It’s by no means good but I like parts of what it does, like our first Predator “final girl”. I don’t even mind the story that much; the idea that aliens advanced human technology is hardly new.
However, the tone is completely different from its predecessors (I always think of the Merovingian when I use that word) and it plays out more like a video game adaptation. And, since I mentioned the Matrix, maybe that’s just where we were in the early 00s – studios wanted PG13s and video gamers’ bums on seats?
The upshot is, you can sell the same audience Prey 18 years later at a fraction of the cost and go hard R. So, net win?
★★½