Prey

In the early autumn of 2000, i started educating myself in health care. It was time to do something else after working in construction work and meat industries, and i did begin working in health care in 1999. But i realized that i probably needed to educate myself to get more jobs, and so i did. At the beginning of this health care education we were only two men, and the rest of our class mates were women. So the other guy quit for some reason, and i stayed. So you can imagine me being the only guy in class with women only, it was the best class ever. We got along very well, and we did have fun in classes. Sometimes we took a break from studies and had luch downtown, or visited a café. But i remember one time specifically when we had a lunch break, as we were eating at school, we started to discuss films. Most of these women loved Richard Gere, or some of them loved Hugh Grant. So they asked me:- What would you recommend us to see Daniel? For me it was very easy to answer that question, so i answered:- If you want a film that has everything you could wish for, you should see Predator. Some of them looked at me and said:- Predator? So i explained that it was one of the most heart warming films i have ever seen, and that it had some of the best film characters ever. One of the girls called Angelica said:- I have to see this film. So i found out that she rented the film on DVD that upcoming weekend, and as we returned to school the next week she came up to me before class and said:- Im not sure what you meant about heart warming, but i did have fun with Predator. So there you go, i gave a good advice that not even Richard Gere and Hugh Grant fans could resist. Predator is one of the greatest action films of the 80´s from director John McTiernan. This is a film that has everything you could wish for, fantastic action scenes, funny dialogue, really good characters and a really good music score as well. One of the better films in Arnold Schwarzenegger´s career. Predator 2 with Danny Glover may have been a bit different, but had lots of great action scenes, really fun characters and some really cool city scenes. The franchise of Predator have continued since then, delivering sequels and even the spin off film called Alien VS Predator. Prey is a new prequal to the previous films of Predator that have been talked about on social media for quite some time. The film is finally out, and the question is, does this film have what it takes to be a worthy prequel to Predator, or should you definetely avoid Prey and watch the original film instead?

In 1719 in the Great Plains, Naru ( Amber Midthunter ), a young Comache woman trained as a healer, dreams of becoming a great hunter like her brother, Taabe ( Dakota Beavers ). While tracking deer with her dog, Sarii, she witnesses the light of an alien Predator´s spacecraft, wich she interprets as a Thunderbird. Naru and her family is about to find out, that in this massive forest, there is a new ruler.

I can honestly say i have been skeptical for a long time, since i heard that a film called Prey was coming out. The original film Predator is one of my personal favourite action films ever, so i hold that film very close. But the good news is that Prey is actually not a bad film. They actually tried to show respect to the franchise, while giving us a completely different perspective of how it all started. I do have some issues with this film, but let us begin with what made me enjoy Prey. First of all i think lead actress Amber Midthunder ( who you most likely will recognize from the TV series Roswell, New Mexico ) as the character Naru. The one thing that makes the character Naru so interesting, is that she clearly is a devoted Comache warrior. The scenes with her battling against a Predator are both well made, and surprisingly violent as well. Amber handle this character with grace, and some real toughness as well. I also feel that she captures the emotional moments as well with her facial expressions, in different situations. I have to mention another acting performance from actor Dakota Beavers, playing the character Taabe. Seeing him for the first time in his first big role and in a bigger budget film like this, he did a really good job on his character. You can actually feel that he worked hard to make this character work. The design of the Predator may be a bit different, but i actually enjoy the look. Nowhere near as good as the original Predator design, but still a pretty cool look. I love the fact that this film have some really violent scenes, and some of the most brutal kills in a Predator film in a very long time. This was a really good choice for this film, and exactly what this franchise needed. Now to my negative thoughts. CGI animals? I understand you may have to use some CGI effects in certain battle scenes, but the CGI animals in this film does not look that good. When i have heard people saying Prey is better than both Predator and Predator 2, i disagree. This film does not have the same level of quality action scenes as both of those films have, and it´s not just because they are both classics. Prey does not have as many great characters as both Predator and Predator 2 have, because you will most likely not remember many of them. With that said, i still had fun with Prey. Director Dan Trachtenberg ( who directed the great film 10 Cloverfield Lane ) proves that you can make a good prequal to a classic action film, and he does it by showing respect both to the original film, and to the Comache community as well. Prey is definetely worth checking out on HULU or Disney +, especially if you are a fan of the previous films.

Rating: DDD