vagabondmaestro The original film was near perfection. Music, direction, script and casting. That brilliant star visited us all too briefly and many have tried to emulate it and while we were blessed with the Samurai Cops and Miami Connection's, we will never truly have another Deadly Prey.The winner of multiple Dibrini awards and two coveted Danton crowns, the original was splendid and gaudy in its excellence. It had a genuine schlock which the industry of Nostalgia so desperately attempts to emulate. Duplication and imitation is a hard thing, outside of a specific era and place.Deadliest Prey attempts to recapture past glories and like many sequels it seeks the safe path of rhyming, as the great Lucas would say. This it does well, covering the tried paths of the past while adding contemporary twists. No doubt a fun movie to have worked on, it still manages to entertain.While it is nothing like the original, it never could be, it is also nothing like Fantastic Four (2015) or other big budget arrogantly made studio monsters. This is a humble production made for both fun and entertainment, what movies in past generations truly aspired for, especially during the straight to video days.Enjoy it for what it is. Not because you compare it to better polished, though target missing super films.63%

Woodyanders The ruthless Colonel Hogan (fiercely played with growly gusto by David Campbell) gets released from prison after serving a lengthy sentence and immediately plots to get revenge on rugged one man killing machine Vietnam veteran Mike Danton (ripped Ted Prior bringing the mighty macho like nobody's business). So, once again Danto gets abducted and dumped in the woods to be hunted down like an animal by a band of bloodthirsty mercenaries.Fortunately, writer/director David A. Prior doesn't go the obvious deliberately camp route with this long in coming follow-up to the immortal 80's cheese classic "Deadly Prey;" instead Prior brings a lean'n'lean unpretentious sensibility that gets right down to brass tacks with a winning dearth of pretense while managing to recapture the gloriously gonzo go-for-broke spirit of the original complete with a handful of nice nods to same (yep, there's another severed arm gag). Moreover, the violence is much gorier this time and Danto even cracks several priceless one liners. Fritz Matthews cuts an imposing and intimidating figure as Thornton's brutish twin brother, Art James makes a brief, but welcome appearance as Danton's helpful buddy Kaplan, and Tara Kleinpeter looks mighty foxy, but can't act for spit as Hogan's eager assistant Sophia. Both Eric A. Wahl's sharp cinematography and the pulsating score by Tim James are up to par.

Sandcooler Whenever a belated sequel to a "so bad it's good"-classic gets released, I start fearing what I call the "Birdemic"-effect. Directors who have accidentally obtained a cult status by being really terrible often start being really terrible on purpose, completely ruining their magic. I'm glad to say David A. Prior isn't one of those directors. "Deadliest Prey" is 100% serious, 100% genuine and 100% laughable. In many ways it's actually even more entertaining than its original. It definitely looks better, the special effects are upped a notch (not a fan of CGI, but the first one was almost completely bloodless), the dialogues are...slightly better and the fights are...slightly more realistic. Apart from that, this is pretty much the same movie as "Deadly Prey". The plot (so to speak) develops exactly like in the first one, right down to the smallest details. Five minutes in you think oh, almost the same opening scene as the first. That's kinda lazy, bring on the new stuff! Then Danton gets kidnapped while taking out the garbage, and then they tell him to "RUN!", and then he leaves someone alive if he tells him what's going on and then just kills him anyway. Oh what's next, they're going to kidnap his wife and he'll find the female henchman (henchwoman?)in his house? Thornton is ready to kill him but Hogan wants him alive because otherwise the movie's over too soon? Oh, both these things also happen? Well, I'm sure they're not cutting someone's arm off ag...this is a remake, pure and simple. But a nice remake, with a heart and a better pace than the original. It adds nothing, but it's still worth seeing.

Chris Mackey (guestar57) Stars: Ted Prior,David Campbell,Fritz Matthews. What would you do if the director of a film offered a pre-release showing of his long awaited sequel ? WATCH IT !!! Do not wanna give away any spoilers at all,But David Campbell,The Villain,Has some catch phrases and a half to enjoy. Ted Prior revisits one of his favorite roles,Danton from Deadly Prey,Ted as we interviewed recently wasn't sure he could still be 'The Prey',But letting his fans make their own opins about results, You Go Dude ! Bringing Fritz Matthews back was a screenwriters nightmare ( NO SPOILERS,REMEMBER) and a gift to David Prior fans. Did we mention David Campbell steals the film scene after scene, And Ted Prior seems to be okay with considering their last filmic dance. Lots of knife work,bullets shot and traps galore. There is ironic comedy too. Would wish DEADLY PREY was promoted as 25th anniversary edition sometime.