Set in 1719, the film begins by introducing us to Naru (Midthunder), a young Comanche woman who was trained as a healer but dreams of being a hunter like her brother, Taabe ( Dakota Beavers).
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The result is a brilliant and thrilling movie that recaptures the magic and terror of the original, while featuring a career-making performance from Amber Midthunder. ‘Prey’ is set in the Comanche Nation during 1719 and follows a resilient and highly skilled young warrior named Naru ( Amber Midthunder) as she discovers that what she is stalking is actually a highly evolved alien with a technologically advanced arsenal. Premiering on Hulu August 5th is the latest movie in the ‘ Predator’ franchise called ‘ Prey,’ which is a prequel to the original and directed by ‘ 10 Cloverfield Lane’s Dan Trachtenberg. The Super Mario Bros.(L to R) Amber Midthunder as Naru and Dane DiLiegro as the Predator in 20th Century Studios' 'Prey,' exclusively on Hulu.One Piece Chapter 1063 – Bonney And Kuma.One Piece Chapter 1064 – Law VS Blackbeard: Devil Fruit.In certain Martial Arts, the strength of the individual become secondary to techniques capable of employing an opponents force against them. Rather than strength and power serving to overcome the threat, it is the exploitation of the Predator’s nature that effects the outcome. Here the Predator operates in habitual ways. But when information is gathered and the mechanics of the opponent are defined within their boundaries, the path toward victory becomes illuminated. The first thought you are faced with when encountering the overwhelming opponent is the impossibility of success. If I were to make another analogy, Prey is like experiencing a boss fight in the Shadows of the Colossus game. I completely loved how Naru was written and portrayed by Amber Midthunder. Rather it excels at presenting a fleshed-out, relatable and memorable lead character. There have been many female-led action films recently that struggled to find mainstream acceptance but I don’t believe Prey has any issue with such an area. Naru’s receptiveness to possibility becomes a strength that defines her as an iconic lead character.
And in conjunction with defining the Predator, the uniqueness of the main lead is highlighted. Such a narrative can be palpably felt throughout this film.
Once form is attached to darkness, the consuming anxiety diminishes its reach. Fear is only insufferable when the cloud of uncertainty exaggerates the dread. Throughout the film, information is continuously derived and slowly Naru is able to piece together the image of her opponent and the boundaries defining its terror. In terms of sports, think of how underdog teams become “Giant Killers” when they are able to use the information they gather on a superior opponent to arrive at strategies and counters that ultimately see them triumphant. The whole movie serves to build off on the scenes that came before to arrive at a point where the information accrued becomes the weapon that is able to smite a “giant”. This completely nullifies the gender disparity that may exist in terms of physical capabilities and makes a female lead taking on the Predator a non-issue. Physical attributes such as strength and agility while important aren’t the focal area of this hunt, rather the aspects that primarily determines the whole conflict is the observational ability and situational awareness of the main lead (Naru). What I absolutely love about Prey is how the hunt unravels and climaxes. Out of all the Predator films that came before, Prey has now become my most favourite entry within the franchise and if I am being totally honest, I found it superior than many blockbuster films released this year. Prey is a complete film that smartly used its setting, pacing and characters to craft an experience that embodied a “hunt” and a journey which evolved from the “hunted” becoming the “hunter”.
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