A Disappointing Continuation

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

Ted Prior stars as Mike Danton a Killing machine that is turned loose onto the Southern woods where a group of mercenaries hunt people to train for missions. (Why?) I had actually seen this many years ago, and of course this became a huge you tube sensation and while I laughed heartily and frequently throughout, Ironically I didn't mind the film, like it's not any good, and it features some hysterically bad acting, yet by Grade Z standards this flick wasn't nearly as awful as I was expecting, so what earns this the 2 star mediocrity is due to how surreal it was. Like people bring up how hilarious this is, but I can't get over how the movie literally feels like a fever pitch dream, especially if you remember Troy Donahue and Cameron Mitchell from their heyday. The infamous arm scene, the sequences where trained mercenaries don't spot Prior hiding in a tree 2 feet above them, Prior eating a worm and Prior running in slow motion with a machete and the bizarre atmosphere from what looks like a Georgia wildlife park. The Rambo rip off sequences are really lame, but obviously due to budget and the film looks like it had vision, just no money or production value. Ergo then, the film works if you just go for the laughs, and stay for the weirdness factor. To make matters even more weird, Cameron Mitchell is given lead credit, and is then credited as "Jamie's Father" It truly doesn't get much weirder than this film. In other words, well worth finding on you tube or DVD.* * Out of 4-(Fair)

David Winters Presents..... (don't have high standards...... or even modest expectations)Deadly Prey is a clinic on how not to rip-off other action film's, that are vastly superior in comparison - in every possible way. In this case, David Winters and rest of the clown's behind Deadly Prey are, all to obviously, ripping-off the Rambo franchise, more specifically Rambo: First Blood Pt.1 (in other words the first Rambo film) and it simply doesn't get any worse then this. Just how bad, can a bad movie be. But hey, at least it's "entertainingly bad" and you WILL be laughing heartily at the ridiculous levels of ineptitude that this dreadful, direct-to-video, crap-fest delivers - as it turns out, this is even a worse rip-off then Reb Brown's Strike Commando!Kidnapped and forced to serve as prey, the name of the game: live-fire training of mercenaries and he's their target - but worry not, because this bemulleted bunch of jackass's can't shoot straight to save their lives and they become the prey. Bemulleted you say? That's exactly right, made apparently at the height of mulletdom in 1987, it would appear that over half the cast are sporting mullets, why I've never seen so damn many mullets in a movie; sporting the best/worst one, is the star - Ted Prior. As inept as these would-be mercenaries are, it would seem that -no amount of training- could make soldiers out of them and this movie, Deadly Prey, plays out like a plagiarized 90 minute run-through of movies we've already seen - for the record, this is the most blatant Rambo rip-off that's ever been made. In Deadly Prey you'll see several instances of them copying said film as closely as they could, in their own uninspired, low-budget and amateur way, which is frequently complimented with a lot of over-acting from Ted Prior and several cast members; as I indicated earlier, this bumbling "B" is every bit as much a comedy, as it is an actioner. Case in point, near the end there's actually a scene were Mike Danton a.k.a. fake-Rambo with a peroxide high-lighted mullet, cuts off a guy's arm and then literally starts beating him with it! Comic gold, I love it - and that's just one scene. ..... and if by the end of the movie, you haven't gotten your fill yet, relax, because there's a sequel, it only took 27 years, but... "Deadliest Prey" (such a clever title) is now out there for your viewing pleasure. But that's another story, one of the same I'm sure. The verdict is out. These are some really crappy movies and unless you get off on bad movies, I'd steer clear of Deadly Prey and it's sequel. However, on the other hand, if direct-to-video garbage is very much your thing then I could not recommend it more highly. In that case Deadly Prey is one of the holy grail's.Deadly Prey is as lowly as lowly gets, where talking gas station rental quality here folks. Which now that I've mentioned it, puts an image in my mind, I'm distinctly seeing a regal relic from the past. That of course being, a dust-covered, sun-faded VHS sleeve that's been spotted-up with several crusty rental stickers, that are in the process of peeling off. Sitting by itself, all lonely like, on the bottom shelf of the rental rack, right next to the Twinkies and pork rinds, at some dirty and forgotten gas station, just off a dusty rural road somewhere in Nowheresville USA. An image that hearkens back to the glory days of VHS rentals.So sit back and marvel at: Deadly Prey - the cinematic equivalent of a continuously ongoing train derailment - as it all unfolds before you eyes.And for any viewers out there, I recommend that you watch the movie "Space Mutiny", it's a great example of what you should expect when all the stars are aligned and "David Winters Presents"!

