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Prey hit Hulu in the US and Disney Plus Star elsewhere in the world earlier this month. The movie brings the Predator series back to 1719 and sees one of the alien hunters going up against Comanche Nation tribespeople like Naru (Amber Midthunder). Also, it’s absolutely excellent and ranks among the best entries in the series.
„More sci-fi movies should take this kind of grounded approach, and this franchise should just pit its alien hunters against humans in magnificently realized historical settings from now on,“ I wrote in my CNET review. „For now though, stick around and give Prey a watch.“
This adventure builds to a memorable finale, hints at what happened afterward in its beautiful animated credits sequences and includes an awesome reference to 1990’s Predator 2. Let’s dive in — but be warned: This stuff will make you a SPOILER Tyrannosaurus, just like me.
Having seen her fellow Comanche Nation warriors and the deeply unpleasant French poachers slaughtered by the Predator, Naru lures the beast into a trap in the dark forest. She kills it using a combination of her knowledge of the environment, the weapons she’s gathered (including a familiar flintlock pistol with the engraving „Raphael Adolini 1715“ — more on that later) and the Predator’s own tech.
Covered in the alien’s luminous green blood, she brings its decapitated head back to camp and is honored as a hunter by her tribe.
