Prey
Prey or indigenous as it's also known will draw many comparisons to Neil Marshall's 'The Descent'. But not comparable in a good way. Marshall's film was masterfully shot, edited and performed, this dull rip off by Alastair Orr is riddled with shaky dialogue, shaky cam and an even more shaky script. A group of friends visit a forbidden part of the jungle in Panama. The Indigenous carnivorous locals get a taste for their young flesh and we end up with yet another cliched horror flick.
Orr's film is a painting by numbers affair and amateurishly executed. The night time scenes in which most of the action takes place are mostly unfathomable. When daylight comes the scary monsters are indeed just left over prosthetics from 'The Descent'. The young cast offer eye candy. There's the usual complimentary bikini babe and blue eyed white toothed males with their ripped abs and sun tan. None of this helps the regurgitated script. The actual build up is more interesting than the main event. The viral social media element of the film is refreshing before becoming cheesy and ridiculous. Unfortunately this glimmer of hope can't save the movie from being mostly a carbon copy of better movies that have gone before. For every one 'Jaws' there's ten 'Sharknado's' Or in this case for every one 'Descent' there's going to be a dozen movies like 'Prey'. It's not an entirely horrible film, just a sad reality that originality is becoming scarce not scary.
Prey or indigenous as it's also known will draw many comparisons to Neil Marshall's 'The Descent'. But not comparable in a good way. Marshall's film was masterfully shot, edited and performed, this dull rip off by Alastair Orr is riddled with shaky dialogue, shaky cam and an even more shaky script. A group of friends visit a forbidden part of the jungle in Panama. The Indigenous carnivorous locals get a taste for their young flesh and we end up with yet another cliched horror flick.
Orr's film is a painting by numbers affair and amateurishly executed. The night time scenes in which most of the action takes place are mostly unfathomable. When daylight comes the scary monsters are indeed just left over prosthetics from 'The Descent'. The young cast offer eye candy. There's the usual complimentary bikini babe and blue eyed white toothed males with their ripped abs and sun tan. None of this helps the regurgitated script. The actual build up is more interesting than the main event. The viral social media element of the film is refreshing before becoming cheesy and ridiculous. Unfortunately this glimmer of hope can't save the movie from being mostly a carbon copy of better movies that have gone before. For every one 'Jaws' there's ten 'Sharknado's' Or in this case for every one 'Descent' there's going to be a dozen movies like 'Prey'. It's not an entirely horrible film, just a sad reality that originality is becoming scarce not scary.