Film

Prey

Name: Prey
Genre: Thriller, Action, Science Fiction
Released: 2022
Cast: Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Michelle Thrush, Stormee Kipp, Julian Black Antelope

Prey is a prequel that resets the Predator franchise by transplanting the alien hunter to 1700s Great Plains, where a Comanche warrior named Naru hunts it in turn. It's a smartly scaled action film—lean, focused, without franchise bloat—that trusts its premise and its lead. Genuinely exciting, respectfully made, and the best thing this series has produced in decades.

TMDb rating

3.8

Should you watch it?

Watch it if you love a lean survival chase where the hunter is clever and the stakes are plain, and you enjoy a heroine who reads tracks, terrain and wildlife as closely as she fights.

Skip it if you want a loud, effects-heavy spectacle from start to finish, since much of its tension is built through patient stalking and quiet stretches between the bigger set pieces.

What it asks of you: It runs about a hundred minutes and keeps a steady, focused pace, asking you to pay attention to the landscape and small details rather than to constant noise.

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Aliens1986

Shares Prey's DNA—a small, skilled team using cunning and environment against overwhelming alien force. Cameron's action direction is immaculate, and the stakes feel real because the characters can actually die.

But It's very 1980s, very loud, very committed to spectacle. If you want something intimate, this is the opposite.

Only the Brave2017

A team of skilled firefighters face an overwhelming force of nature. It's built on respect for expertise, camaraderie, and the acceptance of risk. Quietly effective character work.

But It's a procedural and somewhat paint-by-numbers. The emotional beats feel inevitable and the ending is historically predetermined.

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The wildcard

Something you would not have found on your own.

The Dead2010

Both films reject franchise bloat and complexity in favour of a single clear conflict: one person (or two) versus a threat in open space. Both are preoccupied with movement, not spectacle.

An African soldier and an American businessman traverse a zombie-infested continent on foot. It's shot like a Western—long silences, compositional beauty, movement through landscape. Meditative, eerie, and completely unconcerned with franchise rules.

But It's a zombie film made by an indie director, which means it's slow and visually distant. If you need modern editing rhythms, it will feel glacial.