When it comes to the heartless murderer, a broken heart, and an awful loss-making people to become cold-blooded killers is a trope audience have seen countless times, yet we still buy into it every single time. Tears and the aspect of mourning for their fallen pals are obviously missing due to the desperation of the remaining lot to survive and the ostensible nature of most of their bonds. One crucial aspect worth noting is that this title keeps off following the expected by not basing the order of death of the characters on their personality types.

At some point, the narrative sort of singles out one of the guys as the supposed protagonist giving the presumption that this particular person might survive to see another day thanks to the plot armor totally reserved for protagonists.īut, ‘Prey’ makes up for that by putting an equal amount of focus on the other four guys leaving audiences guessing who among them, if any at all, will survive the terrifying ordeal with the protagonist. One obviously expects the characters to exhibit more fear, but instead, they sometimes waste crucial time bickering around instead of instantly switching into survival mode. The movie’s first few minutes are definitely slow and bland however, things escalate swiftly when the friends start running scared through the woods dodging bullets and trying to outsmart the invisible enemy, which delivers the aspect of thrill and fear. However, the movie is dubbed, and it is possible that the emotional tension and suspense could have simply been lost in translation. Interestingly enough, a lot of their disagreements seem to crop out of nowhere with no build-up at all, and one can’t help to feel like the intensity of the fights is a little bit forced in some scenes. This makes it hard to understand what kind of friends they are, and it is even harder for the audience to invest in the conflicts too. Still, they all agree, and when they pack up for the so-called adventure, they seem to be like the ride-or-die kind of friends, something that keeps changing drastically as their interactions become strangely impersonal and even bitter as the story progresses. First, it seems illogical that they were both on board with Roman’s plan to head to the woods, with no objections, whilst there are characters with different phobias when it comes to this escapade. Something a bit baffling in this feature is the friendship dynamic amongst the five men. Filming most of the scenes in the woods adds a flair of sinisterness into the film while the other scenes filmed elsewhere as well are as eerie as can be, including how the happy memories are presented in flashbacks which give the audience the feeling that everything is not as it seems. The menacing score, incredibly tense silences, and the few characters in each scene create a feeling of uneasiness and intrigue for the audience. Right from the start, this thriller establishes a tone and mood for itself, which it sticks to throughout the running time. Weirdly though, the shooter doesn’t seem to be in a hurry while she is everywhere at the same time, something that doesn’t make sense. Differences start cropping among themselves, making the situation even worse. The killer seems to be having a good time stalking her prey, spoiler alert, yes, she’s a woman and the team tries to navigate through the thicket while dogging a thread of bullets.

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