Director: Thomas Sieben
Cast: David Kross , Hanno Koffler , Maria Ehrich , Robert Finster , Livia Matthes , Yung Ngo , Klaus Steinbacher , Nellie Thalbach , Olivia Castanho , Gabriel Sousa , Andreas Berger (CtGp)
Plot: Roman together with his brother Albert and their friends go on a hiking trip into the wild! The group soon find themselves in a desperate bid for survival when they realize that they have fallen prey to a mysterious shooter.
My Movie Review: The movie is thrilling but in a confusing way as it misses its target when there's no direction to follow exciting in premise with unknown results as a hiking trip into the wild turns into a desperate bid for survival for five friends on the run from a mysterious shooter! Prey is such set-up playing field an extremely violent 2021 German survival horror /thriller that could have great if it found its core as centers' around five friends on the run from an unknown sharpshooter set to kill them and makes me think if do play the cards right could been ecstatic!! What's the shooter's motivations? A man hater and has troubled past as the men stumble upon an innocent-looking woman, Eva (Maria Ehrich), standing by the lake, and while they initially think she can help them, it turns out she's the shooter all along so the lesson here first don't assume always think with suspicion cause you never know what's that person would do to you! Prey is actually good thriller has a lot going for it and starts strong however it does also feel long it starts to drag with nothing much to root for and small developments that often shallow! In the same vein as Red Dot Netflix's latest survival thriller Prey sees a group of men on a stag party weekend so second lesson' be careful when going on vacation don't let your guard down!
Critic Reviews: Prey is a must-watch survival film that will make you look around for a sniper in the trees. From betrayal to tragic accidents, there is a weight to Prey that just works, with its antagonist adding the right amount of twist to surprise viewers. When the big reveals are doled out in the final frames, you'll likely rewind it a few times to see if you missed the what's and whys. Nope, it's just one big head-scratcher. At one point in the ridiculous Prey, one hiker being stalked by a killer ventures, "Who says it has to make sense?" That seems to be the guiding motto of this film. All these criticisms might not matter if Sieben choreographed set pieces for maximum tension and showcased more directorial panache, but with Prey, he's merely content to get the job done with drab efficiency. If you ever wondered how boring and frustrating it might be to watch the young, athletic and helpless stagger to their deaths, with little agency in their fate, Sieben's made a movie for you. The main problem with Prey is conceptual, in that it sets up a horror situation that seems fundamentally pointless, with the fate of the men hang in abyss with disappointing misfire that ultimately pales in comparison to its like-minded brethren!!
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