Prey

Synopsis: While working in a dam in Africa, the American hydraulic engineer Tom Newman brings his family to spend a couple of days in the Leopard's Rest Lodge. His fourteen year-old daughter Jessica is having friction with her stepmother Amy since she does not accept the divorce of her parents. On the next morning, Amy, Jessica and her brother David go in a game drive with a ranger while Tom goes to the dam. While driving off-road, David asks the ranger to stop the jeep to go to the "toilet", and unexpectedly they are attacked by a group of starving lions that kill and eat the ranger. Amy, Jessica and David are trapped in the jeep and stalked by the wild lions. When Tom returns to the hotel and finds that his family has not returned from the game, he asks for help to the experienced hunter and guide Crawford and together they seek Tom's family.
 
IMDB:
4.7
TV-MA
Year:
2007
92 min
1,768 Views


[ Man ]

Hang on now.Just hang on now, baby.

- Take it slow. Take it slow.

- Hello, and welcome to-

-Just take it slow.

- [ Retching ]

Hi. Tom Newman.

Can you take this, please?

- Yeah. Hi.

- Thank you. You gonna live?

Yeah, now I'm on solid ground.

I can't tell you how grateful I am you waited

till you got out of it before you puked.

- Now I'm gonna puke.

- Be nice.

- I love you.

- David, stop it. David, knock it off!.

- Stop it.

- David, don't bug your sister.

What'd I do?

David, don't bug pretty girls because they

won't pay attention to you later on in life.

- Uh, the car's right there.

- Great.

- Is that our ride?

- [ Man ] Yes.

Sweet!

[ Laughing ]

- Who wants front seat?

- [ David ] Me.

All right. You got it.Jump in.

All right.

Got it? Here.

Okay. Come on,Jess.

- How do you get in?

- You just climb up,Jess.

- I'm wearing a skirt.

- I'm not gonna look. I'm your dad.

Let's just jump in here, or we'll be here all day.

For crying out loud.

Look at that!

[ Tom ] David, look at the zebra.

Look at the zebra. See him in there?

- Look. Right through there.

- Yeah.

[ Tom ] So, is everyone

having a good time? David?

- Yeah, it's awesome.

- Good.Jess?

Hello!

- I'm sorry. What's your name?

- Mike.

Mike. Mike, how far is it

to Lake Kadimba by chopper?

Oh, about two hours. They'll come

pick you up in the morning though.

- Okay.

- Hey, David! Look over there!

Look at that!

[ David ]

Wow!

[ Trumpets ]

It's beautiful, isn't it?

-Jess, hey, sweetie. Look!

- What?

So what?

I've seen one at the zoo.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Chattering ]

Look at her. It's pathetic!

Could that bathing suit

be any skimpier? My God!

Somebody needs to tell her

she's not 1 6 anymore.

- Hey, not so loud.

- kk [ Rock ]

- You're talking too loud.

- So what?

Hey.

- Mmm.

- Hmm.

- It's paradise.

- I told you so.

- Want a taste of something wonderful?

- Yeah.

- Mmm.

- You like that?

[ Groans ]

My God.

Don't tell me they're

gonna have sex in the pool.

- You do? [ Laughing ]

- Yeah.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

- David, try this.

- What is it?

Well, the Zulu call it itibani.

- Itibani?

- Yeah.

- What does that mean?

- Warthog.

- [ Chuckles ]

- [ David ] Warthog?

[ Tom ]

Check it out. You'll like it.

Yes?

Tastes like chicken.

Chicken? [ Chuckles ]

Tell the warthog that.

Jess, want to try some?

- No, thanks, Dad.

I'm your daughter, the vegetarian.

- Right.

I don't eat characters from The Lion King,

especially not Pumbaa.

- [ Chuckles ]

- What's so funny?

Uh, nothing. I-

- I just thought it was funny. That's all.

- Well, it's not, okay?

Hang on. Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Let me do it.

Jess.

You gotta cut your old dad

some slack here, honey.

What's going on with this?

- I hate it here.

- Okay.

I hate the dust. I hate the heat.

I hate the stupid animals and-

- [ Sighs ]

- And?

Why did you have to marry her?

Jessica, I fell in love with her.

I love her.

- I thought you loved Mom.

- I do love your mom, but not

the way married people do.

See, sometimes things change,

people change.

- Your mom is okay with it-

- I love you. I love Mom.

I want it to stay that way.

I know you do, but it's not

gonna stay that way, honey.

