Prey: The Feral Predator - Origins, Weapons, Connection to Alien & Ending

A 2022 Prey is the fifth installement in the Predator frachise that features the the first human predator hunt and reveals the origin the flintfloc pistol that is shown at the end of Predator 2. So today I’ll explain the feral predator and go over Prey, the prequel to 4 other predator movies set in 1719 and we’ll discuss how it fits in the Alien Vs Predator timeline introduced in the crossovers. This predator prequel uncovers a new yatja type, the feral predator that is quite different from other predators in terms of physical appearance, weapons, invisible camouflage and the tech. Prey has many homage moments to the original predator and includes some historically accurate elements with refences to native American lore and it actually may be the best predator movie since the original predator or even the best intallement in the entire franchise for some people. In this movie the feral predator seems to have a task to collect the skull of the most dangerous species on planet Earth which is human however instead he may actually become their Pray.
The movie centers around Naru, a talented Comanche warrior who wants to rise above what her culture prepared for her and establish herself as a hunter but in order to do that she might have to kill one of the most dangerous predators in the universe.
In September of 1719, Naru who’s been trained as a healer has aspirations of becoming a renowned hunter like her brother Taabe. While practicing throwing a tomahawk Naru notices a deer and tries to kill it but without sucess. Her hunt is interrupted by a shattering sound and flames of a Predator spacecraft that is dropping off the Feral yautja. Naru calls what she saw a “thunderbird” and thinks it is a sign that she is ready to prove herself as a hunter though a ritual called kühtaamia which is a hunt of something that is hunting you. In the native American mythology the “Thunderbird” is a legendary supernatural being that is believed to generate thunder by flapping its wings and lighting by flashing its eyes. The predator ship and its trail do look like a weird bird which makes us wonder about the origin of other myths and legends in different cultures. Back in the village Naru desire’s to be a hunter are met with resistance from her mother who wants her to be a healer but Naru seems very determined about her persuit and predges to become a hunter one day.
On the contrary Alien vs Predator crossovers state that yatchas visited Earth for thousands of years and used it as hunting grounds, therefore some predator clans have visited Earth way before the feral predator. It is still unclear if alien vs predator crossvers are included in the predator timeline. Initially after the first 2 predator movies, the studio decided to go ahead and merge predator with the alien universe however later they reverted back to the standalone predator timeline sparate from the alien. For that reason officially Prey is the 5th installement in the franshise, but at the same time some directors who make Predator movies like Shane Black sstill consider alien included in the predator universe.
The following day, while all women go one direction to forage food, upset Naru literally goes the opposite direction ,sneaks away from the village with her dog Sarii and follows the tracks of the feral yatch who just collected another trophy skull of the grey wolf after a gruesome encounter. The feral predator brings the wolf’s head in a his cave and removes all the flesh with a the acidic Disintegrator Gas, adding another Earth’s predator in his collection. In the mean time, Naru modifies her axe by making it retractable using a thread. The next day, she stumbles upon a field of skinned buffolos which hints on the similarity between the yatcha and the fur traders, both of which tend to skin their prey and hunt for sport. The feral predator follows Naru footsteps and also discovers dead bufflos along with some tracks left by fur traders which ingites his interest in this new species that he hasn’t seen yet - humans who are now the new worthy prey to hunt.

[@JCFrost]

Your Alien and Predator breakdowns are the best in KZbin, I love the atmosphere you create with your voice and the music. Top notch!!

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Yeah, they SO are! Like, by far!

[@fuzzylumpkins6034]

Agree. I want to create an anthology with them to add to all my movies as extras for each that are actually better than half the movies. The bridging of the novels and comics as well is superb.

[@alphaeligon9226]

Hey Kroft, great job with Predator movie: Prey! Definitely seek to see it!

[@frankthetank8050]

Yeah but he completely failed his country and all of his people by saying this terrible terrible terrible movie was so great. Repulsive!!

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True!

[@eddiehoplight2003]

Kroft if you haven't done so already, you should do a collab with Alien Theory, a channel that covers anything and everything related to Alien

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And it's fire Everytime

[@mharriedjr]

My guy.... This is the BEST explanation of the franchise to date!!!! I love it, this movie made so much sense with Native American folklore

[@magicknight8412]

Prey is such a good film. This was a great overview of it.

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I love how you explain the Alien/Prometheus/Predator universe(s). Thank you for doing this 😎

[@jasonvoorhees310]

Been waiting on this video. Great job man. Love all of your Yautja and Xenomorph lore videos.

