Deadly Prey
1987 Directed by David A. Prior, Nancy Paloian
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In Vietnam he was the best.... He still is!
Michael Danton is kidnapped from his home and forced to become the hunted when ex-Military Hogan decides he wants to train his own mercenary army. Danton was the best at what he did. And he still is. This prey has become DEADLY!
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I don't think movies can be more entertaining than this.
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Now, you must understand that when I rate a film like Deadly Prey, I rate it based on entertainment mostly, rather than the conventional terms of "good". If I didn't, all these films would be half a star. But that's the thing, the purpose of Deadly Prey or Commando is not to be conventionally good, but entertaining instead! And Deadly Prey comes damn close to the top of the heap.
Deadly Prey is everything you'd come to expect from a movie like this, it's hilarious and just pure fun. There's cheesy action sequences, which I hold in higher regard than modern action scenes in that it's not so choppily edited, i.e. you can actually see…
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I trained him!!! Danton!!!!
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One man with a mullet and in incredibly tight jean shorts gets kidnapped and then hunted by a rented army of men with big guns (Ooh-er). Michael "Mike" Danton has ample opportunity to use his well honed Vietnam skills on the incompetent and bad acting mercenaries. He does not need clothes for this mission, oh no, who then would see his nipples of steel? Eating rats and fighting off gay subtext, Danton soon realises he is up against his old mentor turned nemesis, Colonel Hogan.
This film is amazingly bad in everything it does. It is also thoroughly entertaining due to this. And no, its nothing like First Blood made by fucktards ...
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David Prior's Deadly Prey lies deep in the territory of cheap, direct-to-video affairs but has many qualities that make it a decent watch for connoisseurs of such things ;-) And when I say cheap, think 90% footage of guys running through some nondescript woodlands environment between a string of fair to middling fight exchanges – with the notable exception of two or three specific match-ups.
Basic premise: a mercenary army is being trained in the woods somewhere near L.A. Their primary combat exercises seems to consist of snatching randoms from the street and then setting them loose in the woods for a spot of Running Man-esque hunting, cause you know 30 guys armed to the hilt against an unarmed civilian…
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Shirts off lads this is war
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I trained him!!! Danton!!!!
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Now, you must understand that when I rate a film like Deadly Prey, I rate it based on entertainment mostly, rather than the conventional terms of "good". If I didn't, all these films would be half a star. But that's the thing, the purpose of Deadly Prey or Commando is not to be conventionally good, but entertaining instead! And Deadly Prey comes damn close to the top of the heap.
Deadly Prey is everything you'd come to expect from a movie like this, it's hilarious and just pure fun. There's cheesy action sequences, which I hold in higher regard than modern action scenes in that it's not so choppily edited, i.e. you can actually see…
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David Prior's Deadly Prey lies deep in the territory of cheap, direct-to-video affairs but has many qualities that make it a decent watch for connoisseurs of such things ;-) And when I say cheap, think 90% footage of guys running through some nondescript woodlands environment between a string of fair to middling fight exchanges – with the notable exception of two or three specific match-ups.
Basic premise: a mercenary army is being trained in the woods somewhere near L.A. Their primary combat exercises seems to consist of snatching randoms from the street and then setting them loose in the woods for a spot of Running Man-esque hunting, cause you know 30 guys armed to the hilt against an unarmed civilian…
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One man with a mullet and in incredibly tight jean shorts gets kidnapped and then hunted by a rented army of men with big guns (Ooh-er). Michael "Mike" Danton has ample opportunity to use his well honed Vietnam skills on the incompetent and bad acting mercenaries. He does not need clothes for this mission, oh no, who then would see his nipples of steel? Eating rats and fighting off gay subtext, Danton soon realises he is up against his old mentor turned nemesis, Colonel Hogan.
This film is amazingly bad in everything it does. It is also thoroughly entertaining due to this. And no, its nothing like First Blood made by fucktards ...
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My brain has melted.
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Not as (unintentionally) funny as Strike Commando, but still has some decent entertainment value if you're up for a low-budget Rambo rip-off.
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Logic, Intelligence and Good sex scenes are all thighs lacking in this mindless movie about a camp in the middle of old U.S.A., where mercenaries are trained by God knows who. The best practice they can get is to kidnap someone and then throw that someone into the woods, so he could be hunted, but they messed with the wrong this time. Mike' Danton a slimmer and blondier Rambo, is a ex-marine, ex-special forces, ex-karate champion and when he is kidnapped by mistake, he will become the hunter!
Loads of borderline ridiculous dialogue and a sequence of “fails” (first thing to do when your husband is kidnapped, would probably be calling the police…no in this movie the solution is calling a 70 year old grandpa who once had connection with the local law enforcement), make this surprisingly enjoyable, and it only does not get better than the 2 ½ stars, because the same gags are uberrepeated -
uzreiz pēc beigu titriem apsolīju sev, ka šo filmu skatīšos vēl un vēl ballītēs ar draugiem (kad man reiz būs ballītes). treša kontekstā izcils ir viss. aizrauj galvenais varonis – astoņdesmito solarizētais skaistulis ar laika garam atbilstošu blondu sasuku sievai-un-rokam, kas, nonācis medījuma lomā, attopas baskājains un puskails, taču tas viņam nebūt netraucē jau pāris epizodes vēlāk atgriezties pie skatītājiem, eleganti ietīties efejā un uzkost kādu slieku. ar vieglu roku ienaidnieka specvienības rindas tiek šķaidītas gluži kā alkohols sliktā krogā, un paņēmieni ir ko vērti – ne katrs pratīs militārpersonas nodurt ar žagariņu, uzspridzināt ienaidnieka bikšupriekšu, vai – un šī ir nenovērtējami izcila aina – nocirst ļaundara roku, un ar to pašu stumbeni viņu arī līdz nāvei piekaut (turklāt, ar to viss vēl nemaz nebeidzas, bet te es apstāšos).
scenārijs iet kosmosā, un līķu skaits šinī filmā liek Titānikam apkaunotam skumt stūrī. pavisam brīnišķīgas ir beigas, kā arī ziņa, ka šogad tai iznāk turpinājums.
obligāta skatāmviela dzīves nogurdinātajiem.
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Somebody shot a backyard "one-man army" movie and somehow made it come out looking like more-or-less a real movie. What a violent, ridiculous romp. Loved it. Where's the DVD release? I had to watch this in pieces on YouTube, and it was still fantastic. Great for a bad movie night with the guys.