A mercenary leader sets up a mercenary army for hire . He trains his men by kidnapping men off the street and using them for live target practice . One day the group kidnap Mike Danton a former Vietnam veteran If THE NAKED PREY and RAMBO took lots of speed and had unprotected depraved sex this would be the bastard offspring . DEADLY PREY is action film making at its most deranged . Do I mean is it bad ? Well try out this sample sceneGood Guy ( Carrying gun ) " Friend or enemy ? "Bad Guy ( carrying gun and slightly frightened ) " Friend "Good Guy " You're a liar " BANG Made your mind up yet ? Words sometimes fail me as to how inept a film can be . The story itself doesn't make the slightest bit of sense such as mercenaries kidnapping people and using them as hunting practice . After all chasing an unarmed civilian who is outnumbered dozens to one isn't really going to hone military skills . It's also illegal . It's also been going on for some considerable time and yet the police seem unaware of it and you'd think someone somewhere might be suspicious of a small army . And if the hero Mike Danton served in Vietnam why is it he can't be a day over 30 ? Even if the film is from 1987 the last combat troops left in 1973 meaning he'd have been too young to have been a Viet Vet , especially in the special forces Perhaps the fact DEADLY PREY is so incompetent on so many levels I gave it a far higher mark than it deserves . I should make it very clear that none of the points were awarded because much of the running time involves a dude with the body of a Greek God running round woodland wearing a pair of very tight shorts but everything else was a guilty pleasure where the good guy continually bumps off one bad guy after the other including a scene where he severs a bad guy's arm and proceeds to batter him to death with it and the totally dead pan tone of the film just adds to the enjoyment . If you enjoyed DEATH WISH 3 then you'll enjoy this movie big time . I know I did

David A. Prior is the man! Not only did he give us the surreal (and the first SOV film made for the video market) SLEDGEHAMMER, he gave us one of the best movies ever, KILLER WORKOUT. Now, he gives us DEADLY PREY. An action movie. You can already imagine it, can't you? Colonel Hogan is the commander of an army of mercenaries who usually orders his men to kidnap random people off the street so they can be released into the wild for training exercises for his troops. However, they just kidnapped Mike Danton, a former man under Hogan's control, and needless to say, he's pretty angry and ready to fight back.DEADLY PREY is the film definition of sheer insanity. It wastes zero time getting going. It opens with one poor fellow getting hunted and killed, Hogan ordering another one, and Danton is taken while wearing shorts shorter than any man should be allowed to wear. Seeing as Ted Prior plays the role, the mercenaries take off his shirt for no reason and release him.DEADLY PREY has one of the highest kill counts of any action movie I've ever seen, and it may just beat out STRIKE COMMANDO for that title. A lot of them are straight up shootings, but occasionally, there's a killing that will make your jaw hit the floor. There's a grenade down the pants, a guy somehow not seeing Danton under a pile of leaves, and, possibly the best action movie death I've ever seen, a guy getting his arm hacked off and then getting beat to death with it! The acting is standard for a Prior movie, and even includes a lot of the cast. There's David Campbell (KILLER WORKOUT, and acting the same as he did there), Ted Prior (KILLER WORKOUT, acting the same as he did there), Fritz Matthews (KILLER WORKOUT, acting the same as he did…say, I'm starting to see a pattern…).Overall, it's a great movie to watch if you're looking for over-the-top action and no plot. The ending is open for a sequel that, sadly, never was. Still, I would rank this movie up there with STRIKE COMMANDO as far as nonsensical, cheesy action flicks go.Watch it at all costs.