What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

CLAWS is another grizzly bear attack horror film, packed with footage of a grizzly going on the rampage and butchering a number of innocent folk. It was recently shown on TV here in the UK to tie in to the cinema release of THE REVENANT, along with NIGHT OF THE GRIZZLY. This low budget effort is the worse film of the two, thanks to a very undistinguished execution. There's virtually no characterisation, no attempts at suspense, just a lot of repetitive scenes instead.The whole film feels sluggish and rather dull despite the proliferation of outdoor nature footage (the movie was shot in Alaska). I appreciate that a real bear was used for many of the shots, but the whole thing is directed in such a matter-of-fact way that it gets rather boring very quickly. The one point at which things do get exciting is at the over-the-top climax, but by then it's too little, too late.

A logger's life is turned upside down after encountering an enraged grizzly bear, wounded by big game hunters, leaving him with a bum arm and bad marriage. The bear continues a rampage attacking any human it comes in contact with, Jason(Jason Evers) remaining haunted by nightmares, unable, though, to leave the wilderness, a place that has always been his home. When his son, Buck, is viciously attacked by the "devil bear" while on a camping trip with mom's new boyfriend, Jason will brave the wilds of the Alaskan wilderness with one goal in mind and that is getting revenge. When an attempt to capture the bear fail(..the bear outsmarts two scientists and a hunter with tracking devices), Jason will be accompanied by Forest Commish Ben Jones(Leon Ames), old Indian pal Henry(Anthony Caruso), and his ex-wife's new boyfriend Howard(Glenn Sipes) on the grand trek through the woods and up mountains to seek out and destroy the bear once and for all. The movie shows how the bear seems wiser and more cunning than those hunting him, often surprising victims from behind, with them unable to defend themselves. Bullets upon bullets are fired into the bear and, despite it's size, those after it lose him multiple times. A good bulk of the film has the four hunters into the wilderness, and the pace drags quite a bit, not to mention, the attacks are few and far between. It's also really difficult shooting an effective scene where a man and bear are at war, because of the danger involved, while trying to prevent any harm to animals in the process..so many scenes where a bear and man are trying to find each other, they are heavily edited with repetitive images(..of the bear mostly)replayed over and over. There are some good jump scenes where a victim believes the bear is not nearby, only to be startled as it carries them off-screen. There's emphasis on the struggling relations between Jason and his wife Chris(Carla Layton)due to the overwhelming thundercloud of the bear's presence hanging over them. A little too overlong(..there's a decent 85 minute movie here, padded longer than need be)with little real action. Try GRIZZLY instead.

A lot of people confuse this movie with "Grizzly". "Grizzly" has Christopher George AND Andrew Prine AND Richard Jaekl AND a female park ranger who decides to take time out from hunting an 18-foot killer grizzly bear to strip off all her clothes and take an impromptu shower in a waterfall (guess what happens?). "Claws" has none of these things, just a lot of travelogue footage of the Alaskan wilderness and some Native American nonsense about a "spirit bear". Neither movie is particularly scary. They both contain a lot shots of a disembodied bear paw flying through air, lopping off heads and limbs edited together with close-ups of the face of a real bear who looks only mildly annoyed. There is one pretty good scene where the bear menaces a boy scout camp, but it's only good because it's dark and you can't really see the bear. Actually, you can't see a lot of things in the very murky existing prints of this hard-to-find movie. It probably doesn't merit a DVD resurrection, however, because I have a feeling that what you can't see would still suck. "Grizzly" is so bad it's good; "Claws" is just bad.

This movie is not a good killer grizzly movie. I just don't know why they also call it Devil Bear because it is not scary enough to be called that. The movie is very dark. Sometimes you can't see certain things and the sound in the movie is bad. Most of all, the movie is boring. 2.5 stars out of 5 for my rating.