There are few 2022 movies we’re more hyped up for than Prey, the Predator prequel that takes things back to the past. In the 1987 original, a Native American member of the team suggested that his ancestors had encounters with Predators. Now we’ll find out what that was like.
Prey focuses on the Comanche nation. specifically a young warrior named Naru, the most skilled hunter of her tribe. Bears were regarded as monsters by Native tribes and the most feared creature you could face out there. They were unlikely to stop even after getting arrowed, and in most cases, your best defense was to run and hope you were faster than it. When Naru encounters an angry bear, she fears it can’t get worse…but lo and behold…
While the Predator winds up taking out the bear for her, Naru and her people now have to deal with THAT thing instead. In a good action suspense thriller, the solution to the main problem should not be obvious, and it definitely isn’t apparent here. We have no idea how she wins...