Prey (I) (2022)
6/10
difficult film to review
14 August 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Long story short, it's not BAD, but it hasn't got enough good to be worth your time.

Prey is the same story, more or less, of the first Predator film. There is 1 really focused human who fights 1 predator and they come to blows and in the end the human wins because of Determination(tm).

This version of the story uses a chubby 20yo girl from a privileged background that couldn't possibly pass for anyone capable of ANY feat of athelticism, much less go hand to hand with a Predator, but, i have to make it clear, this isn't one of those instances where the woke madness has destroyed a film.

The character concept of the girl who wants to be a hunter just like the boys, is actually both appealing and appropriate for this film. What later lets it down, is the weak casting, and the fact that the film doesn't really have any good idea how to have the underdog defeat the brute, instead they just have a prolonged scuffle.

The setting of the 1700 in Indian american is cool, but doesn't mix with the acting and dialogue which is too modern to create any suspension of disbelief.

Idk .. i didn't like it. I honestly preferred the much schlockier Alien Vs Predator films, while they are fanservice trash, at least they are entertaining.

My vote: just barely 6/10 for the right audience.
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