With minimal dialog and the soundtrack being mostly African tribal chants, The Naked Prey is both an art film and action movie rolled into one. Produced, directed and starring Cornel Wilde, it tells the story of a man being hunted in the wilds of Africa by a local African tribe protecting their territory.
The Hollywood of today would have ruined this movie with a loud score, a profanity laced script, quick edits, wild stunts and a pretty-boy star. As it stands, though, with its eerie soundtrack and middle-aged hero, The Naked Prey is a powerful and thrilling little film that needs to be seen to be fully appreciated.
They do not make movies like this anymore. And like so many of the films from the 1960's and '70's, The Naked Prey is still fresh and original today. Watch this along with the latest Hollywood blockbuster and you will find yourself the next day thinking about this one and forgetting you even sat through the other.
They do not make movies like this anymore. And like so many of the films from the 1960's and '70's, The Naked Prey is still fresh and original today. Watch this along with the latest Hollywood blockbuster and you will find yourself the next day thinking about this one and forgetting you even sat through the other.
About twenty or so yrs. back, I was dating a woman who had a roommate and I saw where this was coming on AMC and I told them that it was a great movie and we should watch it. The roomie was sceptical, what with "Naked" being in the title. I told her to just watch it before making a prudish judgment on it. Long story short, she loved it and I'd hear her absentmindedly humming "Little Brown Jug" over the next week or so.
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