[@h2opower]

When thinking of this movie as it differs from the other movies remember that there are two versions of the Predators trapped in some sort of civil war. This movie Prey is more or less a historic take on the other Predators whom also seek out the strongest prey to hunt in the galaxy that we were introduced to two movies prior to this one. Remember Noland's words saying they are different as a wolf is to a dog. So, they too have a history roaming the galaxy in search of worthy prey. Eventually everything must take a turn back to the Engineers as all that planetary damage seems to have been a war between the Predators and the Engineers. And from the looks of how the Predators knowledge of the Alien's when the Engineers sent that bioweapon to their planet it didn't work as they were much better hunters than the Engineers expected them to be. If they put their minds to the task at writing and creating with much creativity as possible this could be one of the greatest movie makes of all time as it will incorporate many other movies into it's fold.

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Kroft is back! I can't believe that guy has over 100k subscribers and releases so few new videos.

[@mildlydazed9608]

It's a pleasant surprise to see the channel I've been catching up on Alien and Predator stories/lore put a new video up

[@CoryG1981]

Thanks for this Kroft , its seems like its been forever since ya did a great video , thank you for all the hard work you do to give us the best information you can

[@TheElMuffin]

Raphael Adolini was an honorable captain of a pirate Galeon who was forced to fight his own mutineer crew over gold stolen from a church. Much more interesting backstory for the gun that what we're presented here.

[@venomfang8560]

While the feral predator lifting bear is out of this world strength, other movies have shown the same if not more. In AVP there two that stick out. The bulky predator that dies early in the movie runs and takes an alien and slams it into stone smashing it. The second one was the main predator at the end of the movie. It's able to leap extremely high in the air while traveling quite far horizontally and stab the queen in the head. Leaping like that at the size (250-270lbs) is crazy. Think of football player that jumped out of swimming pool and multiply that power by 10.

[@B0M0A0K]

Outstanding video, great stuff.

[@fredbowles4721]

Definitely a decent predator movie. Best one since the first, although the absolute insanity in #2 is great schlock

[@jffry24]

You’re crazy predators was better AVP was better. They had a female child predator. Come on now it’s so ridiculous.

[@TheFirstCurse1]

​@@jffry24You must not have seen the movie. There is no "female child predator". It's only Feral.

[@djrudd8455]

I could listen to you describe the texture of toast and still be entertained. Thanks for another great video - the combination of your voice and this music is hypnotic :)

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[@willemdodgerford5782]

Someone explain me why this movie scored so much better on imdb than "predators"

[@tameramorrison8966]

I think both of them are awesome.

[@finalfrontier001]

because its woke liberal masses nothing to do with actual viwers and film critics

[@jt1610]

This movie was terrible. Predators was the best after the original.

[@richardblack3385]

Because it's better

[@Chris-nn3vu]

Because sjw idiots positive review bombed it because they are racist against White people like the film is

[@joy8oy770]

Your Alien Break down is Gold as ever

[@prestigeworldwide5682]

I like the comic version better in terms of the Gun’s origin.

[@chrisMc1972]

You videos are so relaxing

[@mattp9932]

Make more vids. Your analysis is top tier

[@jaymobiggety9903]

What great commentary. You are the best in the movie game Kroft!

[@damianstarks3338]

Great analysis of this predator prequel I like this movie and the feral predator.

[@fjuraa]

no way this movie was better then PREDATOR 2

[@RokDAWG1]

What’s amazing to me is how this movie would need to be explained.

[@CurtGullin]

finaly a prey reveiw ... well done

[@t905im7]

Amazing to see kroft back

[@francisbarnaby]

Great review, about time someone gives it a fair review.

[@Peanutdenver]

When I saw the trailer for this film I laughed it off and thought, just another Predator movie trying to cash in on the name. But, it sounds like I should watch it.

[@anthonychipmunk5184]

Cool vid! 🙂

[@russianporkban6118]

Oh my Kroft is back. I have bad bad bad tinnitus and you are only youtuber that makes me asleep, must be your slow voice 😀 Dont get me wrong, i love alien franchise so listening to something i love and falling asleep is great. Please keep do what you are doing. 👍

[@keziibeats]

I love that background music

[@MySkinnydip]

My friends really liked Prey. They were used to AVP and AVR being the fav and didn’t really care for The Predator. The other Predator movies are a little dated. This movie had a really good story line. And was great for a younger audience. For me some of the fight scenes with Naru were kind of unbelievable but that’s Hollywood I guess. I’m looking forward to more Predator movies in the future!

[@eternalbeing3339]

Same. I had really low expectations going in, but i ended up liking it alot. Looking forward to the next one and alien as well.

