Prey: The Predator Franchise's History With Native Americans

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Representation has always been a difficult concept throughout genre fiction and beyond. When people of color show up in old sci-fi and fantasy, it felt like a coin toss whether they'd be three-dimensional characters or lazy stereotypes. But, though looking back can reveal some content that's aged horribly, it can occasionally reveal something interesting.

Prey pits the iconic extraterrestrial hunter from the 1987 classic against a tribe of Comanche hunters in the species' first contact with humanity. It's easily the best film in the franchise since the original, and it's also a huge landmark for the representation of Native Americans in cinema. Interestingly, the film is in conversation with the rest of the franchise with this move.

Prey: 7 Great Moments In The Predator Sequel

The original 1987 Predator is a deceptively intelligent film. Aside from the somewhat weak opening moments, it feels like a movie that deliberately tricks its audience. The marketing didn't show off the titular Yautja's design, nor did the poster. The first act of the film feels like any other goofy Arnold Schwarzenegger action blockbuster. Comically bad one-liners, guns the size of entire human beings, and montages of things being blown to pieces that seem to go on for hours make up the first 45 minutes or so. When the Predator appears, the tone shifts on a dime and immediately becomes a gritty slasher movie against a seemingly unstoppable foe. Director Jon McTiernan found the perfect balance and made something special that has stood the test of time. Along with its brilliant structure, the film features some solid characters.

Amongst Major Dutch Schaefer's squadron of Vietnam vets sent into Guatemala to deal with an insurgent uprising is one standout