- It can't-

- I wanna go home.

I know you wanna go home, baby.

You can't go home.

Look, you got a perfect opportunity

just to get to know Amy a little bit.

I don't want to.

I want to go home.

She doesn't want to be your mother.

She doesn't want to be your best friend.

She just wants a chance.

- Honey,just give her-

- I want to go home.

[ Sighs ]

- Oh, baby.

- I want to go home.

[Jessica Crying ]

I just want to go home.

- [ Amy ] I think this was a mistake.

- [ Tom ] What was a mistake?

Coming here. This trip.

Forcing it.

Honey, you two guys

had to get together sometime.

How long were you gonna put it off?

Look. We're married,

and she's just gotta get used to it.

I mean, what can I say?

She's a 1 4-year-old teenage girl.

Yeah. She's scarier

than any animal out here.

- I promise you that.

- [ Laughs ] Frightening.

But she'll get over it.

I promise you.

[ Kisses ]

What can I do to make it better?

Mmm.

[ Laughing ]

What can I do to make it better?

[ Kisses ]

The eland, David, has a long nose

and it has four legs.

And a gazelle has- I don't know-

the same thing. What the heck.

- There he is. Hey!

- Good morning.

- How are you?

- Yeah, I'm doing well. And yourself?.

- It's Brian, right?

- Yeah, that's right. Good morning. Sleep well?

- Good morning. Yeah.

- Good. So you ready for our game drive?

Why does it have to be so early?

It is the best time to view the animals.

Once the sun's up,

it's gonna just get way too hot.

- I'd rather be sleeping.

- Oh, I don't think so.

- So, let's get going. Come on.

- Let's do it.

- I wish you were coming.

- I work. You play.

I love you.

-[ David ] Can I sit in the front?

- Can he sit in front?

- Sure.

- After you.

Give Dad a hug. All right!

Watch your head.

Okay, now, the two of you...

try against all your natural instincts

to have a nice time.

Okay? Don't bug your sister.

- Bye-bye.

- So this should be fun, right?

No? Okay.

Guys, take a look. That over there-

that's the Crocodile River.

[ Amy ]

It's not much of a river, is it?

You should see it after the first summer rains.

It's teeming with wildlife.

- Are there crocodiles?

- Sure.

Are we actually gonna see some animals,

or are you just gonna talk about 'em all day?

Well, how about we do

some off-roading then?

- I thought we were off-roading.

- No, I mean off off-roading.

Hold on, guys.

- Um, Mr. Ranger?

- Yeah, buddy?

- I gotta go.

- Go where?

Go.

[ Chuckles ]

All right. Hold on.

[ Quiet Growl ]

So you said you've gotta go?

[ Chuckles ]

- There it is.

- Oh, no way.

- What's the matter? Take it.

- No, thanks.

- Why?

- I don't need to pee.

- Come on then. Let's go.

- Whoa.

Brian, do you think

this is a good idea?

- With him like this, I think it's a very good idea.

- I mean for safety reasons.

I've got the rifle. He'll be fine,

and so will you two. We'll see you now.

All right. Let's go find a bush for you

to go do what you need to do.

- Is that okay?

- Yeah.

They won't see you.

I promise you. You'll be fine.

Go behind this tree over here. Give me a shout

when you're done and I'll keep an eye out.

Um, excuse me?

- What's up?

- I don't have any toilet paper.

- But you've got grass. Use it.

- Grass?

- David, you're in Africa. In Africa-

- [ Growling ]

What is it?

Look,Jessica, I know this is hard.

- It's hard for both of us, but if we could just-

- Something's wrong.

- I know. That's what I'm saying.

- No. Something is wrong!

Oh, my God.

[ Gasps ]

[ Growling ]

[ Sniffing ]

Get behind me.

[ Growling ]

- Oh, my God.

- [ Growls ]

- Oh, my God! There's another one!

- David!

Good.

Where is it? Sh*t!

- What?

- He took the keys!

David, when I tell you to move,

we're gonna go backwards together.

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Darrell Roodt

Darrell James Roodt (born in Johannesburg, April 28, 1962) is a South African film director, screenwriter and producer. He is probably most well known for his 1992 film Sarafina! which starred actress Whoopi Goldberg. Also regarded as South Africa's most prolific film director, Roodt has worked with the late Patrick Swayze in Father Hood, James Earl Jones in Cry, the Beloved Country and Ice Cube in Dangerous Grounds. more…

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