaine, which he drops on the rocks during a struggle. The falling bag bursts open, scattering cocaine across the rocky surface and onto the injured bear, revitalizing it with the drug. Empowered by the cocaine, the bear revives and goes on a killing spree, this time fiercely defending her cubs and attacking Syd, who had shot her earlier. In a dramatic and somewhat humorous climax, the bear kills Syd and lives on with her cubs, happily guarding her territory and her stash of cocaine.

Meanwhile, the humans who survived—Sari, Dee Dee, and Henry—manage to escape the chaos unscathed or with minor injuries, with Dee Dee happily reuniting with her mother. The film concludes with the idea that the bear’s vengeance is perhaps a poetic justice for the reckless human actions that led to her overdose and rampage. The post-credits scene, showing the dog chewing on Daveed’s severed fingers, adds a final touch of dark humor, emphasizing the film’s tone of chaotic fun mixed with absurdity. Overall, the ending underscores the bizarre consequences of human greed and neglect, with the bear becoming a sort of ironic, wild antihero, living freely among her cubs with a bag of cocaine and a newfound dominance in the forest.

Last Updated: June 25, 2025 at 08:59