[@skyguy675]

In fairness, it's about a giant tribal hunter from space who can turn invisible with course correcting arrows, pointing out how the fights are unrealistic seems a bit meaningless. What they are is badass.

[@anthonyrooks7557]

You took the words from my mouth.

[@finalfrontier001]

@@anthonyrooks7557 terrible film and unrealistic

[@anthonyrooks7557]

@Uglyhoodrat yeah it definitely wasn't the best. And I'm a huge predator and alien fan so when I see the little things, I know people who are more analytical will see it even more. If it didn't take a woke route it would have been a killer film.

[@evalley710]

tabe's cut on his chest is a throwback to billy's cut before he dies..

[@rubysultra]

Have you seen Raised by wolves.....your video of the origin of The Engineers made me think of raised by wolves.

[@BlkSox71]

Music is sick👊🏾

[@sosoi88]

We missed you Kroft, i always sleep well after seeing one of your videos. Keep on the good work!

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Missed you soooooooooooooooo much Kraft!

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[@TheForbiddenRing]

I feel like the Predators get less intelligent with every released movie

[@OceanBloke]

Space fumes lol Nah we know its because hollywood is full of progressives that are terrified of men and are trying to rewrite men as weaklings. (Excluding prey best spin off predator movie that exceeded expectations after 2018 predator was terrible)

[@joelara3750]

Kind of true Jungle hunter is a grizzled veteran City hunter from pred 2 is much younger and inexperienced. He the 2nd youngest of the lost tribe Preds in avp are teenagers in a coming of age ritual Fugitive pred in 2018 movie is young Feral is very young and inexperienced as well.

[@TheForbiddenRing]

@@joelara3750 Excuses for bad writing 101: "He's young! It's the Predator's fault, not mine!"

[@joelara3750]

@@TheForbiddenRing its not an excuse for bad writing, you are just reaching hard with your hatorade cuz

[@TheForbiddenRing]

@@joelara3750 You see, that is where you are wrong. The only thing I'm drinking is Lime Cucumber Gatorade, which forges my path in pain and tears. Every drink adds a new wrinkle in my brain. Every finished bottle adds mass to my forehead, which is the only thing that reaches hard, and that, for the sky. Come back once you have drank 100 bottles of Lime Cucumber Gatorade and then we can lead a fruitful discussion.

[@Sk8luv33]

Am I the only who enjoys these breakdown and then make plans to see the movie after the fact 😂😂😂. Great breakdown 🔥🔥🔥🔥👌🏾

[@woollhead]

The end is super stupid. From the predator accidently cutting of its own arm (wtf), too the predators mask targeting itself for a headshot. Let's say the mask was still laying on the ground, the predator would know the projectile wouldn't hit the girl, but fly where the mask was pointing and not where the arm was pointing. There is a lot of awesome shot in the movie, but the end is just stupid and ruins the review value. Predator 2 is far above this one. Btw, love ur vids.

[@Charlie.a]

Thank you

[@murraymclean9072]

It was excellent great predator concept brilliant locations and kills..but the original was awesome saw it first week it came out on the big screen..get to the chopper..

[@TK421ps]

Prey 2: the electric bugaloo

[@HorrorRod]

in the early 90's I got a predator poster from music land that pointed out all the predators weapons and what they did, I miss that poster.

[@Bamazon1990]

That was the dumbest fight in the whole predator series for me. This monster went from total ninja instantly killing guys to accidentally cutting off its own arm fighting Naru and then STILL pulling its punches because she’s “not a threat”?? I love a strong female hero done right, but how did anyone fall for this?

[@B0M0A0K]

I'm not sure you can read too much into the difference between the predator blood in this film and that used in previous films. I seem to recall seeing a featurette where they discussed changing how they presented Predator blood because they didn't want to keep using the old method, due to it's toxicity.

[@bertellijustin6376]

I think the Feral Pred is just using more appropriate gear for the hunt. There is a pretty solid tradition in the Pred books that they don’t consider overkill to be honorable. Plasma Casters and what not are generally reserved for tech advanced species or groups of Aliens. And as far as I’ve seen in books and movies the net gun was never acidic, it was razor sharp and tightened on the prey. Even when they hunt Aliens it’s close quarters weapons that are used for honors sake, particularly when young hunters are being blooded. So it appears to me the “Feral” Pred is just a young hunter out on a lark hunting hunter gatherer levers sentient prey. So he uses much lower tech weapons and fewer gadgets in the task. There’s no honor using plasma against bows and arrows, now modern firearms, that’s a different story.

