Amber Midthunder as Naru faces the Predator in Prey
(Picture: David Bukach)How do you get action fans to applaud an 18th century Comanche girl? By making her part of the Predator franchise. Just as with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s mercenary Dutch in the series’ first instalment, Naru, this prequel’s protagonist, faces an intergalactic foe whose veins run with green goo. “If it bleeds, we can kill it!” is the suitably blood-thirsty refrain heard in both Predator and Prey.
Since the new movie is going straight to Disney+, much of its audience will be teens who neither know nor care about the goings on of the original. But to go by the reaction of the gala crowd this canny coming-of-age-story has something for everyone.
