Deadly Prey (1987)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

David A. Prior

Writers:

Richard Connell (story)
David A. Prior (screenplay)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Tagline:

He was the best in Vietnam . . . and he still is!

Plot:

A group of sadistic mercenaries kidnap people off the streets and set them loose on the grounds of their secret camp, so the "students" at the camp can learn how to track down and kill their prey.

Plot Keywords:

Mercenary | Hunting | Murder | Rape | Shoot Out

Cast

Cameron Mitchell	...	Jamie's Father
Troy Donahue	...	Don Michaelson
Ted Prior	...	Michael 'Mike' Danton
Fritz Matthews	...	Lt. Thornton
David Campbell	...	Col. Hogan
Dawn Abraham	...	Sybil
William Zipp	...	Cooper
Suzanne Tara	...	Jaimy
Thomas Baldwin	...	Hillbillie
Leo Weltman	...	Hillbillie Will (as Leonard Weltman)
Peter Aston	...	Soldier
Charles Venniro	...	Soldier
Timothy Elwell	...	Soldier (as Jimi Elwell)
Jasper Collins	...	Soldier
Brian O'Connor	...	Soldier

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Norway:18 (video premiere) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Riverside, California, USA

Company:

Action International Pictures (AIP)

Quotes:

Michael 'Mike' Danton: Bad timing!

Movie Connections:

Featured in That's Action (1991) (V)

Still laughing years later

How did we see this? Stu took his then bird off down Blockbuster to get a film for the night. She was looking at The Shawshank Redemption and he was was checking the bargain bucket when he was faced with a choice of DP or The Hills have Eyes 3. He brought it back home and said 'Lads I got you this'. As we had nothing to do that night as skint students we eventually stuck it on whilst Stu retired to his room with his bird. Within 5 minutes of it going on he's come outside to see what we are crying with laughter at. His bird was immediately left on her own whilst 6 of us watched the funniest accidental comedy of all time. This film is a classic. Anyone taking it seriously needs to have a word with themselves. How can anyone disregard a barefooted man in just a pair of shorts bringing down a helicopter with an explosion to rival Chernobyl? Consider the following as a taster (I don't want to spoil it for anyone). Danton is not spotted by an elite team of Army Vets despite hiding in a branchless tree only 5 yards up from their location. Now these guys are that good that the Colonel deduces from the wounds inflicted to two of his men that it's his old apprentice Danton. Consider that up until that point Danton had killed men by hitting them with tree stumps, bashing them horizontally against trees and goes on to kill more by the likes of putting a grenade down one mans pants. Now I'm no Vietnam Vet or anything but these types of techniques are somewhat contrived yet that's what the Colonel taught him 'Danton. Mike Danton?' 'That was the name on the mailbox. Do you know him?' 'Know him. I trained him'. Watch it. If you get a copy don't lend it to Fielder as you'll never see it again. $8 from ebay. Result.