Prey (I) (2007)

An American family on holiday in Africa becomes lost in a game reserve and stalked by lions.

Director:

Darrell Roodt

Writers:

Darrell Roodt (screenplay), Beau Bauman (screenplay),

Stars:

Bridget Moynahan, Peter Weller, Carly Schroeder

Cast

Credited cast:
Bridget Moynahan	...	Amy Newman
Peter Weller	...	Tom Newman
Carly Schroeder	...	Jessica Newman
Jamie Bartlett	...	Crawford
Conner Dowds	...	David Newman (as Connor Dowds)
Marius Roberts	...	Brian
Muso Sefatsa	...	Nephew
Jacob Makgoba	...	Local Hunter
Ashley Taylor	...	Rescue Chopper Ranger
Tumisho Masha	...	Ranger at Airstrip (as Tumisho K. Masha)
Mary-Ann Barlow	...	Ranger in Radio Room
Thijs Ocenasek	...	King Air Pilot 1
Louis Heering	...	King Air Pilot 2
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lee-Anne Summers	...	Hostess

Storyline

While working in a dam in Africa, the American hydraulic engineer Tom Newman brings his family to spend a couple of days in the Leopard's Rest Lodge. His fourteen year-old daughter Jessica is having friction with her stepmother Amy since she does not accept the divorce of her parents. On the next morning, Amy, Jessica and her brother David go in a game drive with a ranger while Tom goes to the dam. While driving off-road, David asks the ranger to stop the jeep to go to the "toilet", and unexpectedly they are attacked by a group of starving lions that kill and eat the ranger. Amy, Jessica and David are trapped in the jeep and stalked by the wild lions. When Tom returns to the hotel and finds that his family has not returned from the game, he asks for help to the experienced hunter and guide Crawford and together they seek Tom's family.

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Plot Keywords:

lion | jeep | africa | holiday | national park | 

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Taglines:

The Hunt Begins

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Genres:

Adventure | Horror | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [za]

Country:

USA South Africa

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 April 2007 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Cacería Sangrienta

Filming Locations:

South Africa

Company Credits

Production Co:

Anant Singh Production, Videovision Entertainment, Distant Horizon

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References The Lion King (1994)

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Soundtracks

"Awaken"
Composed by Ron Brettel
Published by Mathambo Music
Administered by NORM

User Reviews

Decent animal attack movie..

Judging from the reviews here, I didn't expect much so I was somewhat pleasantly surprised. In a cold winter evening in Sweden it can be pretty nice to see a movie set in the beautiful South African landscape. The story is not much to say about. It's basically "Cujo" but with lions instead of a St Bernard Dog. By far not a great movie, but a pretty entertaining and exciting 90 minutes. Seen to the budget the movie looks pretty good. The acting is also OK, but it could have been a better movie if the script would have been more believable. But that is often the case with this type of movies and it didn't bother me that much.