The embargo is finally over and the press have been publishing their reviews of the upcoming Prey film. The good news is every one is very positive and Prey is currently sitting on 95% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. This is the highest rated Predator film so far. For comparison, the Rotten Tomatoes scores for each film are:
- Predator: 80%
- Predator 2: 30%
- AvP: 21%
- AvP Requiem: 12%
- Predators: 65%
- The Predator: 33%
- Prey: 95%
Many of the reviews call Prey the best Predator film since the original with ferocious Predator kills and an incredible lead actress with Amber Midthunder as Naru.
Many call Prey the most visually stunning Predator film so far with panoramic views of the mountains and the film is filled with amazing set pieces. A lot of the reviews say that the saddest part is that film is getting a streaming release as a theatrical release would have been the best way to see the film. Here’s some of the reviews:
- IGN (8/10)
- SuperHeroHype (4.5/5)
- Variety
- ComicBook.com (4/5)
- Total Film (4/5)
- Empire (4/5)
- Collider (A-)
- Bloody Disgusting (4/5)
- Digital Spy (5/5)
- SlashFilm (7/10)
- Indiewire (B)
- Independent [UK Newspaper] (4/5)
- Hollywood Reporter
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None of this is to talk trash, it's just that Predator hit a wall as a franchise after Predator 2 which it has since recovered from. 3 of its 5 movies were made in the last 12 years.
Neither monster had anything going for it until AVP. I'd say they both contribute to each other, we made a whole website about it
It's now clearly being taken off life support and thriving. Which is great.
We can enjoy both. It's possible. I do.
There were 20 years between Predator sequels with two Alien-featuring movies in between.
Alien hasnt had a movie since 1996. Predator has had 3. Unless you count Prometheus and Covenant which were both stinking
Id say both Alien and Aliens have aged similarly for me.
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Yeah, the audience want to be entertained and have a good time at the movies. To leave their everyday worries and stress behind for just an hour or two at the theatre. I get that.
Still, Alien...there was no black goo or stuff like that in the original 1979 movie. Just a "Space Jockey" (before we started calling them "Engineers") to suggest a certain mystery about the origin of the xenomorph.
In a certain way, I find "Alien" has aged better than "Aliens". That sense of unknown danger and horror...I find more thrilling. It stays with you longer than "Aliens".
And if you look at how critics and a lot of moviegoers rate both franchises, they would rate Alien as superior to the Predator franchise, in terms of impact on subsequent movies in Hollywood and general popular culture.
And I'm saying all that even though I actually like the Predator franchise more than the Alien franchise. Leaving aside the expanded universe about the history and lore of the Yautja in the comics and just looking at the movies only, the premise of Predator was a lot more straightforward than Alien. An alien hunter goes after human prey it deems worthy to be hunted. That's it. I admire the appeal in the simplicity of that premise. But at the same time, it does make the Predator franchise more of a one trick pony compared to the Alien franchise.
I can agree with most of this. Alien has always been the more interesting and intriguing series of the two, it's got more space to move into. Predator is the thrill seeking action movie.
....but, you speak to any "general" movie fan, they will put Aliens in as the big ticket item above Alien. Easily.
Folk are attracted to big entertainment and thrills, it's just the way it is.
Prey is doing well because your girlfriend or best mate doesn't have to understand how the f**k the black goo can be engineered into some blah blah blah.
Actually I think for a long time, among critics and general moviegoers, the Alien franchise has, arguably, enjoyed higher prestige and overall greater public profile, recognition and respect than the Predator franchise.
It's hard to overstate the sheer impact that "Alien" had on moviegoers and Hollywood in general in 1979. It established the "monster/slasher-kills-characters-one-by-one" trope that was endlessly copied in subsequent movies. The biomechanical design of Giger was completely innovative and a shock to audiences back then. The gritty "working class truckers in space" theme was a huge contrast to the simple fantasy based Star Wars.
And the directors who worked in the Alien franchise all became top directors respected in the film industry. You got Ridley Scott and James Cameron becoming big name Hollywood directors thanks to their work in the Alien Franchise. Even less well-received entries in the franchise, like Alien 3, had future critically acclaimed director David Fincher, who would of course go on to make classics like "Seven", "Fight Club" and "The Social Network". And let's not forget Alien Resurrection, while yet another subpar entry in the franchise, had French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, who would go on to make critically successful hits like "Amelie" and "A Very Long Engagement".
In contrast, the only real big name director in the Predator franchise is John McTiernan. His three most famous movies, "Predator", "Die Hard" and "Hunt for Red October", were directed back-to-back. But one could argue the success of those films was due to the fact those movies had terrific scripts to begin with. Heck, those movies could essentially direct themselves. Its telling that McTiernan afterwards has not directed a movie that has the enjoyed the level of critical and box office success as those three films.
And remember, before the release of "Prey", most critics and moviegoers thought the Predator franchise was dead and buried six feet under. After the disaster that was 2018 "The Predator", everyone thought the Predator franchise was finished for good.
Its only right now, thanks to "Prey" enjoying surprisingly good reviews and record ratings on Hulu, that everyone (outside the Alien and Predator fandom) is talking about the Predator franchise. So the current attention on the Predator franchise may be a temporary phenomenon.
For real. The Alien short films proved what we already know (and Prey). It's ok to be repetitive, just find different ways to be repetitive.
