Prey

A far better prospect than even the most ardent Predator fan could have wished for.

As Naru, a smart, skilled young woman who would rather be hunting than gathering, Midthunder is mesmerizing—capable in the crunchy fight scenes (especially a single-take standoff between her and a handful of Frenchmen), but also in the ways her eyes are always watching, consuming every detail about the way the Predator works and the weapons it uses.

For his part, Trachtenberg has resolved how to give the Yautja its due. Best post-Arnie Predator variant? Undoubtedly. Best Predator movie per se? Tough call, but trust this: Prey gets the job done.

A satisfying and briskly paced blend of creative carnage, strong visual effects and well-conceived action sequences.

Director Dan Trachtenberg delivers gripping suspense sequences, complete with agreeably gruesome kills, which juxtapose the landscape’s rugged beauty with this extraterrestrial hunter’s brute savagery. Amber Midthunder gives this sometimes cheesy affair welcome grit, staring down the Predator with compelling ferocity.

Director Dan Trachtenberg (“10 Cloverfield Lane” and TV’s “The Boys”) makes great use of locations (Alberta, Canada) and the film’s set-piece fights. Screenwriter Patrick Aison sticks to the “Predator” basics for the alien hunter, and creates some wonderfully visceral scenes that try to reason out how bow and arrow, hatchet and woodlore skills might be used against a super-sized/super-powered foe.

Prey proves to be an apropos title, as the film is cowed by John McTiernan’s original Predator.

spoilers Honestly one of the best predator movies since the original. I love the fact that the predator actually matched his weaponry to what he was facing. something that you dont see in most predator movies now a days. The predatory was always supposed to match his weapons to what he was hunting. I also love the re imagining of the weapon set for an earlier breed of predator then what we have seen. It was a bit lazy that they didn't to to this in comanache so lose of points for that. I give it a 10/10 Just to balance out the trolls that give 0/10. I actually give it closer to a 7.5/10.

The first act was slow and felt like padding for time. Ok the character went from ineffectual, barely surviving due to luck and other peoples circumstance. Straight to epic legendary boss level at the end. I would of liked to see more gradual development of those mad skills. I found the cut a ways, super quick cuts and out of focus shots for the action parts annoying for this type of movie. This is a Predator movie and not showing that stuff clearly is a cinematic crime. Summing up this movie could of done with less padding, better rate of believable character progression with clearer action scenes.

I am not sure why this movie was made. The first half is slow, plodding and boring. The second half is filled with blood, mayhem and gore. I got this DVD last week after reading a positive review a few months back. Even the worst Predator movie is better than this. This movie did not need to be made. Cheers.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

Utter garbage accompanied by some serious triple layer reinforced plot armour. It's incredible how the so-called protagonist stays alive past the beginning of the film, the protagonist should then be dead TWICE around the half way point in a matter of minutes. The Predator also exhibits extreme levels of stupidity and out of character behaviour by literally ignoring and letting the protagonist run away at several points. The Predator death also makes absolutely no sense and is the dumbest you'll ever see. The protagonist character just is not believable at all being an utter bumbling clown at almost every point right up until the end of the film where full on Mary Sue powers are engaged by a few words of dialog trying to excuse the sheer level of incompetence you've witnessed up until that point. All this crap could have been fixed by just having the character be competent from the start and have the final fight scene be a triple threat bro+sis+faithful doggo combo vs Predator.