[@Darkestestmatter]

Better than Predator 1? How 'bout NO. Better than Predator 2? Also no. Decent Predator flick? Yes

[@kumamonkumamoto3844]

How can this be the first Predator on Earth in 18th century, when we were clearly presented Predators and Aliens on Earth in the time of Pyramids centuries ago and destroying the former high advanced civilisations with their Ultra Atomic Bombs in a previous movie???

[@trayp324]

the AVP movies were never canon, more like a what if.

[@ListPosts]

You didn't give the bear enough credit for its fight with the predator lol It almost had him at one point before getting knocked out

[@owsowmuskwanaistus9213]

best movie yet

[@XVires89]

Alien, Predator...Kroft is the best🎉 Greetings from🇨🇭

[@curtcoeurdelion]

The Predators task was to hunt the most dangerous prey on the planet. Woman. Tiny, small woman.

[@Snapmaw]

But the predator wasn't hunting her until the very end when she decided to shoot it in the back of the head lol, not to mention it already took quite a lot of damage from the fight with the brother. The movie wasn't perfect and sure it exaggerated but I think it's the second best movie in the franchise behind the first

[@curtcoeurdelion]

@@Snapmaw There are only two Predator movies made. Predator and Predator 2. Period. The rest is garbage like Prey is.

[@SanderHydra]

dude, i need to know, what do you have playing in the background?

[@narkozak]

Honestly mr Kroft, I prefer listening to you rather than watching actual niggaflix movies. Thank you!

[@MountainGuerrilla]

Different Race of Yuatja, possibly. Just because they are a space faring race doesn't mean they are uniform on their homeworld.

[@jorgecabezas1966]

0:12 no, that's not the origins of the pistol, it's a contradiction

[@sulanis8444]

I love the break down and the details brought to the video's. The awesome music Kroft keeps in the background gives the right feel as well. Just a quick interesting fact! French and English are the official languages across Canada, not just Quebec. Quebec likes to think they are their own country. They called their premier their Prime minister, they have their own immigration, their own tax department, and more. There good people and they just want to preserver French as that provinces main language, but legally in Canada it's French and English.

[@megamonstercookies]

I enjoyed the film a lot.

[@michaelcleveland3468]

Any more updates on the engineer homeworld?

[@Mystery87990]

I keep hearing that the tech was still being worked on. I think that the tech is the same, that this predator just uses certain type of weapons. So he could have a shoulder cannon, but is O.G. and won't use that type of weapon

[@dragogrbic9255]

What is the music in the background.

[@reviews.7399]

I wish they would release this on Blu-ray!!!!!!!!

[@joshuaschmitz1198]

I like this movie but i like to think this isnt the first time they've visited earth. I'd like to see the movies go back further in time. Some of the weapons remind me of ancient roman times or something. Theres the wrist blades which is the sword, the spear, the shield(only in Prey) and the net they throw. It seems like a predator has encountered a spartan or something similar.

[@Myers-Edits_]

I believe the Feral predator was blooded but he was so close combat and vicious because of the code and because he wanted to impress his fellow predators

[@outzoner7032]

I'll admit that haven't watched the whole video yet and I love kroft's videos buy how come no one has addressed the predator's bio mask in this iteration? It's obviously made from the skull of some creature it previously hunted and killed, but what creature was it. And it's also adorned as if the mask is one of the yautja's most prized achievements to be wearing it as a bio mask. No one has talked about it at all and I think it would be interesting to learn about. Just my opinion

[@user-lh9no1jy5r]

Super Mary Sue to the rescue.😂😂

[@alexanderhanooman]

Kroft love from 🇹🇹

[@PardonMyFrenchTV]

Another link between Tabe and Dillon is that they both die the same way

[@ErinBujalski]

She became the War Chief. Not just a hunter.

[@truecrimson1]

In previous movies we see predators on earth long before 1719, and much more involved with humans. Edited; Never mind. You mentioned it literally right after I posted. My bad.

[@davepowder4020]

Now that doesn't look like one of those Mormon missionaries that helped me to move? Where'd they go? Did the Predator need help too?

[@angelchayne]

Need more videos brother

[@bruh-bm9jr]

6:29 thought bro said a** ngl

[@Jack_93]

Please can somebody tell me the background music? It's so relaxing

[@raindennis5517]

Atlantis, by Audionautix, I believe.

[@bodybuildinglegendo]

May be it's a different universe where this happens in a different way.

[@dirkdiggler2430]

I love your videos but you shouldn't listen to people saying you speak too slow. I notice you are speaking faster on this video, just speak the way you feel more comfortable.

