Prey

Cast View all

	Amber Midthunder	Naru
	Dakota Beavers	Taabe
	Dane DiLiegro	Predator
	Stormee Kipp	Wasape
	Michelle Thrush	Aruka
	Julian Black Antelope	Chief Kehetu
	Stefany Mathias	Sumu (Chief Wife)
	Bennett Taylor	Raphael
	Mike Paterson	Big Beard
	Nelson Leis	Waxed Mustache
	Tymon Carter	Huupi
	Skye Pelletier	Tabu
	Harlan Blayne Kytwayhat	Itsee
	Corvin Mack	Paaka
	Samuel Marty	Puhi
	Ginger Cattleman	Disapproving Woman
	Seanna Eagletail	Young Comanche Woman
	Samiyah Crowfoot	Young Comanche Girl
	Cody Big Tobacco	Ania
	Troy Mundle	Spyglass
	Curtis Pilon-Vinish	Comanche Singer
	Stephane Legault	Trapper
	Stephan Schroeder	Rambert
	Eric Beaudoin	Trapper
	Kyle Strauts	Additional Predator

Crew View all

Director	Dan Trachtenberg
Writer	Patrick Aison, Dan Trachtenberg, Jim Thomas, John Thomas
Producer	Tyson Breuer, John Davis, Marty P. Ewing, Larry Gordon, Jhane Myers, Mary Kathryn Nagle, Ben Rosenblatt, Jim Thomas, John Thomas, Marc Toberoff
Musician	Sarah Schachner
Photography	Jeff Cutter

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Notes

I guess I have to start by saying that this movie was a lot better than some of the latest entries in the Predator franchise but then, that is not really difficult so it does not say that much. Personally, I think this movie is rather mediocre.

Cinematically it is not a bad movie. I liked the footage for the most part. Story wise, well, for the first half of the movie I found it rather boring actually.

There was some brief scenes with a wolf and later a bear that had some action in it but for the most part the main protagonist ran around moping and whining and trying to pretend to be worthy of being a great warrior. Somewhat unrealistic of course since Hollywood, of course, had cast a woman in the role. Not that I have anything against it per see but at the time this movie is supposed to happen a women, native Indian or not, stayed at home doing the chores whether Hollywood tries to pretend otherwise or not.

As I said, I m still okay with that but she spends most of the time fumbling, stumbling and when a threat comes around she runs and looks scared. Not the kind of great warrior charisma that I was hoping for in the main protagonist.

When it finally starts to get interesting she stumbles into a bloody animal trap and gets caught by a hunting party. The latter which of course is portrayed as the typical Hollywood stereotype of “white man bad”. Minor details like, having your foot caught in that kind of steel trap would render you useless for the rest of the movie, is of course ignored.

The later half of the movie has some action in it at least which is dragged down by the main protagonists moping and the fact that, when she finally has the chance of taking a shot, she just stares stupidly for half a minute and voila, the chance is gone.

On the good side is that the actors are doing a pretty decent job of the not so great script they were given and, as I mentioned, cinematically it is a quite good movie. The action, when it happens, is pretty good if one ignores the Hollywood stupidities and the not so kick-behind main protagonist.

Overall the movie is watchable and, as I wrote, better than previous instalments in the franchise but that is about it.

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