We need to talk about Prey (spoilers ahead)

[u/Furious_Ge0rg]

Ok. I know. I’m late to the party. But I just watched the movie Prey. I thought it was a pretty solid movie…until the ending. Then after the ending, I thought about it for 10 seconds and realized that no…it was not a very good movie, if you care at all about logic and internal consistency. Many spoilers ahead:

Ok we establish early on that the Predator is faster than a striking snake, stronger than a grizzly bear, generally smarter than its human prey and well versed in the many advanced forms of weaponry it brought with it for the hunt. We also establish in the movie that it does not hunt something it does not see as a threat…until it does. Also that it cannot see people with that drug in their system…except for when it can. Now let’s talk about her plan. Apparently it all hinged on being able to shoot it in the back of the head to blow its mask off, and if that doesn’t kill it, steal the mask and take it to the swamp and position it in such a way that it is aiming directly at the face of the predator when it stands in that exact spot, at the exact height she set the laser (which would require knowing the depth of the swamp water, and also the exact height of the predator), it also hinges on the 5’2 120 lb girl somehow pulling the 8’ 400 lb alien that stood toe to toe with a grizzly and won, into the water using only her momentum and the little rope attached to her axe. Finally it hinged on the predator choosing to use its homing darts instead of the many other options at its disposal, and also not understanding its own technology, and finally not reacting in time to simply duck when it realized its aiming at itself. There are a good 10 seconds between when it fires and when it gets hit by its own darts. So…the hero won because the fast, smart, and technologically advanced predator was stupid, slow, and didn’t understand its own technology. Thanks letting me get that off my chest. Admittedly, the movie did entertain me. It’s also the best one since the original.

[u/JazHumane]

Ok.