The movie’s producer, Jhane Meyers, is an enrolled member of the Comanche Nation, and “she was a part of this from the very beginning, just making sure that things were accurate and being involved,” Midthunder says.ĭirector Dan Trachtenberg was also sure to adhere to historical accuracy without falling into traps like virtue signaling and cliché. To make the film’s Comanche representation authentic, actual Comanche members were not only consulted but also kept at the heart of the entire filmmaking process.
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Indeed, as Midthunder says, there’s “all kinds of stuff inside of a movie that has a giant space alien.” After a run-in with the Predator during a hunt, Naru is trapped by French fur traders who interrogate her about what she’s seen and torture her brother.
“Prey” is also a story about colonialism, and it’s not difficult to note the similarities between the brutality of colonization and the Predator’s deadly invasion. It all creates a sense of ominousness that ultimately breaks into explosive action. Before she sees the actual bloodthirsty alien, which was first introduced in 1987’s “Predator,” she notices signs that something is amiss: strange, glowing green blood splashed on the trees around her and gigantic footprints bigger than any bear’s. Set in 1719, it begins when Naru, determined to become a hunter like her brother, witnesses what she believes to be a thunderbird - or a gigantic winged creature based in Native mythology - but is really the arrival of a Predator ship. 5, centers on a young Comanche warrior named Naru, played by Midthunder.
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We have characters that are full people with emotions and desires and a variety of personalities and relationships.” “I’ll find a lot of people didn’t know that like, ‘Oh, Native people are actually really well kept or actually very intelligent, or very skilled, or very strategic’ - not the things that you normally see, which is either hyperspiritual or extremely violent. Midthunder is grateful “we got the opportunity to kind of break down” stereotypes, she says. It’s also exceptional (and earning rave reviews) for another reason: it stars a Native cast and features genuinely authentic representation, largely thanks to how closely it worked with actual members of the Comanche tribe.įor Midthunder, who is herself a part of the Fort Peck Sioux Tribe, the chance to showcase Indigenous culture on screen was both welcome and necessary. Grounded by lead actor Amber Midthunder’s performance, it’s a tight, breathless ride from start to finish. “Prey,” the new prequel to the Predator movies, is a more-than-worthy addition to the franchise.
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