There are several things that Prey does well, unfortunately it's not enough to overlook a very predictable plot. Logan Miller plays Toby, a young man who is set on a “character building” trip after his father is murdered by carjackers. Left for 3 days alone on an “uninhabited” island, Toby meets Madeleine, a young girl who grew up on the island with her mother. Madeleine tells Toby that whatever he does, he must hide from her mother cause if her mother finds him, she will kill him. Something evil is on the island and whatever it is has taken Madeleine’s mother and so both Toby and Madeleine must find a way to escape the island.
So first off, leaving a clearly traumatized and unprepared kid on an “uninhabited” island is probably not a good character building exercise. Toby shows some early signs that he’s almost incapable on surviving on his own, so the idea that he is just dropped off an an island somewhere to survive for 3 days sounds a lot like child abandonment and abuse. It’s thi
