![]() ![]() Heck, even viewers with no interest in the Predator movies till now might want to give Prey a shot by the sounds of it.īy most accounts, Prey isn’t just one of the best new movies to stream this week, but one of the best movies released on a streaming service all year - so get this one in your watchlist as soon as possible. In fact, even if you only have a passing interest in the legendary sci-fi series you should probably still stream this critically acclaimed prequel. If you’re even slightly interested in the Predator franchise then watching Prey this weekend is a total no-brainer. However, Prey has mostly enjoyed extremely positive reviews. ![]() Allen Johnson of The San Francisco Chronicle, who called the movie “ a lean, mean, riveting back-to-nature horror film that flies through its thrilling 99 minutes.” Chuck Bowen of Slant Magazine offers a more negative write-up, arguing that Prey struggles to break free of the long shadow cast by the original classic Predator film. Olly Richards of Time Out declared that Prey is the “excellent Predator film we’ve been praying for.” And Empire’s James Dyer was similarly positive, labelling Prey “the best Predator movie since the original” and saying “Prey proves that, against all expectation, there’s life in the franchise yet, not to mention a thrilling new lead in Amber Midthunder.”Īnother positive take came from G. 2010’s Predators did earn a middling 60%, but none of the hunter-alien's previous big screen outings come close to matching Prey’s impressive score. Granted, the Predator movies have never been critical darlings, with 1990’s Predator 2 pulling just 30% and the last attempt at a franchise revival, The Predator, managing an equally poor 33%. This is a franchise high for the Predator series, with only 1987’s Predator on 80% landing anywhere near. The film currently scores a very strong 95% on Rotten Tomatoes. In a review Metacritic has marked at 83/100, The Wrap's Alonso Duralde called the film a "giddy treat of an R-rated comic-book movie, borrowing elements from inspirations as disparate as 9 to 5, Bugs Bunny and Modesty Blaise to create an adventure that tweaks its genre familiarity with delightful bursts of anarchy and wit."īirds of Prey is released in cinemas on Friday, February 7.Prey is scheduled to release on Friday (August 5) but some lucky critics have already had the chance to watch the film, and it would appear the overwhelming majority were impressed. There were many men, however, who also gave the movie high grades. It's nice to see a joker who doesn't take herself too seriously." It works because we haven't seen this story a thousand times before, and because it leaves behind the grim-dark posturing of Suicide Squad. Time Out's Helen O'Hara, for example, said of the film, " Birds of Prey isn't interested in hitting all the usual superhero movie beats. The film has been particularly popular with female critics. It's as smart in its approach as it is carefree in its execution." The Independent's Clarisse Loughrey, for example, writes, "All the daily joys and hurdles of a woman's experience are deftly woven into the larger-than-life fabric of the comic-book film. Though neither Rotten Tomatoes or Metacritic have any five-star reviews for the movie from critics yet, the film has been given a number of four star ratings. Read more 'Birds of Prey' Review Embargo: When Are the First Reviews Out? The latter, however, is basing its rating on a bigger sample of critics (91 at time of writing) than the former (30). ![]() ![]() Rotten Tomatoes places reviews into two categories, fresh or rotten, with a three-star rating counting toward a 'fresh rating.' Meanwhile, Metacritic divides reviews into positive, mixed, and negative reviews, with three-stars out of five counting as 'mixed.' This lower Metacritic score suggests that the average review of the movie is three stars out of five, which counts as a 'mixed' review on Metacritic and a 'fresh' one on Rotten Tomatoes. To understand why this is, we must understand the difference in how the two sites get to their score. Birds of Prey sits at a 60 percent rating on the review aggregator, suggesting mixed reviews for the new Harley Quinn (played by Margot Robbie) movie. However, the movie's Rotten Tomatoes score seems to bode well for the film, with its current rating being 90 percent. It is a follow-up to Suicide Squad, the nearly universally panned movie rated 27 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, and is a female-directed movie fronted by a nearly entire female cast, making it a target of a certain kind of Twitter troll. Birds of Prey has a lot of pressures on it that most of DC Comics' other movies do not face. ![]()
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