Prey (2007)

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

Director:

Darrell Roodt (as Darrell James Roodt)

Writers:

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

Stars:

Bridget Moynahan, Peter Weller, Carly Schroeder

Cast

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

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 | killing an animal | 

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Taglines:

The Hunt Begins

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [South Africa]

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?

Trivia

This movie got its inspiration from the (real) stories of the Man eating lions of Tsavo.

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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

Scare, yawn, repeat.

This film contains extremely graphic(realistic)violence and is probably not appropriate for preteens. The play on words of the title is the cleverest thing about the film. Otherwise, the film is predictable. The main characters get into and stay in jeopardy by doing dumb things. The middle of the film consists of repeated episodes of attacking and waiting. There are two reasonable outcomes to the situation the family. About half way into the story I got curious about whether the screen writers would find a third possibility. That helped me stick with it to the end. The close up photography of the lions is worthwhile and the work of the lion trainer is impressive. It's a movie to watch on an afternoon when you have nothing better to do.