[@postumus77]

This movie is overrated, I knew going in the males would likely be portrayed as arrogant and overconfident, the Europeans as cruel beyond any kind of redemption, and the female lead being better at everything than anyone. And guess what? That's exactly what this movie delivers. Firstly, within her own tribe, she is able to survive while their bravest male warriors are all over confident, and all get cut down by the Predator. She's also over confident, but she has plot armor, and they don't. She's selfish, even though she's living in a tribal society, that deeply depends on communal co-operation, when her wise old mother informs her, that she can be a great healer, and that she had just saved a life, Naru couldn't care less, she's going to be hunter, even if that means others in her tribe die off, because she has a point, she can do everything a boy can do, and better. The Europeans are all old, saggy, infirm, dirty, unattractive, cruel, sadistic, and beyond any kind of redemption. Not a single one is portrayed as young, fit, and athletic. I didn't know that exploring dangerous and hostile uncharted territory in search of adventure and wealth attracted only saggy cowardly unfit males over 50 years of age and already over their average life expectancy, who couldn't possibly survive in such harsh conditions. Of course this single ~5 foot, ~100 lb female is able to cut down a dozen or so Europeans with her stone age tools, out smart her village elders, including her mother, and out think an alien being that has mastered interstellar, if not intergalactic travel with advanced weapons. It is somehow too intimated to confront her in hand to hand combat, even though it voluntarily has done just that against dozens of armed males simultaneously, and a brown bear, and instead uses it's homing weapon without the homing mask to control it, and not knowing where it is, meaning it could be pointed anywhere, even at him, which it is. One has to wonder if this is what Comanche women were like, how did they possibly lose all these wars to the fat, incompetent, alcoholic, saggy, cowardly, and unfit Europeans? Especially after they obtained horses and gun powder weapons themselves.

[@BlkSox71]

The Predator was high on cocaine😮

[@orrushi.]

Kraft here 🥰🥰

[@eldenloren1151]

I find the Predator of Prey very similar to the Super Predators of Predators. Maybe he was one of them.

[@simonbionary11010]

Not the yutjas first trip to Earth. between 750 and 500 BCE vas the first one. A grizzy bear male weights as much as 400 kilos(at most 880 pounds). A Yutja can deadlift 2.5 tons(5.5k pounds).

[@jeepz669]

You rule Kroft

[@vanteal]

This is the 2nd pred human encounter. Not the first.

[@abhisheknaithani3647]

Dnt forget the pluse cannon they have but did not want to use it because it's too easy for them so they use arrows as for sources in old civilization that was in Antarctica predictor use pluse cannon and self destruction bomb before they lose battle above pyramid I think it was 3 predictor movie

[@nicholaspiscitelli7685]

How do he get that pistol?

[@johnpatrickcosta52]

I figured I would ask this, seeing as it’s 2023 and I’m still wondering, will Alien: Awakening ever happen? I hope it does, but between there being Alien: Awakening, and supposedly another one called Alien: Romulus I’m really wondering if anything is gonna happen especially considering I’ve seen a lot of people saying it isn’t or it likely won’t because Covenant bombed. I figured you’d be the best person to ask as you do these so well.

[@trumpsextratesticle8590]

Wont have any more Alien movies with Engineeers in it. 1:They are White 2: They are masculine 3; They are superior beings. Very "problematic" in WOKE Hollywood LOL

[@johnpatrickcosta52]

@@trumpsextratesticle8590 Ah, of course, I forgot, the engineers need to be diverse and show that “a woman/minority/whatever category is needed to maintain relevancy can do whatever a man can do”

[@Corteum]

In the next iteration, Predator returns to earth in 2117 and discovers AI has taken over most of humanity, with small pockets of humans forming a resistance against the AI's.

[@Jack_93]

KROFT WHAT IS THE BACKGROUND MUSIC BRO?

[@raindennis5517]

Atlantis by Audionautix

[@dmitriylevitskiy1674]

The portrayal of the native Americans is extremely inaccurate but we're talking about a fictional movie lol

[@jodycornelius8258]

I feel AvP should be canan. Xenos could be the largest threat to humans and predators.

[@tardiscommand1812]

I think the Predators would have chosen to fight a bear first. Way more tough.

[@naughtysmurf64]

THAT IS NOT THE ORIGINS OF THE FLINTLOCK!! It was given to the Predator from a Pirate....What I find funny about this film is that female warrior is almost killed by a Bear but can take on the Predator with no ease??

[@gnarsherandy]

Why do you use for your background music?

[@Jack_93]

I've been asking that for 5 years lmao shazam doesn't work, still no replies. Reddit post said it could be a youtube sample

[@Chris-nn3vu]

It's called Atlantis by Audionautix

[@hk6073]

Flint lock