Getting back to basics I guess.
Alien went way too far up its own arse and is still firmly poking about up there. By the sounds of the new TV show it's going to stay there, but I hope im also pleasantly surprised by that one.
Unsurprisingly Alien is best when it's got Aliens killing people , just like Prey.
Best Predator sequel? I'd buy that for a dollar. It's in conversation and hedging out P2 depending on your preference.
Better than the original concept? With Arnold? Come on, that's ridiculous.
I'm 37. Absolutely love and adore and was raised on Predator and the massively underrated Predator 2.
This movie Prey is the first one to do the franchise justice since P2.
I'm neither an old head nostalgia lord or a young dumb prisoner of the moment.
I'm just honest. Prey was sick, and is in conversation or definitely the second best film in the franchise.
I don't want to blow this out of proportion. We have different opinions on subject matter. I love first Predator but not it's sequels. I like P2 for the cast, humor and new toys. Prey was enjoyable and has good action, but I didn't get kick out of it. Characters are bare bones, plus I dislike new look without mask. Yes, it is one of the best outings, but Aliens are closer to my chest in general. Two movies I love, at least one is guilty pleasure. Yes, Ridley's funfiction is stupid and insulting, but I can separate them. Agree to disagree?
And yes Prey is 100% better than the shameless retread that's is Predators.
Prey like Predator 2 before it, honors the original, expands on the mythology, but doesn't just remake the first movie.
With that said Predators is still pretty decent. The concept of Predators alone isn't really in line with the characters motivations as seen in the first two films, that ultimately make him so badass. He's incredibly frightening, but also like a samurai, incredibly honorable in his methodology, his hunting, and killing.
I think Predator 2 is every bit as enjoyable and entertaining as Aliens.
Is it considered as much of a classic? No. Alien, Aliens, and Predator are all-time classic films. As I said. The aliens franchise however is top-heavy as shit.
Where as with the lone exception of The Predator jumping the shark in 2018, on average the predator series is batting a better average in terms of enjoyment and quality level. Now just imagine if the predator wasn't so f**king shitty? It would be a landslide.
Alien3 was good, many consider it to be not that great, and honestly disrespectful and kind of ruins the film that came before it.
And all the sequels after Alien3 for sure, definitely suck. Including the Ridley Scott ones over the past few years, where we have a guy who is just way way past his prime yet still oddly full of himself but incredibly out of touch.
Those last two alien movies were pretentious and boring as shit, regardless of a few good performances in them. They also kind of ruin the mystery of that original space jockey ship as well in his own movie.
Covenant. There is comedy gold in it, if you look from a certain point of view. Why again I wrote last sentence
I think people overhyped good movie into being something great. Is it truly better than Predators, or we in the moment. Predator doesn't have sequels that can rival Alien's. Also Predator movies are less bonkers than some of the Alien (exept one).
Yeah, but bar isn't too high. I think ppl need to sit on this one a little bit.
Prey? Hell no.
I have it tied for second best with the original sequel, which slightly edges it due to nostalgia, vulgarity, and violence, plus slightly superior likability of Danny Glover and Gary Busey and Bill Paxton, besides that?
Prey molly whops everything else we've seen in this franchise otherwise.
It's just funny the Alien franchise was a female protagonist trying to escape a phallic shaped creature.
And the Predator franchise up until now was hyper macho masculinity trying to survive a vagina with teeth faced monster.
Interesting dynamic.
Not to say that there isn't room for conversation and criticism, constructively. Just feels like some want to be like "NAH, it's shit" just to be the one to say it. Not always constructive when it's handled that way and some seem to only want to do it that way.
Prey is not perfect and its fine to point out the weaknesses in the film, to ensure that a future sequel can avoid those pitfalls. As an example, folks have pointed to the feral predator's design as an issue, that's a legitimate point to debate over. Still...reading some of the hate directed at Prey, I do have to wonder whether some "Prey" haters are really honest with their critique...or whether they are just biased or prejudiced to begin with...
You can get that and still not like the movie though.
The (1987) movie is about turning the beefiest and most cartoonishly masculine clichés of '80s pop culture into helpless terrified cattle before the slaughter. Schwarzenegger of course wins—it is an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie—but mostly due to cunning, a back-to-basics approach, and finally luck.
Prey successfully digs into that back-to-basics ending and in some ways improves on it.
No, the Comanche of the Northern Great Plains in 1719 did not have machine guns, grenades, and the "choppas!" of Dutch and the boys. But it's for that reason the Predator in the new movie underestimates them... particularly Naru. Much like how the character of Anna (Elpidia Carrillo) in Predator was deemed not a threat by that film's titular monster—and Dutch even slaps a gun out of her hands when she tries to help—the Predator of Prey initially dismisses Naru as a non-threat. Also in-keeping with many of her sneering online critics, the Predator seems to veritably scoff at her holding a tomahawk, considering her less worthy of attention than a snake crawling in the grass.
Source: https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/prey-haters-fail-to-grasp-about-original-predator-movie/
Well, the author is not going to win any fans from the "Prey" haters. But the point remains, does the author of this article have a legitimate point...or is he just trolling certain...shall we say, "segment" of the Predator fandom?
You realise Harrison Ford was in Rise Of Skywalker, right ?
I said there were two I could sit through, not that two were good.
A blood vessel in my eye popped out when reading this.
Good taste.