Prey Opens The Door For Other Historical Predator Films
“Varus, Varus, give me back my legions!” cries the aged emperor Augustus after the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in AD 9, where up to 20,000 Roman soldiers were slaughtered in the Germanic wilderness. Little does the emperor know, it is not the failure of his general Varus that has led to the destruction of his legions, but a rampaging extraterrestrial hunter.
Prey is an excellent Predator film. It’s probably the best since the 1987 original. It’s stylish, treats the Comanche tribe with respect and eloquence (there should definitely be more Native American representation like this in modern media, and fewer Vikings, please), and has a badass protagonist who wages war with a Predator—who, by the way, punches a bear so hard in the face that its neck breaks.
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Of all its many positives, I loved the reference to the Thunderbird, a gigantic and powerful creature of Native American legend, as the Predator’s ship streaks across the starry sky of the American southwest. This alone opens up future Predator films to explore other cultures, historical events, and the fascinating stories, legends, and tragedies that have befallen many peoples across the world and throughout history. Prey had Native Americans both on screen and behind the camera, providing a platform to share their story in a way that appeals to a mass audience.
Predator’s core concept is the perfect vehicle to explore historical settings and events. Here you have a chaotic evil force that is only there to hunt—it has no political affiliation, and takes no sides. It allows for people on both sides of the conflict to join forces against an external force, much like the trapper who can speak Comanche
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