July 7, 2009
1966's version of Apocalypto. A great chase film that's a lot of fun.
Bella Randels, Bella Randles, Cornel Wilde
A white safari guide is captured along with his tourists by a Zulu tribe on account of violating their laws. They are all killed, except for the guide who is given the opportunity to run free and be ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 15, 2008
Stats: 101 reviews
Flixster Reviews (101)
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June 2, 2009"No middle-aged white man is going to outrun, outsmart, and outlast a war party of Zulu tribesmen in a footrace across the Serengeti. The Naked Prey is not a horrible film, in fact it's downright entertaining. But let's be absolutely truthful about calling it for what it is. It i...( read more)
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February 2, 2008Quite the experience. A mishmash of 50's and 70's sensibilities. Wilde went to great lengths to make it realistic, down to killing real animals. Stripping man down to his primal survival instincts, the film is unique and worthwhile.
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October 23, 2008Pre-Apocalypto manhunt fiasco complete with animal stock footage and rich white men being cooked alive in clay.
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May 7, 2008Well done and unique at the time.
It's sometimes a stretch to believe the main character could survive all that, but the film works. -
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February 2, 2008I love survival films! The ones were the characters are stranded in the middle of nowere and they have to find theyre way to civilization. The Naked Prey is one of the best examples of this type of film. I watched it blindly with out any prior knowledge of what it was really abou...( read more)
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January 24, 2008Really good adventure tale. A manhunt in primitive style where we see the effects of colonialism not just obviously but its effects overall on the contitnent and its changes on the people. The personal tragedy of the people is never one sided but is double-pronged to emphasize th...( read more)
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