ALL SCI-FI

[Bud Brewster]

I haven't seen this movie yet, but I thought I'd start a thread and invite comments. I read a sizable portion of the Wikipedia plot synopsis, but those things are hard to follow when the plot of the movie is complex — as this one obviously is!

Anyway, here's the trailer.

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Bud Brewster]

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I really want to see this movie! Wikipedia's article has some interesting things to say about it, and the critics apparently loved the movie.

Here's the sweet chewy center of the Wikipedia article.
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Prey is a 2022 American science fiction action film in the Predator franchise.

It is the fifth film in the mainline series and seventh in the overall franchise. It is a prequel to the first four films, being set in the Northern Great Plains in 1719.

The film is directed by Dan Trachtenberg and written by Patrick Aison. It stars Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Dane DiLiegro, Michelle Thrush, Stormee Kipp, Julian Black Antelope, and Bennett Taylor.

The story revolves around a young Comanche woman, Naru, who is striving to prove herself as a hunter. She finds herself having to protect her people from a vicious, humanoid alien that hunts humans for sport, as well as from French fur traders who are destroying the buffalo they rely on for survival.

The film received positive reviews from critics, with praise for its action sequences.

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 93% of 276 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's consensus reads: "The rare action thriller that spikes adrenaline without skimping on character development, Prey is a Predator sequel done right."

David Fear of Rolling Stone referred to the film as a "long-awaited masterpiece" and "series highlight", and compared Midthunder's character favorably to Ellen Ripley of the Alien films.

Andrew Webster of The Verge admired "how patient it is", adding: "what makes Prey work is its simplicity. It never strays from its concept, instead slowly building up the tension before reaching a very exciting battle."

Belen Edwards of Mashable called it "intimate and character-driven, with more than enough action to satisfy the most die-hard Predator fans ... even if you've never watched a Predator movie, chances are you'll love Prey. It's just that good."

Tom Jorgensen of IGN rated it 8 out of 10, commended the level of violence and tension depicted across the action sequences, and felt the story was simple without being simplistic

James Dyer of Empire rated the movie 4 out of 5 stars and found it to be the best Predator since the original, with a "ferocious heroine, authentic period setting, and a bloody string of inventive action beats".

Wendy Ide, in a 4 star review in The Observer, said that Prey "stays true to the essence of the original – stylishly violent, stickily graphic, impossibly tense" but that it was also successful "as a self-contained entity".
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[tmlindsey]

Finally watched this over the weekend.

It was pretty good. No masterpiece, but a good follow-up to the original (unlike all of the others in the series IMO).

A lot of the CGI is wonky, but I'd rather not see the amount of animal death they depict shown too realistically, so that's fine, I guess.

I do think that the Predator has far too advanced weaponry for the period it is supposed to be set in. Are we to think an earlier Predator has arms and gizmos more advanced than the one in the original film?

Overall it was a good watch, but for me, a one-and-done movie. I don't think I'll ever want to re-watch it, but I don't think it was a waste of time like so many modern films.
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[Bud Brewster]

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We seem to agree completely, sir. I enjoyed it, but I didn't feel my usual urge to buy it and stick into my over-crowded DVD rack.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[tmlindsey]

My wife liked it better than I did, but she's a bigger fan of the original film than I am.

I won't be buying this one. Worth watching, not worth owning. Which is typically what I've said about movies for the last decade.
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"Have you never wondered what it would be like to walk between the ticks and tocks of Time?"