'Prey' takes the Predator centuries into the past for an early first visit on planet Earth. As we know from previous episodes, the Predator lives to hunt, and thus he gets to fight bears, lions, a bunch of American Natives and white trappers. The story is told from the perspective of one young woman who learns that warriors who face the Predator openly die very quickly, so she tries to run, hide, and then find new ways to fight.
I really liked this movie, but reading the reviews, they are divided and some viewers were disappointed by the movie, so I tried to understand why. I suppose the reason is that this is not much of a sci-fi flick. The first half could as well happen without any extraterrestrial being, just getting to know the characters, their daily life, and their hunt for a supposed lion or bear. Beautiful shots of nature, hardly any dialog. This slow exposition might not be for everybody. The second half makes up for that and includes quite a lot of brutality, arms, legs and heads being chopped off. But the action fans may be missing realism here, asking questions how the girl understands laser beams, invisibility and the alien's gadgets. Well, it's all rather a fantasy then sci-fi then, but still a movie that shows a story I haven't seen before, a real bliss in a time of mostly uninspired sequels.
If you are new to the Predator franchise, don't start with this one, because it doesn't explain the alien creature at all, assuming you know it from earlier episodes.
I really liked this movie, but reading the reviews, they are divided and some viewers were disappointed by the movie, so I tried to understand why. I suppose the reason is that this is not much of a sci-fi flick. The first half could as well happen without any extraterrestrial being, just getting to know the characters, their daily life, and their hunt for a supposed lion or bear. Beautiful shots of nature, hardly any dialog. This slow exposition might not be for everybody. The second half makes up for that and includes quite a lot of brutality, arms, legs and heads being chopped off. But the action fans may be missing realism here, asking questions how the girl understands laser beams, invisibility and the alien's gadgets. Well, it's all rather a fantasy then sci-fi then, but still a movie that shows a story I haven't seen before, a real bliss in a time of mostly uninspired sequels.
If you are new to the Predator franchise, don't start with this one, because it doesn't explain the alien creature at all, assuming you know it from earlier episodes.