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The Prey Photos

Albert Dupontel (center) as Franck Adrien in "The Prey."

(L-R) Albert Dupontel as Franck Adrien and Sergi López as Manuel Carrega in "The Prey."

Albert Dupontel as Franck Adrien and Alice Taglioni as Claire Linné in "The Prey."

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Movie Info

Franck goes to prison and befriends Jean-Louis. When the latter is released, he promises to look after Franck's family. Then Franck learns that Jean-Louis is a serial killer, so he must escape in order to protect his family.

Rating:

R (Language|Violence)
Genre:

mystery and thriller, crime, drama, action
Original Language:

French (France)
Director:

Éric Valette
Producer:

Luc Bossi
Writer:

Laurent Turner, Luc Bossi
Release Date (Theaters):

Jun 7, 2013 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Aug 10, 2016
Runtime:

1h 42m

Cast & Crew

Albert Dupontel
Franck Adrien

Alice Taglioni
Claire Linné

Stéphane Debac
Jean-Louis Maurel

Sergi López
Manuel Carrega

Natacha Régnier
Christine Maurel

Serge Hazanavicius
Lafay

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News & Interviews for The Prey

Critics Consensus: The Internship Could Use Some Work

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Critic Reviews for The Prey

All Critics (23) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (16) | Rotten (7)

Deftly strips away the phoniness of a big-budget studio production.

June 7, 2013 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
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.

June 7, 2013 | Rating: 1.5/4 | Full Review…

Farran Smith Nehme
New York Post
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.

June 6, 2013 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
[A] sharp if dramatically underwhelming French thriller ...

June 6, 2013 | Rating: 2.5/4

Tom Keogh
Seattle Times
It's no insult to say that it doesn't aspire to art-house significance, just to white-knuckled entertainment.

June 6, 2013 | Rating: 3.5/5

Manohla Dargis
New York Times
Loopy, dumb, and entertaining ...

June 6, 2013 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Peter Keough
Boston Globe
The Prey plays like a fast and loose dime store novella, an appetizer that leaves you wishing for something more substantial, but has enough charm to coast by on.

August 22, 2019 | Full Review…

Nicholas Bell
IONCINEMA.com
... gorgeous and insane, and really enjoyable - all the way through the terrifying end.

March 2, 2019 | Full Review…

Amie Simon
Three Imaginary Girls
Eric Valette tries to keep it grounded in action scenes built on a physicality that is more authentic than the overkill of CGI spectacle.

April 3, 2014 | Full Review…

Sean Axmaker
Turner Classic Movies Online
"The Prey" is an above-average French-language thriller full of suspense and interesting characters.

January 28, 2014 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Paul Chambers
Movie Chambers
Why can't we make beaucoup genre films as frequently as the French?

June 7, 2013 | Rating: B plus | Full Review…

James Verniere
Boston Herald
As cynical as you want it to be, 'The Prey' is an often violent, strong character-driven, somewhat thrilling story where nobody is to be trusted nor aided without suffering the consequences.

June 6, 2013 | Full Review…

John Esther
UR Chicago Magazine