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My Thoughts on “Prey” (2022)

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Foreword:     This was originally written and posted on DeviantART on Wednesday August 17, 2022. I’ve written brand new reviews for the two Alien vs. Predator movies and for Predator 2 , now it’s time for me to repost my review of Prey (2022) that I wrote back in 2022 when the movie actually came out. It is my final task before reviewing Predator: Killer of Killers , the latest installment in the Predator franchise from the same director, Dan Trachtenberg. It is second prequel film in the Predator franchise, but it is another first. It’s the first animated film in the Predator franchise and it’s the first anthology film in the franchise. I wrote a post about the trailer to Predator: Killer of Killers , where I talked some of my gripes and concerns based on what I saw in that trailer if you’re interested in reading that. Let’s just say I’m not 100% on board with that movie yet. I haven’t been sold on it yet. I’ll see what I think of it when I get to it, but for now, I...

My Thoughts on “Predator 2”

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  (This is the poster for Predator 2 .)  Well, now that I’ve reviewed the two Alien vs. Predator movies, I can finally review a genuine underrated classic, Predator 2 . I love this movie, I think it’s a classic, it wasn’t appreciated in its time, and still isn’t fully appreciated today, but I’ve always loved it, ever since I first saw it, and it’s probably my favorite film in the entire Predator franchise. I also like Alien vs. Predator (2004), but I consider that to be apart of its own franchise, the Alien vs. Predator  sub franchise, and not apart of either the Alien or Predator franchise and neither does anyone who really works on these movies. I mentioned this in my Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem review , but both it and the first Alien vs. Predator movie were both removed from canon and retconned by the films that can after, Predators in the Predator franchise and Prometheus and Alien: Covenant in the Alien franchise.  The only film in either franchise...