Prey

2007 "Out here, you're the endangered species..."
4.7| 1h32m| R| en
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An American family on holiday in Africa becomes lost in a game reserve and stalked by vicious killer lions.

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SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped
Hayden Kane There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
dipinj Obviously this is not an award winning movie, however it's not as bad as everyone says. There is one major point at the 40 minute mark that they could've made a correction on. Once they get the keys to the truck, the driver did not have to drive crazy and crash the truck. She simply could've drove it back onto the road and made it to safety. So from that point on the movie is excessively extended for no reason. There's a story around some poachers was just completely disconnected, and makes no sense at all. Acting not half bad. Scenes of Africa are pretty good.
Leofwine_draca CUJO with lions is the plot in a nutshell for this cheap 'n' schlocky B-movie made and filmed in South Africa. The slim plot sees a stepmother and her two kids - a teenage brat and her younger, slightly less irritating brother - trapped in a car with a pride of lions outside, hungry for their flesh. The storyline evolves with lots of attempted suspense and lion attack scenes, but it all comes across as silly and superficial.I can forgive the shoddy camera-work, the cheesy effects, and the bizarre decision to give the lions some kind of 'killer vision', a la PREDATOR. I can give the annoying characters and the lack of realism. Hell, at least there are no CGI lions in this one, and there is at least one recognisable actor in the cast; namely ROBOCOP's Peter Weller, given to slumming it in B-flicks these days, it seems.But what I can't forgive is the stupidity of the characters and thus the script. In PREY, stupidity is the excuse to drive the plot forever. Time and again our protagonists could save themselves or at the very least turn the situation to their advantage, but instead they do something stupid which sends them back to square one. The worst bit is where the woman drives the jeep so badly that she crashes it; this sequence is absolutely nonsensical, and had me howling at the screen. Just what were they thinking? It's silly stuff like this that makes the film a vapid exercise in fear-building, and just once I'd like to see a B-movie where the characters are smart and can actually think for themselves.
ajalexander2 I have nothing to say about this movie other than IMDb needs to add the negative star option to its ratings scale. It seriously pained me to give this movie a star. Whoever read this screenplay and thought it'd make a good movie needs to be strung up by his/her feet in downtown Los Angeles. They should be made to hover above a pit of lions that have been deprived of meat for weeks. Someone should video the whole process, upload it to their iMovie, drop in a title/credits, and put it on Youtube so everyone out there that was tricked into watching this movie can really take pleasure in wasting a few hours of their lives watching humans being tortured by lions.
hanslangsdorf A good movie somewhat scary. Don't look for the small detail. Because if you do you would find many awful mistakes. Just enjoy the movie as is and leave your brains in your pocket. But really if you can do that the movie was very good.The idea also seems original though far fetched. Many people have pointed out the faults. But the point is spending a good 90 minutes enjoying yourself and the predicament of certain people who are truly stupid as you see in the movie.The sub plot about the step daughter etc., was totally not required and the movie would have been shorter and tighter without it.You don't need to waver your attention from the main story which was being trapped by hungry lions and trying to escape while alive.Oh, well, most movies do have sub plots which are usually not required at all.Happy watching. I recommend it to be bought.