Fresh
Deftly strips away the phoniness of a big-budget studio production.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
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The Prey
Overview
A robber escapes from prison with a single objective in mind: to track down his former cellmate, a serial killer who intends to pin his crimes on him. A cop is sent after the robber who, despite his best efforts, soon becomes Public Enemy Number One. As the protagonists are driven to their limits, it becomes increasingly unclear who is the hunter and who is the prey.
Director and cast
- Eric Valette Director
- Albert Dupontel as Franck Adrien
- Alice Taglioni as Claire Linné
- Stéphane Debac as Jean-Louis Maurel
- Natacha Régnier as Christine Maurel
- Sergi López as Manuel Carrega
- Caterina Murino as Anna Adrien
- Olivier Schneider as Novik
- Zinedine Soualem as Lucciani
- Serge Hazanavicius as Lafay
- Jean-Marie Winling as Pascaud
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's watchable but absolutely no big deal, although you wouldn't know that from the drum-heavy score, so loud and militaristic that someone could reuse it for a documentary about the Battle of the Bulge.
Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post
Fresh
Like a bullet train, the French thriller "The Prey" is a model of breathless efficiency, its stuffed cargo of chases, brawls and twists delivered with admirable speed.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
[A] sharp if dramatically underwhelming French thriller ...
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
Fresh
It's no insult to say that it doesn't aspire to art-house significance, just to white-knuckled entertainment.
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
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