It's one Elle of a ride

DIRECTOR Dan Trachtenberg perpetuated the antagonistic Predator mythology in his slickly engineered 2022 film Prey.

- 

OT (right)

Now he flips the narrative on its head in a mismatched buddy action thriller in space, told through the eyes of a young Yautja - or predator - cast out from his clan.

Dek (Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi) is desperate to impress his father Njohrr, who is the leader of their tribe. Protective older brother Kwei (Mike Homik) prepares Dek for his first hunt and the so-called runt of the litter chooses to slay a hulking Kalisk on the far-off planet of Genna.