attack of the meth gator

Cocaine Bear did okay for itself in its opening weekend, earning $23 million and a second place debut behind Quantumania, but it’s unlikely to rise beyond that. When a film bases its hopes for success entirely on its meme potential, the results aren’t usually Avatar-level. That, however, is not going to stop the infamous Asylum Pictures from trying to find their own drug-hopped animal to exploit. I would imagine they’re jealous they didn’t come up with the bear idea first. An alligator on meth is close enough. Asylum announced “Attack Of The Meth Gator” this week for a summer release. Like Cocaine Bear, this bases its premise on something that happened in the real world, though in this case not so much: Florida police sent out a bulletin a few years ago politely asking those in possession of meth to please NOT flush it down the toilet when they paid a visit, or else risk creating “meth gators” in the sewers. That’s a thing? It hasn’t been so far, but