Deadliest Prey (2013)
I've been a huge fan of the original Deadly Prey for as long as I can remember and that may be why I avoided the 21st century sequel. Nowadays on November 2nd VHS b movie nerds celebrate Prey day and we rewatch the original. I thought I'd change it up this year and finally try the sequel. It took a long time to accept but let's just say..I enjoyed it.
Dayton the original hero is back and is a legend in a way he definitely is not in real life. Instead of being jacked in daisy dukes he is old and it pajama pants the whole time hahaha, it's def not supposed to be funny, which I guess was the appeal of the first but falls flat this time. Now it's the internet age so the deadly prey hunt is on the internet for money so that's why young hackers are gonna hack haha, falm palm, so screams of a dad trying to be hip, alas the director and brother of the star passed away shorting after this film. RIP. This brother duo had made better films as their career went on but this dip into the home funded ms paint digital area is actually interesting. Because again Deadly Prey wasn't good and it wasn't funny on purpose. This time I am pretty sure there are some purposefully self aware gags but in general it's deadly straight and thus maybe even funnier. The young characters are awful and semi spoiler there is a pay off for that which for my morbid brain was laugh out loud worthy. Daytona progression from dad to action star to border line maniac is impressive. The villains are as evil and yet as dumb as ever. The fact that so many things happen exactly the same as it did in the 80s and no one in this film should be up for it is very funny and yet it almost works.. almost. Spoiler at the end Dayton's son reappears and even that he is a character we have never given any attention too we see this child is as bad ass a gun shooting man mad as his dad and they save the day with a final battle that is so eluding people other then us VHS collecting nerds saw the original. In the end the msg is kids with guns for the future of America . With the unself aware death toll to the cheap fx explosions it's riff worthy and a def guilty pleasure. #deadliestprey #preyday
